HILIPUS. 31 
(Champion) ; Nicaragua, Chontales (Janson, Belt); Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch).— 
CoLomBia }, 
Chiefly distinguishable by its very large size, broad elytra, and granulate upper 
surface, which is thickly clothed with intermixed griseous and brownish scales, the 
elytra each with a large, oval or subtriangular, velvety-black patch on the outer part of 
the disc and some similarly-coloured markings near the apex. The rostrum is very 
stout, about as long as the prothorax. The second joint of the funiculus is very little 
longer than the first *. The head is obsoletely foveate between the eyes, which are 
rather narrowly separated. ‘The tibie have a triangular tooth at the middle and an 
acute one at the inner apical angle, and the terminal hook is long and sharp. The 
males have a slightly shorter rostrum than the females and the first ventral segment 
depressed along the middle. Nine specimens have been seen from within our limits. 
46. Hilipus cynicus. (Tab. III. fig. 5, 2.) 
Hilipus cynicus, Pasc. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 89°. 
Hab. Mexico, Cholula, Misantla (Hége), Toxpam, San Andres Tuxtla (Sallé) ; 
British Honpuras, Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; Guatemata, Cahabon (Champion) ; 
Nicaragua, Chontales ' (Belt, Janson); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
The fourteen specimens received of this species show considerable variation in the 
size and shape of the large velvety-black patch on the disc of each elytron, and also 
in the extent of the encircling ring of ochreous or ashy scales: in four (out of the 
seven) examples obtained north of Nicaragua the black patch is reduced in size, 
rounded, and with, at most, a faint line of ashy scales round it; in the two individuals 
from Chiriqui, as in some of those from Chontales, the black patch is very large and 
angular, and encircled (except on the outer edge) by a rather broad line of ochreous 
scales. In fresh specimens there is an angulated line of ochreous or greyish scales on 
each side of the disc of the prothorax. The rostrum is very stout, the antenne 
inserted near the tip; the eyes are somewhat distant; the prothorax and elytra are 
granulate ; the first ventral segment is flattened or very faintly depressed in the middle 
in the male. A typical specimen from Nicaragua is figured. 
47, Hilipus intensus, (Tab. III. fig. 6, ¢.) 
Hilipus intensus, Pasc. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 79°. 
Hab. Nicaraeua (Sallé), Chontales (Belt, Janson); Panama, Bugaba (Champion).— 
CoLomBia }. 
Not uncommon in the southern part of our region, whence seventeen specimens 
* Pascoe describes the second joint of the funiculus as rather longer than the last four joints together, but 
this is, of course, a mistake. 
