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of the median sulcus on the head, separate S. versicolor 

 from S. rnfifrons, Makl. (No. 34), 



65. Statira sericea, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, shining, the prothorax dull ; aeneo- 

 piceous, or rufo-castaneous with a faint aeneous lustre, the elytra 

 aeneous or golden-green, becoming cupreous or golden towards the 

 sides and apex, the antennae testaceous, the two basal joints, the 

 eyes, and palpi black or blackish ; the elytra with a few long, erect, 

 bristly hairs. Head rather broad, very sparsely, minutely punctate, 

 shallowly bifoveate between the eyes in ^, the latter large, some- 

 what distant; antennae slender, rather long, joint 11 in c? as long as 

 7-10, in $ equalling 8-10, united. Prothorax narrower than the 

 head, longer than broad, oblongo -cordate, strongly constricted 

 before the raised, laterally prominent, basal margin; sparsely, 

 minutely jiunctate, the interspaces alutaceous, and finely, distinctly 

 canaliculate down the anterior half. Elytra moderately long, twice 

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

 obliquely excavate or depressed within the humeri; closely, very 

 finely punctato -striate, the interstices flat on the disc, convex at 

 the apex, 3 with four or five widely scattered setigerous impressions, 

 9 also with one or two others towards the apex. Legs slender. 



Length 6-6^, breadth l^V^ mm. (S^.) 



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

 H. Clark, Jan. 1857 : type, ^), Kio de Janeiro {Fry : $). 



Three males and one female. Narrower and less robust 

 than the Central American S. variabilis, Champ. ; the 

 antennae more slender, testaceous (the two basal joints 

 excepted), with a less elongate apical joint in (^; the 

 head and prothorax smoother and not so shining, the latter 

 finely canaliculate; the elytra cupreous or golden at the 

 sides, with the seriate punctures finer and the interstices 

 convex at the apex. S. suhaenea, Makl., from tSanta 

 Catharina, and S. gratiosa, Makl., from Colombia, are 

 similarly coloured forms. The upper surface in the 

 present insect is not very highly polished, appearing 

 somewhat sericeous. 



66. Statira purpureipennis. 



Statira purpureipennis. Pic, Melanges exot.-entom. xi, 

 p. 19 (Nov. 1914). 



Hab. Brazil, Jatahy, Pro v. of Goyas {Pujol). 



