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anteapical patch represented by an angulated transverse fascia ; the rostrum carinate at the base; the 
prothorax less rounded at the sides, and therefore somewhat conical in shape, irregularly granulate 
(due to the punctures being confluent and the interstices raised), without trace of raised median line; the 
elytra closely seriato-granulatc, the punctures of the striw scarcely discernible; the upper surface duller 
and thickly clothed with narrow, minute, greyish scales, 
Length 16, breadth 63 millim. (d.-) 
Hab. Muxtco, Cuernavaca in Morelos (H. H. Smith). 
One specimen. This may be an extremely aberrant form of H. cruciatus ; but as we 
have nothing intermediate, and the insect inhabits a different district in Mexico, it 
is worthy of a name. In Dr. Sharp’s collection there is a single (2?) example 
of a very closely allied species, from Colombia, labelled H. mirus, Chevr. (=viator, 
Jekel), n. sp. 
4. Hilipus fenestratus, sp.n. (Tab. I. fig. 19, ¢ .) 
Oblong-oval, moderately shining, black or piceous, the prothorax with a white vitta on each side, narrowing 
in front; the elytra each with three large, white, oblong, suboval patches—one at the base, oblique, 
directed outward, another, below it, directed inward and downward (these two often connected laterally 
and forming a large curved or S-shaped patch), and a third, transverse, sometimes connected with the 
opposite one at the suture,—each enclosing numerous bare longitudinal spaces, and sometimes with an 
additional white spot before the apex; the legs, rostrum, and under surface with scattered, narrow, white 
scales. Head deeply foveate between the eyes, which are narrowly separated ; rostrum comparatively 
slender, curved, about one-third longer than the prothorax, coarsely punctured at the sides towards the 
base, for the rest almost smooth ; antenne inserted long before the apex of the rostrum, joints 1 and 2 of 
the funiculus subequal in length. Prothorax about as long as broad, rounded at the sides before the 
middle, and much narrowed in front; the surface coarsely, irregularly punctate, and often with minute 
interstitial punctures and indications of a smooth median line anteriorly. Elytra moderately elongate, 
one-half wider than the prothorax, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded ; seriate-punctate, 
the interstices flat and in some specimens transversely wrinkled. First ventral segment broadly depressed 
down the middle in the male. 
Length 12-154, breadth 43-63 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Hab. Guatremaa, San Juan and Purula in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Found in plenty in the forest-regions of Alta Vera Paz. This species is closely 
allied to H. cruciatus, but has a longer rostrum, with the antenne inserted further 
from the tip, the prothoracic vitte narrow, and the elytral markings very differently 
arranged, each of the three large patches enclosing numerous, bare, parallel, longitudinal 
spaces. A specimen in the British Museum, labelled “ Mexico,” may belong here; 
but it has the white elytral patches much reduced in size, and without the distinct 
black lines. : 
5. Hilipus albovenosus, sp.n. (‘I'ab. I. fig. 16, 2.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black, the prothorax with a white vitta on each side; the elytra with a double series 
of zigzag white lines, which here and there coalesce, so as to enclose three subtriangular spaces on the 
disc of each elytron, these spaces in one specimen including a small white spot; eke win ee 
rostrum, and legs with a few scattered, narrow, white scales, the propleura with a line of white scales Evi 
front of the anterior coxe, and the ventral segments exch with a few white scales along their anterior 
