230 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



Elongate, somewhat clepre,ssed, the head and prothorax opaque, 

 the elytra shining; testaceous, the head and prothorax obscure 

 ferruginous, the eyes black ; tl\e elytra with a few long, erect, bristly 

 hairs. Head obsoletely punctulate, the eyes large and well separated ; 

 antennae long, slender, joint 11 about as long as 9 and 10 united in 

 tiie two sexes. Prothorax as wide as the head, oblongo -cordate, 

 dilated at the base, densely alutaceous, the minute scattered punc- 

 tures just traceable. Elytra long, widened to the middle and there 

 twice as wide as the prothorax, acuminate posteriorly; closely, 

 finely, deeply punctato-striate, the interstices rather convex, 3 and 

 5 with several widely scattered setigerous impressions, 1, 7, and 9 

 also with one or two similar impressions towards the apex. 



Length 7.i-10|, breadth 2^-3 mm. (^$.) 



Hab. Antilles, Guadeloupe [type], Dominica (Mns. 

 Brit.). 



Two specimens from Dominica, one of them received 

 from Mr. E. F. Becher in 1908, are no doubt referable to 

 the imperfectly-described S. fiilva from Guadeloupe. In 

 the Museum there is also another example, without locality, 

 from the Dejean collection, apparently belonging to the 

 same species ; it is labelled " S. humeralis ^^ var. ? (Dupont)." 

 S. fulva is a form of S. vittata, Champ., from the Lesser 

 Antilles and Trinidad, with a densely alutaceous, opaque 

 prothorax, and slightly longer, wholly testaceous elytra. 

 It has been found " at light " in both islands. 



79. Statira vittata. 



Statira vittata, Champ., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1896, p. 37, 

 pi. 1, fig. 9 (<^). 



Hab. Lesser Antilles ; Trinidad. 



In the British Museum there is a series of this insect 

 captured long ago in St. Vincent by Lansdown Guilding, 

 also two from Trinidad, in Fry's collection. 



80. Statira asperata. 



Statira asperata, Champ., Biol. Centr.-Am., Coleopt. iv, 2, 



p. 49, pi. 3, fig. 4 (^) (1889). 

 Statira antillarum, Champ., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1896, 



p. 36. 

 Hab. Panama; Lesser Antilles, St. Vincent, Grenada, 



^^ Nee *Sf. humeralis, Makl., a Mexican insect. 



