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narrow whitish scales. Head deeply foveate and punctured between the eyes, which are somewhat 
distant ; rostrum stout, curved, longer than the prothorax, somewhat coarsely punctured, except towards 
the tip, obsoletely carinate at the base, and with a short sulcus between the points of insertion of the 
antenne ; the latter inserted at about one-third from the apex of the rostrum, and with joints 1 and 2 of 
the funiculus subequal in length. Prothorax about as long as broad, somewhat rounded at the sides, 
irregularly punctate, the punctures becoming coarser and transversely confluent towards the base, the 
disc with a smooth central line, the flanks obsoletely granulate. Elytra elongate, subparallel in their 
basal half, conjointly rounded at the apex, a little more than one-fourth wider than the prothorax, 
flattened towards the suture, the humeri obliquely rounded, obtuse in front; seriate-punctate, 
the interstices transversely wrinkled. First ventral segment somewhat deeply depressed down the 
middle. 
Length 11, breadth 33 millim. ( 92.) 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One specimen. This species is coloured almost exactly like some of the small 
varieties of H. elegans occurring in the same district; but may be readily distinguish- 
able therefrom by its narrow subcylindrical shape, and the relatively much narrower 
elytra. The whitish markings are slightly tinged with ochreous, and those on the 
elytra more or less excised at the edges. 
10. Hilipus furcatus, sp.n. (Tab. I. fig. 21, ¢.) 
Narrow, subcylindrical, shining, black; the prothorax with a rather broad whitish vitta on each side, which 
is continued down the outer part of the elytra to far beyond the middle, and there connected with a 
curved oblique fascia extending from near the outer margin to the suture before the apex, and has two 
rami extending inwards to the second or third row of punctures and another running outwards to near 
the margin ; the legs, rostrum, and under surface with scattered, narrow, white scales. Head coarsely 
punctured and foveate between the eyes, which are somewhat distant; rostrum stout, curved, about as 
long as the prothorax, coarsely punctured at the sides towards the base, for the rest almost smooth ; 
antenns inserted some distance before the apex of the rostrum, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal 
in length. Prothorax convex, about as long as broad, rounded at the sides, narrowed in front, almost 
parallel behind ; the surface with widely scattered punctures, Elytra elongate, widest a little beyond the 
middle and here barely one-third wider than the prothorax, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri 
rounded; rather coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices transversely wrinkled. 
Length 104, breadth 3} millim. (2.) 
Hab. Muxico, Jalapa (Hoge). 
One specimen. This insect somewhat resembles H. hieroglyphicus in general colora- 
tion; but is of more cylindrical shape, with the thorax more rounded at the sides and 
the elytra relatively narrower. 
11. Hilipus cylindricus, sp. n. (Tab. I. fig. 22, 9.) 
Narrow, elongate, cylindrical, shining, rufo-piceous, blackish below the shoulders and at the apex of the 
elytra, clothed above with very minute, piliform, ochreous scales, which tend to become more concentrated 
towards the sides of the prothorax ; the prothorax with a small whitish spot on either side at the base ; 
the elytra with numerous more or less coalescent spots at and below the humeri, forming an irregular, 
oblong, humeral patch and an oblique one behind it, and others before the apex, the latter forming a 
common transverse fascia, ochreous; the under surface and legs with scattered, narrow, whitish scales, 
Head foveate and thickly punctured between the eyes, which are somewhat distant; rostrum stout, 
curved, longer than the prothorax, thickly punctured towards the base and smooth at the tip, and with a 
