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foveate between the eyes, which are rather narrowly separated; rostrum stout, feebly curved, rugosely 
punctured and tricarinate towards the base, almost smooth at the tip, sulcate laterally ; joint 2 of the 
funiculus nearly twice as long as 1. Prothorax transverse, much narrowed in front and slightly so 
behind, the sides rounded ; coarsely and closely granulate throughout, with an incomplete median carina. 
Elytra about one-third wider than the prothorax, comparatively short, subparallel in their basal half, 
conjointly rounded at the apex, the humeri rounded externally and truncate in front; very coarsely 
seriate-punctate, the interstices rugose and also granulate. Ventral surface coarsely, sparsely punctate. 
Legs short and stout, the tibie feebly mucronate. 
Length 11, breadth 5 millim. (@.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
One specimen. Recognizable by its short broad form, peculiar coloration, closely 
granulate prothorax, and densely squamose legs. 
8. Hilipinus fusiformis, sp. n. 
Subfusiform, fmoderately shining, piceous, the head, rostrum, and legs more or less rufescent ; the upper 
surface (? abraded) with a few scattered ochreous scales, which are aggregated into an oblique line on 
each side of the prothorax and two minute spots on the outer part of the disc of each elytron (one at one- 
third from the base, and the other at one-third from the apex); the under surface with scattered whitish 
and ochreous scales, the ventral surface and legs with whitish piliform scales. Head densely punctate, 
shallowly impressed between the eyes, which are somewhat widely separated ; rostrum (¢) broad and 
stout, curved towards the tip, slightly longer than the prothorax, densely, rugosely punctate from the 
base to the apex, conspicuously carinate down the middle, and sulcate at the sides, the grooves beneath 
separated at the base by two flattened dentiform prominences ; joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus equal in 
length. Prothorax transverse, subconical, closely granulate, the elevations here and there obliquely 
confluent on the disc, and with an abbreviated median carina. Elytra convex, rather more than three 
times the length of, and about one-third wider than, the prothorax, considerably produced at the apex, 
gradually narrowing from the base, the humeri truncate in front and rounded externally, the subapical 
callosities not prominent ; coarsely and closely seriate-punctate, the interstices smooth and narrow, and 
on the apical declivity finely granulate. Ventral segments ( 3) 1-5 sparsely, minutely punctate, 1 and 2 
with a broad depression down the middle, and 5 depressed on each side. ‘Tibie deeply sulcate on their 
outer edge. 
Length 104, breadth 44 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Guaremaa, Purula in Vera Paz (Champion). 
One specimen. In the sulcate tibie and the grooving of the underside of: the 
rostrum this species agrees with H. sulcirostris and H. sulcicrus, from which it differs 
in the conical prothorax, the shorter second joint of the funiculus, and the obtuse 
humeri, the elytra themselves being more convex and gradually narrowing from the 
base. Viewed in profile, the rostrum is sinuous on its lower edge, this being due to 
the funicular grooves extending outwards towards the apex. 
9. Hilipinus quadrimaculatus, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 17, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, slightly shining, piceous or rufous; the prothorax with an oblique vitta on each side, and the 
elytra with a rounded or transverse patch at the sides below the shoulders and a rather broad transverse 
fascia on the disc some distance before the apex, whitish or pale ochreous; the rest of the upper surface 
clothed with minute scattered ochreous scales; the under surface and legs with scattered narrow white 
scales, the cilia at the outer apical angles of the four hinder tibiee blackish. Head densely punctured, 
without distinct fovea between the eyes, which are somewhat widely separated; rostrum a little longer 
