12 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
inserted at about the middle of the rostrum, joint 1 of the funiculus nearly one-half longer than 2. 
Prothorax broader than long, rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, depressed on the disc at the base ; 
coarsely, confluently punctate, with a smooth, raised, median line. Elytra one-half wider than the 
prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, depressed behind the scutellum, conjointly rounded at the apex, 
the humeri rounded; deeply seriate-punctate, the interstices flat and transversely wrinkled. First ventral 
segment depressed in the middle. 
Length 10, breadth 43 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 4000 feet (Champion). 
One specimen. Very like some of the smaller and less elongate forms of the variable 
H. elegans; but with a longer, more slender, and less curved rostrum, the antenne 
inserted at about the middle of the latter and with a more elongate basal joint to the 
funiculus, the prothorax more transverse, &c. The markings of the upper surface are 
brownish, bordered on their edge with white, and very like those of some of the 
Guatemalan specimens of H. elegans. 
8. Hilipus rectirostris, sp. n. (Tab. I. figg. 19, 2; 19a, profile of head.) 
Oblong-ovate, comparatively broad and short, shining, piceous, the femora in part and the rostrum more 
or less rufescent ; the prothorax with a broad whitish vitta on each side; the elytra with a very broad 
curved stripe on the outer part of the disc, extending from the base to about the middle, and a large 
apical patch, the two connected in one specimen, and the latter reaching the suture before the apex and 
enclosing a small bare spot on the subapical callosities, whitish or pale ochreous; the rest of the surface 
and the legs clothed with narrow ochreous scales. Head deeply foveate between the eyes, which are 
narrowly separated ; rostrum a little longer than the prothorax, stout, almost straight, thickly punctured, 
except towards the tip, obsoletely carinate at the base; antenne inserted far before the middle of the 
rostrum, joint 1 of the funiculus longer than 2. Prothorax broader than long, the sides much rounded 
and converging anteriorly; coarsely, confluently punctate, and with a smooth median carina. Elytra 
about one-half wider than the prothorax, comparatively short, subparallel towards the base, depressed 
behind the scutellum, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded ; coarsely seriate-punctate, the 
interstices transversely wrinkled and towards the base granulate. 
Length 7-8, breadth 34-43 millim. (9.) 
Hab. Mexico (Sallé); Guatemana, Cerro Zunil (Champion). 
Two specimens, the Guatemalan one figured differing from the other in having the 
elytral markings longitudinally confluent. Differs from H. elegans and H. limbatus 
in the almost straight rostrum, which is also much shorter and stouter than in the 
jast-mentioned insect, and the relatively shorter elytra. There are two nearly 
allied South-American forms in the British Museum, labelled H. draco (Fabr.) and 
H. parvulus, Boh., respectively. 
9. Hilipus ornatus, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 20, ¢.) 
Narrow, subcylindrical, shining ; rufo-piceous, the prothorax with a moderately broad whitish vitta on each 
side, narrowing in front; the elytra with a broad, irregular, sinuous stripe at the sides extending from the 
base to about the middle, from which a short ramus runs inward posteriorly to the third row of punctures, 
and a large transverse oval patch before the apex, nearly reaching the suture and enclosing a bare smooth 
space at the tip of the anteapical callus, also whitish, the edges of both markings more or less excised ; 
the upper surface elsewhere clothed with a fine ochreous pubescence; the under surface and legs with 
