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Nearer to Hilipus scabripenm.% Boliem., from Brazil, tlian to any other 

 S2:)ecies known to me. 



26. Erirrliinoides distinchis, sp. n. 

 Hah. Chimborazo (15,800 feet). 



Oblong-ovate, broader behind than in front, Ijlack and shining. Head 

 slightly narrower in front than behind ; rather strongly and closely 

 pnnctured, the punctures slightly closer near the eyes, with a feeble im- 

 punctate impression near the base of the rostrum ; eyes lateral, not very 

 prominent ; rostrum moderately long, slightly curved, irregularly punctured 

 near the base, the punctures gradually becoming obsolete towards the apex. 

 Antennae pitchy, the club covered with grey pubescence. Prothorax slightly 

 broader than long, strongly constricted in front, rather strongly and sparingly- 

 punctured ; the median line slightly raised but not very distinct ; the sides 

 strongly arcuate liehind the constriction. Scutellum small, triangular and 

 impunctate. Elytra al)out as long as the rostrum, head, and prothorax 

 together, slightly In-oader behind than in ftxnit, moderately strongly punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices rather broad, slightly raised and finely rugulose 

 but not punctured ; the striae disappear posteriorly ; humeral angles not 

 prominent ; the sides gently rounded to the apex. Underside pitchy, the 

 sternal channel extending to the middle coxae ; the sterna strongly and 

 not very closely punctured ; the abdomen with an oblong impression in the 

 middle common to the first two segments which are as strongly punctured as 

 the sterna, the other segments less strongly and closely punctured. Legs 

 pitchy. Length, 4j mm. 



A very distinct species, differing from the only other species of the 

 genus, Erirrliinoides %micolor, Blanch., from Chili, in having the prothorax 

 more strongly constricted in front, the sternal channel broader and extending 

 further j)osteriorly, etc. 



27. Erirrhinus glahcr, sp. n. 



Hab. Cayambe (15,000 feet). 



Elongate-ovate, much nari'ower in front than behind, moderately convex, 

 shining Idack. Head very short and finely i)unctui'ed ; rostrum long, slightly 

 nairowed towards the base, extremely finely punctured. Antennse pale 

 2)itchy, densely clothed with fine grey pubescence. Prothorax slightly 

 Ijroader than long, much narrower in front than behind, rather densely 

 covered with fine indistinct punctures ; the median line slightly raised ; 

 anterior margin with a slight emargination in the middle ; the sides feebly 

 arcuate, with two small obtuse processes one just before, the other just 



