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208 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



equalling 8-10 united. Prothorax about as wide as the head, con- 

 siderably longer than broad, oblongo-cordate, constricted before 

 the moderately raised basal margin ; closely, finely punctate. Elytra 

 long, widening to beyond the middle and there more than twice the 

 width of the prothorax, flattened below the base; closely, finely 

 punctato-striate throughout, the interstices almost flat, convex at 

 the tip, 3 with six, and 5 with four, rather large, deep, setigerous 

 impressions scattered between the base and apex, 9 also with two 

 smaller impressions towards the tip. Legs long; anterior femora 

 moderately clavate. 



Length 9|, breadth 3 mm. (? ?) 



Hah. Peru, Clianchamayo {ex coll. F. Bates). 



One specimen. Differs from S. cupreoviridis, from the 

 same locaUty, in having the elytra shorter, less brilliantly 

 coloured, punctato-striate to the apex, and with the 

 setigerous impressions smaller, deeper, and otherwise 

 arranged, the head and prothorax closely punctate, the 

 tarsi infuscate. The sharply-defined elytral foveae are 

 suggestive of those of various species of the Carabid-genus 

 Pterostichus. 



47. Statira semicuprea, n. sp. 



Elongate, widened posteriorly, somewhat robust, shining ; piceous, 

 the elytra aeneous at the base, the colour changing to cupreous 

 from about the basal third onwards, the cupreous coloration enclosing 

 an oblong green patch on the disc near the tip ; the elytra with a few 

 long bristly hairs. Head short, barely as wide as the prothorax, 

 closely, finely punctate, the eyes large, distant; antennae moder- 

 ately long, slender [tip broken off], Prothorax transver.se, rounded 

 at the sides, deeply constricted before the prominent basal margin ; 

 closely, finely punctate. Elytra long, broad, more than twice the 

 breadth of the prothorax, gradually widened to the middle, and 

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; very finely, closely striato- 

 punctate, the interstices broad, flat, 3 with four or five, and 5 with 

 three, large setigerous impressions towards the apex, 9 also with 

 a series of impressions doA\Ti the apical half, the interspaces between 

 them cariniform. Anterior femora moderately clavate. 

 Length Hi, breadth 34 mm. (??) 



Hab. Peru, Chanchamayo {ex coll. F. Bates). 



One specimen. Larger than the Central American 

 S. glahrata, Makl., with more elongate, smoother, partly 

 cupreous, apically foveolate elytra, more slender antennae, 

 a less constricted prothorax, simple anterior femora, etc. 



