210 Mr. ("1. C. Champion on 



striate, with tlie interstices convex at the apex. More 

 shining than S. pundiceps (No. 53), the head and pro- 

 thorax almost smooth, the latter deeply constricted before 

 the base. 



50. Statira divisa, n. sp. 



Elongate, depressed, widened posteriorly, very shining; obscure 

 testaceous, the head, antennae, and palpi in great part piceous ; the 

 elytra of a brilliant brassy tint, tinged with cupreous along the 

 inferior margin, the suture testaceous throughout, the testaceous 

 coloration gradually becoming more extended towards the apex ; 

 the elytra with a few long bristly hairs. Head about as wide as 

 the prothorax, sparsely, minutely punctate, shallowly foveate in 

 the middle between the eyes, the latter moderately large, distant; 

 antennae long, slender, joint 11 barely the length of 8-10 united. 

 Prothorax about as broad as long, rounded at the sides, constricted 

 before the raised basal margin ; very sparsely, obsoletcly punctulate. 

 Elytra long, widening to beyond the middle, and there ^JQore than 

 twice the width of the prothorax, subacuminate posteriorly, depressed 

 below the base, and with an oblique intra-humeral depression ; 

 closely, minutely punctato-striate, the sutural stria deeply im- 

 pressed at the apex, the interstices flat, 3 with about eight, 5 with four 

 or five, and 9 with numerous, deep setigerous impressions scattered 

 throughout their lengtli, and 1 with two small impressions near 

 the tip. Legs long, slender, the femora glabrous. 



Length 8^, breadth 3 mm. ($?) 



Hab. Venezuela {Dyson, in Mus. Brit.). 



One specimen, somewhat immatnre and discoloured, 

 but otherwise perfect, acquired in 1847. Smaller than 

 the Colombian S. impressipennis, Makl., the prothorax 

 narrower, the elytra testaceous along the suture, with fewer 

 setigerous impressions on the disc, the femora glabrous 

 ( ? abraded), etc. The numerous deep impressions scattered 

 along the whole length of the ninth elytral interstice is a 

 marked feature of the present species. The much larger 

 S. niibeculosa, Makl. (length 13 mm.), from Colombia, also 

 has a sutural stripe. 



51. Statira diluta, n. sp. 



Elongate, shining ; piceous or rufo-castaneous, the antennae 

 and legs paler, the femora slightly infuscate, the elytra with a 

 cupreous or greenish lustre, the latter with a few biistl}' hairs 

 towards the apex. Head as broad as the prothorax, sparsely, very 



