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tibiee (a character overlooked by Boheman), and the anteriorly prominent humeri. 
The prothorax is transverse, rounded at the sides, constricted in front, granulate, with 
a median carina and two irregular, narrow, sinuous, evanescent, ochreous vitte. The 
elytra are considerably produced at the apex, coarsely seriate-punctate, with the 
interstices granulate; the markings are sordid-ochreous in colour, and chiefly consist 
of a large irregular patch on the outer part of the disc before the middle, from which 
a branch extends forward to the base, a large angulated or cruciform patch on the disc 
before the apex, and, sometimes, an apical spot. The first ventral segment is deeply 
depressed down the middle in the male, and the fifth very coarsely punctured. ‘The 
head is rugosely punctured, not foveate between the eyes, which are rather narrowly 
separated. The rostrum in the male is about as long as the prothorax, very stout, 
densely, rugosely punctured, and towards the base carinate and laterally sulcate, the 
antennal grooves extending far forward along the middle beneath, and forming deep 
sulci for the reception of the funiculus. 
12. Hilipinus sulcicrus, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 20, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, slightly shining; piceous or rufo-piceous, the prothorax with a broad curved vitta on each side, 
the elytra with a very broad, irregular, sinuous, more or less interrupted, band extending from just within 
the humeri to the suture a little before the apex, and the head with a few scales between the eyes, white 
or whitish ; the rest of the upper surface with minute ochreous scales, the under surface and legs with 
narrow white scales, Head closely punctured, not or obsoletely foveate between the eyes, which are 
rather narrowly separated; rostrum very stout, curved, a little longer than the prothorax, rugosely 
punctured almost to the tip, carinate along the middle and shallowly sulcate at the sides ; joint 1 of the 
funiculus slightly shorter than 2. Prothorax strongly transverse, rounded at the sides, narrowed and 
constricted in front, and slightly narrowed behind; closely granulate, and with an incomplete median 
carina. Elytra rather short, about one-fourth wider than the prothorax, subparallel below the base, the 
humeri rounded externally and angular in front, the apices conjointly rounded ; coarsely seriate-punctate, 
the interstices granulate. Ventral segments 1—4 almost smooth, 5 coarsely punctured, 1 depressed down 
the middle behind in the male. Tibiz sulcate on their outer edge. 
Length 74-9, breadth 3? millim. (d¢ 2.) 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Three specimens. Very like ZH. integellus, but easily distinguishable therefrom by 
the broad white prothoracic vitte (the space occupied by these being free from 
granules), which are continued as an irregular more or Jess interrupted band down the 
elytra to the suture before the apex, the latter also less produced. The general 
coloration is very like that of Hilipus cruciatus and its allies. 
13. Hilipinus sulcirostris, sp.n. (Tab. IV. fig. 21, 2.) 
Oblong-ovate, subopaque, nigro-piceous; the prothorax with a sinuous, oblique, pure white vitta on each 
side, which becomes very narrow in front; the elytra with an irregular curved stripe on the outer part 
of the disc extending down the basal third, and an interrupted cruciform patch on the disc some distance 
before the apex, also white ; the rest of the upper surface clothed with minute ochreous scales, which on 
the elytra are intermixed with fuscous ones, so as to form small spots; the under surface and legs with 
narrow white scales. Head densely, rugosely punctured, not foveate between the eyes, which are rather 
