4() RHYNCHOPHORA. 
much longer than the first. The two specimens received appear to be male and 
female. 
62. Hilipus adustus, sp. n. (Tab. III. fig. 22, ¢.) 
Elongate-ovate, opaque, black, the rostrum and antenne piceous, the legs partly rufescent; the prothorax 
and elytra densely clothed with minute fulvo-cinereous and reddish-brown scales, the elytra variegated 
with black spots and streaks and the prothorax with a small, triangular, black mark on each side 
of the disc; the under surface densely squamose, the head and legs with piliform scales. Head foveate 
between the eyes, which are rather narrowly separated; rostrum moderately stout, feebly curved, a 
little longer than the prothorax, densely punctate; antenne inserted before the middle of the rostrum, 
joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus equal in length. Prothorax broader than long, transversely convex, 
uneven, moderately rounded at the sides, narrowed and constricted in front, bisinuate at the base ; 
very sparsely and finely granulate, and with a distinct prominence on each side of the disc. Llytra 
one-half wider than the prothorax, narrowing from a little below the base, conjointly rounded at 
the apex, the base subtruncate, the humeri rounded; the surface uneven, seriate-punctate, the 
interstices with scattered, small, smooth granules, the third, fifth, and seventh interruptedly costate. 
First ventral segment with a smooth, triangular, glabrous space in the middle behind. Tibie sharply 
mucronate at the inner apical angle, the hind pair strongly bisinuate within, so as to appear triangularly 
dilated at the middle. 
Length 18, breadth 5 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico, Cerro de Plumas (f/0ge). 
One specimen. This insect seems to be allied to the Brazilian H. leoninus, Boh. 
The following species, H. lentiginosus, is not unlike it, and has similar male-characters. 
The tibial claw in both sexes arises from near the outer apical angle, the tibie thus 
being ‘“ unguiculate” (instead of “ mucronate”), in the sense of Lacordaire. 
63. Hilipus lentiginosus, sp. n. (Tab. III. figg. 28, 9 ; 23a, profile of 
head.) 
Oblong-ovate, black, the head, rostrum, legs, and antenne rufo-piceous; the prothorax and elytra 
variegated with a dense clothing of small fulvous and whitish scales, the latter forming an irregular 
patch on the disc of the prothorax and another on each flank, and an oblique fascia on the disc of each 
elytron before the middle and a transverse one beyond it, the elytra also with a curved, longitudinal, 
velvety-black streak on the disc between the fascie and some similarly-coloured marks near the apex; 
the scutellum with whitish scales ; beneath thickly squamose, the legs with fulvous and whitish piliform 
scales. Head foveate between the eyes, which are rather narrowly separated; rostrum not very stout, 
shining, feebly curved, finely and rather closely punctate towards the base, a little longer than the 
prothorax in the ¢, considerably more elongate in the 2 ; joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus subequal 
in length. Prothorax broader than long, transversely convex, rounded at the sides, constricted and 
narrowed in front, strongly bisinuate at the base, sparsely and rather coarsely granulate. Elytra 
one-half wider than the prothorax, gradually narrowing from a little below the humeri, which are 
rounded, the base sinuate, the apices conjointly rounded ; seriate-punctate, the interstices each with a 
scattered series of rather prominent, smooth, granular elevations. First ventral segment in the g with 
a smooth, transverse, glabrous space in the middle at the apex, this being preceded by a dense patch of 
scales. Tibize mucronate, the hind pair strongly bisinuate within. 
Length 10-12, breadth 47-5 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Ilab. Nicaracva, Chontales (Janson); Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
A male from Panama and a female from Nicaragua. Very like Z. adustus, from 
