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43 (4). Hilipus stigmosus, sp.n. (Tab. XXXV. figg. 18, 18 <.) 
Oblong-ovate, robust, opaque, black ; somewhat thickly clothed above and beneath with minute, greyish, hair- 
like scales, the prothorax with four velvety-black spots placed in a transverse series across the middle 
of the disc, and the elytra with various irregular velvety-black markings—a narrow transverse streak on 
the disc below the base and a broader one at the middle, a common transverse streak midway between 
these and a triangular spot on the flanks in a line with it, and an interrupted subapical fascia. Head 
closely, very finely punctate, flattened and obsoletely grooved between the eyes, which are strongly 
transverse and separated by the width of the rostrum; the latter very stout, feebly curved, shining, 
somewhat thickly punctate in its basal half, the antenne inserted at about the middle. Prothorax 
broader than long, constricted and narrowed in front and slightly narrowed behind ; sparsely, finely 
punctate. Elytra considerably wider than the prothorax, narrowing from a little below the base, 
obtusely dentate at the apex; seriate-punctate, the interstices flat. Beneath shining, the ventral 
segments sparsely and finely, the metasternum more coarsely, punctate. Legs short. 
Length 14, breadth 6, millim. (3?) 
fiab. Costa Rica, Escazu (Underwood). 
One rather worn specimen. ‘This insect somewhat resembles Sphenophorus stig- 
maticus, Fahr. The velvety-black markings on the prothorax and elytra, and the 
smooth interstices of the latter, readily distinguish it. 
Hilipus cynicus (p. 31). 
To the localities given, add:—Costa Rica, Tuis (Biolley, in Mus. Brit.), Cariblanco 
(Lankester). 
Hilipus intensus (p. 31). 
To the localities given, add :—Costa Rica, Santa Clara (Biolley, in Mus. Brit.). 
. Hilipus circuliferus (p. 33). 
To the localities given, add :—Cosra Rica, Tuis (biolley, in Mus. Brit.), Reventazon, 
Plains of Santa Clara, Atlantic slope (Biolley, in mus. nostr.). 
Hilipus bioculatus (p. 42). 
To the localities given, add:—Costa Rica, Savanillas de Pirris (Underwood), 
Cariblanco (Lankester). 
Hilipus unifasciatus (pp. 43, 44). 
To the localities given, add :—Cosra Rica, San Carlos (Biolley). 
79. Hilipus terebrans, sp.n. (Tab. XXXV. figg. 19, 19a, 9.) 
Ovate, robust, shining, black, the antenne and the tip of the rostrum obscure ferruginous, above and beneath 
rather sparsely clothed with very small, narrow, white scales, which on the upper surface are condensed 
into small spots on the depressed portions of the surface, the prothorax with an irregular oblique vitta on 
each side, and the elytra with an interrupted subapical fascia, and two transverse spots on the outer part 
of the disc between this and the base, fulvous; the legs clothed with white piliform scales. Head 
sparsely punctate, foveate between the eyes, which are rather narrowly separated ; rostrum very elongate, 
straight, cylindrical, moderately stout, sparsely punctate and squamose in its basal half, the apical half 
