262 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head almost smin)th, very large^ 

 much broader than the prothorax, greatly developed behind the 

 small, widely separated, convex eyes, and arciiately narrowed behind 

 them, the inter-ocular space transversel}' bifoveate in the middle 

 posteriorly ; antennae very slender, rather short (joints 8-1 1 missing). 

 Prothorax narrow, longer than broad, oblongo-cordate, constricted 

 before the moderately prominent basal margin ; closely, finelj' 

 punctate, smoother on tlie anterior half , the disc obsoletely canalicu- 

 late anteriorly and sliglitjy depressed in the middle at the base. 

 Elytra moderately long, at the base twice as broad as the prothorax, 

 widening to the middle, arcuately narrowed posteriorly, transversely 

 flattened anteriorly, and rounded at the tip; very finely striato- 

 punctate to near the apex, the interstices almost flat, alutaceous, 

 3 and 5 with a series of five or six widely scattered, small setigerous 

 impressions, 1, 7, and 9 also with two or three impressions near the 

 tip. Legs slender. 



Length 6, breadth 2 mm. 



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



One specimen. The large, posteriorly developed head 

 and small eyes bring this species near S. anthicoides, 

 Kirsch, also from Peru. S.Jilicornis, however, difEers from 

 the latter in its much more slender build, the smoother 

 testaceous head and prothorax, the subfiliform antennae, 

 the longer, duller, less convex, non-excavate elytra, and 

 the pallid legs. 



127. Statira perforata, n. sp. 



(5*. Elongate, narrow, depressed, shining, somewhat thickly 

 clothed with soft, fine, semi-erect hairs (now mostly abraded in the 

 type); piceous, the head and antennae black, the elytra with a 

 greenish lustre. Head rather short, coarsely, confluently, rugosely 

 punctate, the eyes small, widely separated, depressed, the labrum 

 large ; antennae moderately long, thickened outwards, joint 10 

 transverse, 11 stout, about equalling 7-10 united. Prothorax 

 uneven, wider than the head, longer than broad, feebly rounded 

 at the sides, the latter slightly sinuate before the base, the basal 

 margin moderately prominent; very coarsely, confluently, foveo- 

 lato-punctate. Elytra barely twice the width of the prothorax, 

 not very elongate, rounded at the apex, depressed below the base; 

 closel}-, rather finely crenato-striate, tlie interstices feebly convex, 

 narrow, each with a row of piligerous impressions, which are of about 

 the same size as the transverse punctures of the striae. Legs rather 

 stout, the intermediate and posterior femora transversely strigose 



