New and little-known Lagriidae. 24] 



very nearly to the Trinidad insect, except that the pro- 

 thorax in the former is said to be ahnost impunctate and 

 the fine median channel is not mentioned. 



96. Statira viridicincta, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, narrow, shining ; testaceous, the eyes black, 

 the prothorax with a nigro -fuscous submarginal vitta on each side 

 (abbreviated or wanting in immature examples) ; the elytra with 

 two transverse metallic green fasciae of variable extent — one basal, 

 not reaching the humeri, and sometimes enclosing an oblique tes- 

 taceous spot on the disc, the other median, angulate, the two some- 

 times connected along the suture, and in two specimens at the sides 

 also ; the elytra with a few long, erect, bristly hairs. Head sparsely, 

 minutely punctate, tranversely depressed in the middle between the 

 eyes, the latter large, distant; antennae long, slender, joint 11 in (^ 

 about as long as 7-10, in $ as long as 8-10, united. Prothorax 

 narrower than the head in o, slightly wider in $, not longer than 

 broad, cordate, dilated at the base, sparsely, minutely punctate. 

 Elytra moderately long, gradually widened to the middle and there 

 twice as wide as the prothorax ; closely, finely, deeply punctato- 

 striate, the interstices somewhat convex, 3 with from six to eight 

 conspicuous setigerous impressions scattered between the base and 

 apex, 9 also with three similar impressions towards the tip. 



Length 5|-6J, breadth 2-2i mm. (cj$.) 



Hah. Amazons, Santarem, Ega {H. W. Bates), Para 

 {Gounelle). 



Nine specimens, varying in the development of the pro- 

 thoracic and elytral markmgs, and in the puncturing of the 

 prothorax. The metallic coloration on the elytra in the 

 Para example is so extended as to leave two oblique fasciae 

 on the disc of each of them, and a common apical patch, 

 testaceous. It is quite possible that these insects will 

 prove to be inseparable from the Colombian S. quadri- 

 maculata, Makl., which, to judge from the description, has 

 a longer, almost impunctate prothorax, fewer setigerous 

 impressions on the third elytral interstice (and those 

 placed towards the apex), and a dark ante-apical spot. S. 

 bryanti, Pic, from Trinidad, which is similarly coloured, 

 has shorter antennae, a longer and distinctly canaliculate 

 prothorax, and fewer setigerous impressions on the elytra. 

 S. viridmotata, Pic, from Cumbase, Peru, must be another 

 allied form. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1917. — PART I. (nOV.) R 



