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prothorax, feebly curved, moderately stout, thickly punctured towards the base ; antenne inserted far 
before the middle of the rostrum, joint 1 of the funiculus nearly twice as long as 2. Prothorax broader 
than long, narrowed in front, and rounded at the sides before the middle; coarsely confluently punctate, 
and with an incomplete, smooth, raised, median line. Elytra comparatively short, one-half wider than 
the prothorax, subparallel towards the base, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded ; 
coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices strongly transversely wrinkled. 
Length 8-94, breadth 4-44 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé); Guaremata, Zapote (Champion); Panama, Volcan. 
de Chiriqui (Champion). 
One specimen from each locality. This species somewhat resembles Z. rectirostris, 
H. limbatus, H. elegans, &c.; but has narrow ill-defined prothoracic vittee and trans- 
versely rugose elytra, the depressions of the surface between the markings being 
clothed with minute ochreous or whitish scales, so as to form numerous, small, 
coalescent spots. 
26. Hilipus 12-guttatus, sp. n. (Tab. II. figg. 13, ¢; 134, profile of head.). 
Elongate-ovate, shining, the rostrum and the prothorax and femora in great part rufous; the elytra each 
with six fulvous spots—one at the base, two in an oblique line on the outer part of the disc before the 
middle, and three before the apex, the outer anterior one of these in the form of a short curved fascia,— 
the foves filled with pale ochreous scales; the depressions on the prothorax, as well as the under surface 
and legs, clothed with whitish scales. Head deeply foveate between the eyes, which are depressed and 
narrowly separated ; rostrum very stout, curved, about one-half longer than the prothorax, very sparsely 
punctured at the base and smooth beyond; antenne inserted before the middle of the rostrum, joint 1 
of the funiculus one-half longer than 2. Prothorax convex, broader than long, narrowed in front, 
the sides rounded anteriorly; coarsely confluently punctate, the interspaces transversely rugose, the 
disc with a smooth space down the middle. Elytra one-half wider than the prothorax, subparallel in 
their basal half, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded ; irregularly seriato-foveate, the 
fovere here and there transversely confluent, the interstices smooth and shining. Ventral segments 
1 and 2 broadly depressed down the middle. 
Length 11, breadth 43 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Nicaraeva, Chontales (Belt). 
One specimen. An isolated form, distinguishable by its convex rugose prothorax 
and foveolate elytra, the latter each with six fulvous spots and the fovee filled with 
pale ochreous scales. Not unlike H. paradorus, Pasc., from Cayenne, but more 
elongate and with a much shorter rostrum, the eyes not rounded, the femoral tooth 
sim ple. 
27. Hilipus ahrensi. (Tab. II. fig. 14, ¢.-) 
Heilipus ahrensi, Boh, in Schonh, Gen. Cure. vii. 2, p. 80°. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca ! (Sal/é). 
Easily distinguishable from its Central-American allies by the very coarse transverse 
_ wrinkling of the prothorax and elytra, and the peculiar coloration, the prothorax 
having two small pale ochreous spots on the disc in front and a large similarly-coloured 
