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narrowly separated; rostrum exceedingly stout, curved, a little longer than the prothorax, densely, 
rugosely punctured almost to the tip, obsoletely carinate, sulcate laterally, the antennal grooves extending 
far forward along the middle beneath, forming broad, deep, sinuous sulci; joint 1 of the funiculus slightly 
shorter than 2. Prothorax strongly transverse, rounded at the sides, much narrowed in front and slightly 
so behind ; granulate, and with an incomplete median carina. Elytra about one-third wider than the 
prothorax, subparallel below the base, the humeri rounded externally and subangular in front, the apices 
conjointly rounded; coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices granulate. Ventral segment 1 sulcate 
down the middle. Tibiz sulcate on their outer edge. 
Length 10, breadth 43 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Guatemaa (Conradt). 
One specimen. Allied to H. integellus and H. sulcicrus, but with a still stouter and 
more rugose rostrum, which is obsoletely carinate above and has longer, broader, and 
deeper grooves beneath for the reception of the funiculus of the antenne. The 
prothoracic and elytral markings resemble those of H. integellus, except that they are 
pure white, and there is no trace of an apical spot; the prothorax, too, is more 
transverse than in that species. 
14. Hilipinus dentirostris, sp.n. (Tab. IV. figg. 22, ¢; 224, profile of 
head and rostrum.) 
Oblong-ovate, slightly shining, rufo-piceous, the legs rufescent, with joints 1-3 of the tarsi blackish ; the 
prothorax with a very small spot on each side at the base near the hind angles, the elytra with a small 
spot just within the humeri, about five others in an oblique series below this, and a somewhat cruciform 
mark on the disc towards the apex, white, the rest of the upper surface clothed with minute greyish 
scales; the under surface and legs with narrow whitish scales. Head rugulosely punctured, the eyes 
somewhat widely separated ; rostrum very stout, curved, a little longer than the prothorax, rugose almost 
to the tip, finely carinate down the middle, the antennal grooves extending far forward along the centre 
beneath and separated at the base by two dentiform prominences ; joint 1 of the funiculus slightly shorter 
than 2. Prothorax much broader than long, moderately rounded at the sides, constricted before the 
apex, much narrowed anteriorly and slightly so at the base; finely granulate and with indications of a 
raised line down the middle. Elytra moderately long, narrowing almost from the shoulders, barely one- 
fourth wider than the prothorax, sinuate at the base, the humeri angular in front and rounded externally, 
the apices somewhat produced and conjointly rounded; rather coarsely seriate-punctate, the interstices 
transversely rugose and granulate. Venter deeply depressed along the middle. Tibi obsoletely sulcate 
on their outer edge. 
Length 11, breadth 43 millim. (¢.) 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales (Belt). 
One specimen. Allied to H. integellus and H. sulcirostris, but with the white 
markings of the upper surface reduced to small spots, the rostrum armed with two 
dentiform prominences at the base beneath, the prothorax finely granulate. The 
grooves on the underside of the rostrum are broad, becoming evanescent beyond the 
middle. 
15. Hilipinus curvirostris, sp. n. 
Elongate-ovate, narrow, shining, piceous, the antennal scape and the legs in part rufescent; above and beneath 
clothed with scattered, coarse, oblong, ochreous and whitish scales; the legs with whitish piliform scales. 
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