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declivity. Sides of the metasternum and the apex of the fifth ventral segment coarsely foveolate, ventral 
segments 1-4 very sparsely, minutely punctate, 1 slightly depressed in the middle in the male. 
Length 74-11, breadth 33-5 millim. (d @.) 
Hab. British Honpvras, Rio Sarstoon (Blancaneaux) ; GuaTemaua, Panzos (Conradt, 
Champion), Chacoj, San Juan, Senahu (Champion); Nicaracua, Chontales (Beit) ; 
Panama, Bugaba, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion).—CotomBia (Mus. Brit.). 
Var. The squamosity of the upper surface a little more abundant; the elytra more rugose towards the base, 
with the interstices faintly granulate, the punctures usually very coarse on the basal half. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Sierra de Durango, Amatan, Motzorongo (Blot), Toxpam (Sallé), 
Misantla (Hége). 
Of this variable species, which may be known by its shining and very sparsely 
squamose surface (approaching JI. bioculatus in this respect), we have received a long 
series of specimens from within our limits, those from the Sallé collection being 
labelled H. unifasciatus, Chevr. There is an example of it, too, from Colombia, in 
Dr. Sharp’s collection, ticketed H. indistinctus, Jekel. Very similar forms seem to be 
generally known under the name of H. clavipes (Fabr.); but I cannot reconcile our 
insect with Boheman’s description of the Fabrician species, in which he says that it 
is of the length of Cleonus sulcirostris, and has the elytra four times as long as the 
thorax, &c. The minute brownish scales are easily abraded, the larger ones only being 
conspicuous. Compared with H. bioculatus, the present species is relatively narrower. 
70. Hilipus cinctipennis, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, subopaque, black, the upper surface clothed with very fine, piliform, fulvous or brownish scales, 
the elytra each with a rather broad transverse fascia of coarser whitish or ochreous scales on the disc a 
little beyond the middle; the under surface and legs with scattered, whitish, piliform scales. Head deeply 
foveate between the eyes, which are somewhat widely separated ; rostrum stout, feebly curved, short, not 
longer than the prothorax, closely punctured, smoother at the apex and along the middle; joints 1 and 2 
of the funiculus equal in length. Prothorax broader than long, moderately rounded at the sides, strongly 
bisinuate at the base, narrowed and constricted in front ; subgranulate and also punctate at the sides and 
base, a space on the anterior part of the disc irregularly punctured (the entire surface, when viewed under 
a strong lens, densely minutely reticulate). Elytra about one-third wider than, and three times the 
length of, the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, somewhat compressed at the sides before the 
middle, strongly sinuate at the base, conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded and a little 
swollen; seriate-punctate, the punctures on the apical declivity almost obsolete and replaced by scattered 
granular elevations, the interstices transversely wrinkled towards the base. Ventral segments 1-4 very 
sparsely, minutely punctate, 1 flattened or faintly depressed in the middle. 
Length 9-113, breadth 33-4? millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Mexico (Sailé); Guatemauta, Panzos (Champion); Nicaragua, Chontales 
(Janson). 
A single specimen from each locality (the one from Mexico being immature), 
evidently males, the rostrum being short and stout in all of them. Very like 
H. unifasciatus, but less shining, the prothorax and elytra without small scattered 
