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The elytral sculpture is rather Hke that of S. cupreoviridis, 

 the large setigerous impressions, however, in the present 

 species are mostly placed near the apex. 



48. Statira splendlcans. 



$. Statira splendicans, Makl., Act. Soc. Fenn. vii, p. 151 

 (1862). 



Very like S. micans, Makl. (No. 29), the alternate elytral interstices 

 not catenulate towards the apex, 1, 3, and 5 with a scattered series 

 of setigerous impressions, those on 7 wanting, 9 with two or three 

 impressions near the tip; head a little broader, the inter-ocular 

 groove only just indicated, the eyes more distant ; antennal joint 11 

 in (J equalling 7-10, in $ 8-10, united ; legs slender, simple in o ; 

 aedeagus slender, thickened and slightly hooked at the tip above. 



Hah. Brazil {Mus. Oxon.), Constancia (J. Gray and H. 

 Clark, Jan. 1857), Rio de Janeiro {Fry), Minas Geraes 

 {Mus. Oxon.). 



Two males and four females seen. 



49. Statira rotundlcoUis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, somewhat robust, shining; piceous, the 

 head and prothorax with an aeneous lustre, the elytra brassy, the 

 antennae obscure ferruginous, the elytra with a few long, bristly 

 hairs. Head about as wide as the prothorax, almost smooth, a 

 transverse foveate depression between the eyes excepted, the latter 

 large, distant; antennae slender, joint 11 nearly as long as 7-10 

 united. Prothorax convex, about as broad as long, strongly 

 rounded at the sides, deeply constricted before the prominent basal 

 margin; sparsely, very minutely punctate. Elytra long, twice 

 as broad as the prothorax, gradually widened to the middle, and 

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; closely, finely, deeply punctato- 

 striate, the interstices becoming more convex towards the apex, 

 3 with five, and 5 with three or four, widely scattered, setigerous 

 impressions, 7 also with one at the shoulder and 9 with two impres- 

 sions near the tip. Anterior femora clavate ; anterior tibiae feebly 

 curved. 



Length 8|-, breadth 2| mm. (J ?) 



Hab. Colombia, Bogota {Mus. Brit.). 



One specimen. Narrower than the Central American 

 S. glahrata, Makl., the prothorax not wider than the head, 

 the anterior femora unarmed, the elytra more deeply 



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