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tate, the eyes larger and more approximate. The longer 

 elytra, with deeper striae and more numerous setigerous im- 

 pressions, the more coarsely punctured head and prothorax, 

 the latter without trace of median groove, easily separate 

 S. puncticeps from S. sericea (No. 65). The colour of the 

 antennae and legs proves to be of no value as a specific- 

 character in the present species. S. flavicornis, Makl., 

 must be a very different insect. 



54. Statira gratiosa. 



Statira gratiosa, Makl., Ofv. Finska Vet.-Soc. Forh. xx, 

 p. 353 (1878). 



(J. Elongate, narrow, shining; rufo-castaneous, the antennae 

 (joint 11 excepted) and upper surface darker, the elytra brilliant 

 violaceo -cupreous, metallic green along the suture and at the sides, 

 the green coloration extending across the base. Head small, not 

 wder than the prothorax, coarsely, closely punctate, smoother in 

 front, the eyes moderately large and separated by about half tlie 

 width of one of them; antennae rather slender, joint 11 extremely 

 elongate, about equalling 4-10 united. Prothorax longer than broad, 

 oblongo-cordate, as wde as the head, constricted before the rather 

 prominent basal margin; closely, conspicuously punctate. Elytra 

 moderately long, twice as wide as the prothorax, subparallel at the 

 base, narrowing from before the middle to the apex, the intra- 

 humeral depression oblong, deep ; minutely striato-punctate, the 

 punctures becoming still smaller towards the tip, the interstices 

 quite flat throughout, 3 with six large, shallow setigerous impressions 

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

 near the tip. Legs sparsely pilose; femora ciliate with long hairs 

 beneath, the anterior pair strongly clavate. 



Length 11^, breadth 2J mm. 



Hab. Colombia {Mus. Brit., ex coll. F. Bates). 



One male, assumed to be referable to Maklin's S. gratiosa ; 

 but as the author does not mention the sculpture of the 

 head and form of the antennae, and describes the body as 

 black (an unimportant character), the identification is 

 not altogether certain. S. cupripennis, also found by 

 Steinheil in Colombia, is said to have similarly cupreous 

 and golden-green elytra, with setigerous impressions on the 

 interstices 3, 5, and 7, an almost smooth prothorax, etc. 

 The specimen here described is one of two Colombian 

 insects from the F. Bates collection labelled " S. viridi- 

 pennis, Dej.," a name used by Serville for a very different 



