258 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



dilated anteriorlv^ (thus appearing narrower at the base) 

 and a little shorter, and the elytra brilliant cyaneous in 

 colour. The first species described by Maklin under the 

 name S. cyanijpennis (1862) was selected in 1889 as the 

 type of Sphragidophonis. 



120. Statira cayennensis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, somewhat robust, widened posteriorly, very 

 shining; testaceous, the head and palpi, the antenna! joints 1 and 

 4-10, in part or entirely, nearlj^ the apical half of the elytra (a spot 

 on the outer margin near the tip excepted), and the abdomen in 

 part, black, the tibiae and tarsi nigro-piceous ; the elytra and legs 

 somewliat thickly, and the head sparsely, clothed with long, fine, erect 

 or projecting, pallid hairs. Head siiort, barely as wide as the pro- 

 thorax, well developed behind the eyes, very sj^arsely punctulate; 

 eyes small, widely separated ; antennae moderately long, gradually 

 thickened outwards, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax 

 almost smooth, scarcely as long as broad, transversely cordate, 

 strongly constricted before the base, the basal margin raised and 

 thickened, preceded by a deep groove. Elytra moderately long, 

 widening to the middle, and there twice as wide as the prothorax, 

 somewhat acuminate posteriorly; finely, shallowly, confusedly 

 punctate, the seriately-arranged punctures barely distinguishable 

 from those of the interstices. Legs rather stout, the femora clavate. 



Length 6, breadth 2 mm. 



Hab. Guiana, Cayenne {Mus. Brit.). 



One specimen ( ? sex), injured by pinning, acquired in 

 1858. An insect resembling *S. bicolor. Champ., from 

 Panama, except that the head is black, but with the an- 

 tennae (less the flavous apical joint) and elytra formed 

 much as in the Central American S. alhqfasciata, Champ. 

 S.fulvicollis, ¥., is also an allied insect. The Peruvian S. 

 nigroapicalis, Pic, compared with *S. hicolor by its describer, 

 must be a very different species, simply resembling the latter 

 in colour. 



121. Statira semiviolacea, n, sp. 



Ttloderately elongate, robust, very shining; rufo-testaceous, the 

 apical half of the elytra and the suture narrowly thence to the 

 base, cupreo-violaceous, the eyes, joints 2-7 of the antennae, the 

 metastemum, abdomen, tibiae, and tarsi black or piceous; the 

 elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head small, much narrower than 



