254 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



One female. Not unlike S. quadriplagiato, the head 

 and prothorax opaque and seabroso-punctulate, the 

 prothorax longer and with shallower basal groove, the 

 elytra very differently marked and with more numerous 

 tubercles along the alternate interstices. Pic has described 

 various Statirae from the same Province, but the present 

 insect is not included amongst them : S.goyasensis ^^ (length 

 9 mm.) also has the elytra testaceous, with a black sutural 

 stripe enlarged towards the scutellum, but the other 

 particulars given do not accord with S. bifurcata, and the 

 tubercles are not mentioned. 



115. Statira tenuipes, n. sp. 



(J. Elongate, narrow, depressed, slender, opaque above, shining 

 beneath; testaceous, the eyes black, the elytia with the suture 

 narrowly piceous to near the apex, the latter with a few bristly hairs. 

 Head broad, alutaceous, obsoleteiy canaliculate between the eyes 

 and obliquely narrowed behind them, the eyes large, somewhat 

 distant ; antennae moderately long, slender, joint 11 nearly equalling 

 7-10 united. Prothorax much longer than broad, considerably 

 narrower than the head, rounded at the sides, the latter deeply 

 sinuate before the base, the basal margin not raised, the surface 

 alutaceous. Elytra elongate, at the middle about twice as wide as 

 the prothorax somewhat acuminate posteriorly ; closely, very finely, 

 shallowly punctato-striate, the interstices feebly convex, 3 and 5 

 with about six widely scattered setigerous impressions, 1 also with 

 three others near the tip, and 9 with five impressions beyond the 

 middle. Legs long and slender. 



Length 7^, breadth 2^ mm. 



Hab. Brazil, Bahia {Reed). 



One specimen. This is one of several peculiar forms 

 obtained by Reed at Bahia. It resembles S. bifurcata, 

 from Goyas, but has a nmch broader head, a longer and 

 smoother prothorax, non-tuberculate elytra, with the 

 suture only infuscate, and longer legs. 



116. Statira cruciata, n. sp. 



Elongate, rather broad, moderately shining; testaceous, the 

 head and prothorax reddish, the eyes black; the eljira with an 

 ill-defined, common, curved post-median fascia, extending forwards 



^^ Melanges exot.-entoni. iv, p. 20 (Sept. 1912). 



