14 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
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 equal in length. Prothorax rather 
longer than broad, the sides slightly rounded and converging a little towards the apex; the surface 
somewhat coarsely, confluently punctate, with a smooth, raised, median line in front, the interspaces here 
and there asperate. Elytra elongate, subparallel to beyond the middle, conjointly rounded at the apex, 
rather more than one-third wider than the prothorax, the humeri obliquely rounded, obtuse in front; 
seriate-punctate, the interstices transversely wrinkled. First and second ventral segments feebly depressed 
in the middle behind. . 
Length 10, breadth 3 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Belt). 
One specimen. Not unlike H. ornatus, but still narrower and more cylindrical, the 
prothorax without marginal vitte, the elytral markings reduced in extent and formed 
by coalescent spots. 
12. Hilipus collectus. (Tab. I. figg. 23, 3; 234, profile of head.) 
Hilipus collectus, Pasc. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 68°. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales 1 (Belt, Janson). 
We have received five specimens of this species. It is chiefly recognizable by the 
disposition of the pale ochreous markings on the upper surface, these consisting of a 
small spot or oblong streak on either side of the base of the prothorax and numerous 
spots on the elytra, the latter more or less concentrated in places, and showing 
a tendency to form a patch at the shoulders, an oblique fascia below this, and a 
transverse, common, anteapical band. The second joint of the funiculus is a little 
shorter than the first. 
13. Hilipus trifasciatus, sp.n. (Tab. I. figg. 24, ¢; 25, 3, var. f.) 
Oblong-ovate, moderately shining, black, the head, the prothorax (except at the base and apex), the incras- 
sate portion of the femora, the apical joint of the tarsi, and the metasternum, in part, often rufous; 
the upper surface in fresh specimens thickly clothed with a very short fulvous or greyish pubescence ; 
the prothorax sometimes with an interrupted ochreous vitta on each side, usually reduced to a single 
spot at the base, and a similarly coloured streak beneath in front of the anterior coxe; the elytra with 
numerous patches of ochreous or whitish scales, these concentrated in places and forming three interrupted 
transverse fascie ; the underside and legs clothed with scattered, narrow, white scales. Head deeply 
foveate between the narrowly separated eyes; rostrum stout, curved, as long as or a little longer than 
the prothorax, irregularly and rugosely punctured at the sides, and sometimes carinate in the middle 
towards the base, for the rest almost smooth; antenne inserted far before the middle of the rostrum, 
joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal in length. Prothorax about as long as broad, moderately convex, 
rounded at the sides, much narrowed in front and slightly so towards the base; the surface rather 
coarsely, irregularly punctate, usually with indications of a smooth central line, the interspaces sometimes 
more or less granulate. Scutellum sometimes with a few white scales. Elytra about one-half wider than 
and fully three times as long as the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, conjointly rounded at the 
apex, the humeri rounded ; seriate-punctate, the interstices flat, in some specimens faintly transversely 
wrinkled or obsoletely granulate. Venter smooth, in the ¢ broadly depressed down the middle of the 
first two segments. 
Var. a. Duller, the spots on the elytra less numerous; the prothorax sparsely punctured or with a few widely 
scattered granules. 
