New and little-known Lagriidae. 261 



124. Statira cylindricollis. (Plate XIII, fig. 33, ^.) 



Statira cylindricollis, Makl., Of v. Fiiiska Vet.-Soc. 

 Forh. XX, p. 361 (1878); Fairm., Ann. Soc. Ent., Fr. 

 1892, p. 97. 



Hab. Colombia [t7pe]; Venezuela, Caracas and San 

 Esteban {Simon). Cumana {ex coll. F. Bates) ; Trinidad 

 {F. Birch, G. E. Bryant, coll. Fry). 



A small blackish or rufo-piceous, Anthiciform insect, 

 with a long head and a narrow subcvlindrical prothorax, 

 both of which are coarsely, closely punctate ; the antennae 

 rufo-testaceous to about the middle, thickened and infus- 

 cate towards the apex, joint 11 stout and about as long 

 as 9 and 10 united in both sexes ; the eyes small, prominent, 

 distant from the base of the head ; the elytra rather short, 

 comparatively broad, strongly, transversely impressed 

 below the base, deeply punctato-striate, the interstices 

 more or less convex, 3, 5, 7, and 9 with several widely 

 scattered setigerous impressions, 1 also with two or thre^ 

 others near the apex. The peculiarly shaped, elongate 

 head is not mentioned in the descriptions of either of"the 

 above-quoted authors. A Trinidad specimen is figured. 



125, Statira anthicoides. 



Statira anthicoides, Kirsch. Berl. Ent. Zeitschi 1873 



p. 412. 

 Statira anthicoides, v. staudingeri, Pic, L'^change, xxviii 



p. 76 (1912). 



Hab. Peeu, Chanchamayo {ex coll. F. Bates). 



A close ally of S. cylindricollis, Miikl., with the upper 

 surface more shining; the head larger and broader: the 

 prothorax deeply constricted before the base, and much 

 more finely punctate; the elytra varying in colour from 

 rufescent, a common, elongate, black patch at the base 

 of the suture excepted, to entirely black (var. staudingeri), 

 the interstices flatter, the striae shallow. ^^ 



126. Statira filicornis, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, slender, widened posteriorly, shining; 

 obscure testaceous, the eyes and elytra black, the basal joints of 

 the antennae fusco -annulate, the tarsi slightly infuscate; the 



^^ This is the Peruvian insect mentioned in the " Biologia " 

 (Coleopt. iv, 2, p. 73) under the description of the genus Rhosaces. 



