520 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
clustered into two oblong patches on the disc behind, and those on the elytra condensed into a curved, 
oblong, sharply defined streak on the disc at the base, a short sutural streak behind the scutellum, and 
various small irregular spots on the disc and near the apex, the whitish scales condensed into a curved 
line on the anterior part of the prothorax, an oblique fascia on the disc of each elytron below the base, 
and a common, faint, interrupted, transverse, subapical fascia; the upper surface also set with very short, 
coarse, scattered sets; the vestiture of the under surface sparse, that of the legs close, fulvous, slightly 
intermixed with whitish. Head densely punctate, the eyes very large and narrowly separated ; rostrum 
moderately stout, curved, depressed at the base, about as long as the head and prothorax, rugulosely 
punctate, carinate down the middle, the antenn® inserted midway, joints 1 and 2 of the funiculus 
subequal in length, 3-7 transverse, the club elongate-ovate, as long as the preceding six joints united. 
Prothorax transverse, rapidly narrowing from the middle, feebly constricted in front, densely punctate. 
Scutellum rather small. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax, somewhat convex, parallel in their 
basal third; seriate-punctate, the interstices punctulate and almost flat. Beneath closely punctate. 
Mesosternum horseshoe-shaped. Femora feebly clavate, unidentate. Anterior tarsi of the ¢ with a 
few very fine, long, projecting hairs. 
Length 5-53, breadth 2} millim. (d 2.) 
Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé), Jalapa (Hodge); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 
(Champion). 
Six specimens (the single female being now without a head), the two from Mexico 
agreeing perfectly with the others from Chiriqui. The curved black streak at the 
base of each elytron is continued forwards on to the prothorax, these markings forming 
an irregular incomplete annulus. 
HILIPIMORPHUS, gen. nov. 
Head large, convex; rostrum cylindrical, feebly curved, very little longer than the prothorax ; eyes rounded, 
large, coarsely facetted, widely separated, covered in repose by the prominent ocular lobes of the prothorax ; 
antenne with the funiculus 7-jointed, the club ovate, acuminate, with distinct transverse sutures ; 
prothorax transverse, arcuate at the apex, feebly sinuate at the base; scutellum rounded, flat ; elytra 
much broader than the prothorax, oblong, with nine rows of punctures and a short outer row anteriorly ; 
mesosternum very prominent, large, arcuate-emarginate in front; metasternum moderately long, the 
episterna narrow; ventral segments 1 and 2 long, subconnate, 3 and 4 short, 2 nearly as long as 3-5 
united, the first suture arched, the others straight and deep; legs moderately long, rather slender; 
femora feebly clavate, dentate, deeply excavate before the apex; tibia sharply unguiculate at the outer, 
and mucronate at the inner, apical angle, and also toothed or dilated at the middle within, the space 
between this and the tip serrulate, except on the posterior pair; tarsi with joint 3 bilobed, the claws 
simple ; body oblong-ovate, Hilipiform. 
The single species referred to this genus bears an extraordinary superficial resem- 
blance to a Hilipus of the H. elegans-group. The legs are formed very much as in 
Merocnemus binotatus (Boh.) (=horni, Faust), from Venezuela and Brazil. 
1, Hilipimorphus forreri, sp. n. (Tab. XXV. figg. 27, 27 a-c, ¢.) 
Oblong-ovate, shining, nigro-piceous, the legs rufo-piceous, the antenne ferruginous; the head, three narrow, 
interrupted, longitudinal vitte on the prothorax, the scutellum, some small scattered spots on the disc of 
the elytra, and a broad, internally excised space along the sides and apex of the latter, from which 
an oblique ramus extends inwards below the base, densely clothed with small brownish-white scales, the 
rest of the surface sparsely clothed with fine, piliform, similarly coloured scales. Head densely, very 
finely punctate, foveate between the eyes; rostrum moderately stout, sparsely punctate at the base, the 
punctuation becoming very minute and scattered thence to the tip, the antenne inserted at a little 
