578 Mr. F. P. Pascoe's additional 



Apex of each elytron pointed or acuminate. 

 Elytra transversely rugose. 



Hilipus basilUcus. Hillpus Renei. 



Elytra tuberculate. 



Hilipus phrynodes. Hilipus arrogans. 



First joint of the funicle longer than the second. 



Hilipus designatus. Hilipus comix. 



Hilipus jmrdalis. (PL XVI., fig. 5). 

 H. oblongo-ovatus, fusco-castaneus, subnitidus, maculis flavo- 

 squamosis decoratus ; rostro pedibusque nitide ferrngineis, illo 

 recto, subtiliter punctate ; oculis approximatis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. Sarayacu. 



Oblong-ovate, chestnut-brown, somewhat glossy, with clear 

 yellow spots of varying size composed of narrow scales, the head 

 over and between the eyes, and base of the rostrum covered with 

 similar scales ; eyes approximate ; rostrum straight, not stout, 

 glossy rufous, and minutely punctured ; antennae ferruginous, two 

 basal joints of the funicle equal, third and fourth much longer 

 than broad ; pro thorax equal in length and breadth, the disc with 

 a few minute punctures, on each side six or seven spots ; scutellum 

 small, subcordiform ; elytra not much broader than the prothorax, 

 narrowing from the shoulder, seriate-punctate, punctures largest 

 towards the suture, on each side about fifteen spots of varying size ; 

 body beneath dark pitchy, with small remote scales ; legs rufous ; 

 stoutish femora and tibiae. 



This species has a perfectly straight rostrum, the 

 scrobe scarcely passing beneath ; the eyes are closely 

 approximate in front. 



Hilipus lutosus. 

 H. ovatus, rufo-testaceus, subnitidus, griseo-squamulosus, supra 

 granulatus ; rostro mediocre, fere recto, punctato ; anteunis longe 

 apice rostri insertis ; funiculo breviusculo ; elytris transversim 

 granulatis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hah. Columbia. 



Ovate, shining, reddish-testaceous, with minute greyish scales ; 

 rostrum moderately stout, longer than the prothorax, nearly 

 straight, finely punctured ; antennse inserted nearer the middle of 

 the rostrum than the apex, the funicle rather short, the two basal 

 joints of nearly eqixal length, the last five shorter than the club ; 

 prothorax transverse, not narrowed at the base, with many uni- 

 colorous flattish granules, the intervals with greyish or whitish 



