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short, one-half wider than the prothorax, parallel towards the base, conjointly rounded at the apex, the 
humeri rounded externally and hollowed in front; seriate-punctate and sparsely, coarsely granulate, 
the smooth granular elevations each bearing a short decumbent seta. First ventral segment un- 
impressed. 
Length 93, breadth 44 millim. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
One specimen, probably a male. A second example (?%), found by myself at 
Bugaba, Panama, belongs to this or to a very closely-allied species. It differs from 
the Nicaraguan insect in having the prothorax and elytra much more finely granulate, 
the interstices of the latter transversely wrinkled towards the base, the rostrum mote 
elongate. 
53. Hilipus asperatus, sp.n. (Tab. III. fig. 13.) 
Oblong-ovate, black, the head, rostrum, antenne, and legs rufo-piceous ; the prothorax and elytta somewhat 
thickly clothed with intermixed fulvous and whitish scales, the whitish ones on the prothorax coarse and 
piliform, the elytra each with a triangular, brownish-black, velvety patch on the disc and a transverse 
similarly-coloured streak near the apex; the scutellum with whitish scales; the under surface and legs 
sparsely clothed with ochreous and whitish piliform scales. Head foveate between the eyes, which are 
rather narrowly separated; rostrum short and very stout, feebly curved, very little longer than the 
prothorax, towards the base rugosely punctured and laterally sulcate; joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus 
subequal in length. Prothorax convex, much broader than long, rounded at the sides, considerably 
narrowed in front, strongly bisinuate at the base, coarsely granulate, without trace of median carina. 
Elytra comparatively short, one-half wider than the prothorax, sinuate at the base, gradually narrowing 
from a little below the humeri, the latter rounded externally, the apices conjointly rounded; the surface 
uneven, coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices with scattered series of smooth tubercles, those on the 
third interstice large, each bearing a rather long decumbent seta, the subapical callosities prominent, 
Ventral segments 1-4 very sparsely, minutely punctate, the first unimpressed. 
Length 9, breadth 4 millim. 
Hab. Guaremaua, Cubilguitz in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One specimen, no doubt a male, the rostrum being very short. Recognizable by 
the coarsely tuberculate, transverse thorax, the rather stout, tuberculate, setigerous 
elytra, each of which has a small triangular, dark, velvety patch on the disc, &c. 
Compared with H. spiculosus it is less elongate and much smaller, the elytra are 
narrower and more finely tuberculate, the tubercles on the prothorax, on the contrary, 
being larger. 
54. Hilipus costaricensis, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 14.) 
Oblong-ovate, black, shining, the rostrum and the legs in part piceous, the tips of the tarsi and the scape 
rufescent ; the upper surface variegated with rather coarse, narrow, ochreous and whitish scales, the 
elytra each with a very large, black, subtriangular, lateral patch (extending from a little below 
the shoulder to near the tip, and inwards to the third interstice) and a small transverse black mark 
before the apex ; the legs and under surface with scattered, coarse, piliform, whitish and ochreous scales. 
Head closely punctate, not foveate between the eyes, the latter large and somewhat narrowly separated ; 
rostrum moderately stout, feebly curved, much longer than the prothorax, shining, sparsely punctate ; 
antenne inserted considerably before the middle of the rostrum, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus 
subequal in length. Prothorax convex, transverse, rounced at the sides, constricted in front, and 
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