260 Mr. G. C. Cliampion o>i 



and iinpintiinfr on tlic narrow raised inter.stice.s. tlie alternate inter- 

 stices 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 each witli a row of soniewliat closely jdaced, 

 fine, setif^erous impressions. Legs moderately long, the femora 

 rather stout. 



Length 6-6i, breadth li-2i mm. (j-:^^.) 



Hah. Brazil, Espirito Santo (F/v/ : ^. tvpe). Parana 

 {ex coU. F. Bates : 9). 



Otie pair. A peculiar form related to S. cijlindricollis, 

 Miikl.. from Colombia. Vene;cnela, and Trinidad; but 

 much larger and longer than tliat insect, with a shorter, 

 broader head, and long, slender antennae, the elytra with 

 rows of closely packed coarse crenate punctures separated 

 by narrow raised interstices, the alternate ones each 

 bearing numerous long bristly hairs, the humeri less 

 prominent. 



123. Statira melanoptera, n. sp. 



$. Elongate, narrow, widened posteriorly, shining; rufo-tes- 

 taceous, the eyes, palpi, elytra, and legs (the bases of the femora, 

 and the tibiae and tarsi in part, excepted) black or piceous, the 

 abdomen and basal joints of the antennae also in part infuscate; 

 the elytra with numerous long, fine, bristly hairs. Head large, 

 broad, well developed behind the eyes, rounded at the sides pos- 

 teriorly, closely, rugosely punctate, the frontal groove deep and 

 almost straight ; eyes small, convex, widely distant ; antennae long, 

 slender, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax slightly 

 longer than broad, narrower than the head, constricted before the 

 prominent hind angles, the basal margin moderately raised ; rather 

 coarsely, closely punctate. Elj^tra long, somewhat convex, rapidly 

 widening to the middle, somewhat acuminate posteriorly, the humeri 

 obtuse; closely, deeply, rather coarsely punctato-striate, the 

 punctures transverse, crenate, the interstices more or less convex, 

 as wide as the striae, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 eacli witli a series of numerous, 

 conspicuous, setigerous impressions. 



Length 7, breadth 2^ mm. 



Hab. Brazil {ex coll. F. Bates). 



One specimen. A close ally of S. cribriceps, with the 

 elytra and the outer halves of the femora black, the head 

 not so coarsely punctate, the prothorax less constricted 

 behind, the elytra with smaller seriate pujictures and 

 broader interstices, the alternate ones with conspicuous 

 setigerous impressions, as large as those of the striae. 



