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acuminate posteriorly; coarsely, closely striato-punctate, the 

 punctures becoming obsolete before the apex, the interstices narrow, 

 transversely wrinkled, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 each with a scattered series 

 of small, indistinct, setigerous impressions. Legs very long, slender, 

 hairy, the femora clavate. 



$. Rufo-castaneous, the prothorax and elytra slightly infuscate, 

 the latter with a faint metallic lustre; antennae shorter, more 

 thickened outwards, joint 11 not equalling 9 and 10 united; head 

 smaller and narrower, trifoveatc between the eyes, the latter 

 much smaller, distant; elytra graduallj' widened to the middle, 

 rounded at the sides posteriorly. 



Length 8-8|, breadth 2-21 mm. (cJ$.) 



Hab. Brazil, Petropolis {Dr. SaJilberg, Dec. 1850, 

 type; (^; J. Gray and H. Clark; ¥eh. 1857, r^), Rio de 

 Janeiro {Fry : $). 



Eedescribed from two males from Petropolis, and from a 

 female taken much later by Fry, the latter almost certainly 

 belonging to the same species. S. gracilis approaches 

 Colpnrthnim, but so far as can be seen without dissection, 

 the mandibles are not tridentate as in that genus, and the 

 apical joint of the labial palpi is narrow. 



131. Statira haemonioides, n. sp. (Plate XIII, fig. 35, (J.) 



Elongate, rather convex, dull above, shining beneath ; testaceous, 

 the eyes, antennae, palpi, and scutellum, the elytra with the interstices 

 4 and 6 for the greater part of their length, and the suture to near 

 the tip, the under surface in part (the abdomen excepted), the tarsi, 

 and the intermediate and posterior knees, black or piceous ; the 

 elytra with a few bristly hairs. Head alutaceous, the eyes extremely 

 large, subcontiguous ; antennae very elongate, rather stout, feebly 

 serrate, joint 11 equalling 9 and 10 united. Prothorax wider than 

 the head, a little longer than broad, rounded at the sides, constricted 

 before the base, the basal margin thickened ar^d raised ; alutaceous, 

 obsoletely canaliculate anteriorly. Elytra elongate, about one-half 

 wider than the prothorax, slightly broader at the middle than at the 

 base, and produced at the tip, the humeri not prominent ; closely, 

 finely crenato-striate, the interstices convex, 3 and 5 with several 

 conspicuous setigerous impressions scattered between the base and 

 apex, the striae arranged in pairs, obsolete at the tip. Legs very 

 elongate, slender, simple. 



Length 10^, breadth 2^^ mm. (^ ?) 



Hah. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro {Fry). 



