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patch (reaching the humeri), a large triangular patch on the outer 

 part of the disc just beyond the middle (extending inwards to the 

 second stria), and a common apical patch, nigro-fuscous ; thickly 

 clothed, the legs included, with long, soft, erect hairs. Head rather 

 small, coarsely punctate, the eyes large and somewhat narrowly 

 separated; antennae comparatively short, rather stout, jomt 11 as 

 lont' as 8-10 united. Prothorax convex, about as long as bioad, 

 soin'ewhat oval, scarcely dilated at the base ; coarsely, rather closely 

 punctate. Elytra about twice as wide as the prothorax, long, 

 Gradually widened to the middle; closely, finely punctato-stnate, 

 the interstices each with an irregular series of rather closely placed 

 piligerous punctures extending from the base to the apex. Aedeagus 

 slender and acuminate at the tip. 

 Length 6 J, breadth 2j\j mm. 

 Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro {Fry). 

 One male. Closely related to S. annidata, Makl., but 

 with very differently marked elytra (resembling S. scutel- 

 laris Pic, S. evanescens, Champ., etc., m this respect), 

 the antennae less elongate, the prothorax not so long, and 

 still more coarselv pmictured. The piligerous punctures 

 on each elytral interstice are closely placed and extend 

 from the base to the apex, as in S. annidata and S.figurata. 



114. Statira bif areata, n. sp. 

 ? Elongate, narrow, opaque, the elytra moderately shining; 

 testaceous, the eyes black, the elytra with a narrow sutural stripe, 

 which is obliquely bifurcate before the base and nearly reaches the 

 apex, and three longitudinal streaks at about the middle (on inter- 

 stices 3, 5, and 7, that on 7 longer than the others), nigro-piceous; 

 the elytra with scattered long, erect, bristly hairs. Head alutaceous, 

 closely, roughly punctulate, the eyes large and separated by about 

 half the width of one of them; antennae rather slender, joint 11 

 nearly as long as 8-10 united. Prothorax longer than broad, as wide 

 as the head, cordate, dilated at the base ; closely, very finely scabroso- 

 punctulate, the basal groove almost obsolete. Elytra long, at the 

 middle twice as wide as the prothorax, rapidly narrowed and acumi- 

 nate posteriorly; closely, very finely punctato-striate, the alternate 

 interstices 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 with a series of somewhat closely placed 

 setigerous impressions extending throughout their length, the 

 impressions each preceded by a small tubercle. 

 Length 6|, breadth 2 mm. 



Hah. Brazil, Jatahy, Province of Goyas {Pujol, ex coll. 

 Fry). 



