HILIPINUS. O93 
2. Hilipinus biguttatus, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 18, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, robust, subopaque, black, densely clothed with narrow, minute, intermixed fulvous and cinereou 
scales, each elytron with a very large, velvety, brownish-black lateral patch a little beyond the middle, 
the prothorax with indications of an oblique line of pallid scales on either side of the disc; the under 
surface and legs with scattered ochreous or whitish piliform scales, the tip of the abdomen, the apices of 
the tibize, and the soles of the tarsi with fulvous hairs. Head rugulosely punctured, not foveate between 
the eyes, which are widely separated ; rostrum very stout, broad, feebly curved, slightly longer than the 
prothorax, rugosely punctured and tricarinate, smoother at the tip, sulcate laterally, the scrobes in 
great part visible from above and forming broad deep furrows beneath for the reception of the funiculus, 
these becoming divergent towards the apex; joint 2 of the funiculus twice as long as 1. Prothorax 
transverse, gradually and arcuately narrowing from a little before the base to the apex, constricted in 
front, the apex broadly and deeply emarginate, the base feebly bisinuate ; closely and finely granulate, 
with indications of an abbreviated median carina. Elytra rather convex, about one-fifth wider than, and 
three times the length of, the prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, the apices mucronate, the humeri 
rounded externally and truncate in front; seriate-punctate, the interstices broad, transversely rugulose, 
and finely granulate, Ventral segments finely, rather sparsely punctate, the first broadly depressed in 
the middle. 
Length 18, breadth 8 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (coll. Godman & Salvin). 
One specimen. A close ally of the Brazilian H/. ascius (Germ.), differing from that 
species in its broader form, the presence of a very large, lateral, brownish-black, velvety 
patch on each elytron, and the broader and deeper sulci on the underside of the rostrum 
in the male. 
3. Hilipinus laticollis, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 14, 2.) 
Oblong, robust, slightly shining, black or piceous; thickly clothed with minute scales, which are mostly 
fulvous in colour, the elytra with a common, indeterminate, transverse, blackish-brown fascia at about 
the middle followed by a whitish one, and also with a few scattered whitish scales, the scutellum clothed 
with whitish scales; the under surface and legs with fulvous piliform scales. Head densely rugose, not 
foveate, the eyes rather widely separated; rostrum (3) broad, very stout, a little longer than the 
prothorax, longitudinally rugose and also carinate, laterally suleate, the antennal grooves in great part 
visible from above, (@) a little longer, narrower, and much smoother towards the tip; joint 2 of the 
funiculus nearly twice as long as 1. Prothorax transverse, broad, deeply emarginate at the apex, feebly 
pisinuate at the base, the sides rounded anteriorly, almost straight behind, and constricted in front ; 
closely and very finely granulate, with an abbreviated median carina. Elytra about one-fifth wider than, 
and three times the length of, the prothorax, moderately convex, subparallel in their basal half, conjointly 
rounded and considerably produced at the apex, with the sutural angle slightly dentiform, the humeri 
- rounded externally and truncate in front; closely seriate-punctate, the interstices somewhat convex, trans- 
versely rugulose, and very finely granulate. Venter sparsely punctate, the first and second segments 
very broadly depressed down the middle in the male. . 
Length 14-154, breadth 54-63 millim. (¢ 2.) 
Hab. Ntcaraeua, Chontales (Belt). 
Two males and two females. Smaller and less elongate than H. ingens, and more 
oblong than Hi. biguttatus and H. ascius, and differing from all three in the maculation 
of the elytra, these having an irregular, common, dark fascia at about the middle 
followed by a whitish one. The prothorax is very broad, as in H. ingens, but less 
