notes on the genus Hilipus. 579 



filiform scales ; scutellum scutiform, closely covered with pale 

 greyish scales ; elytra conspicuously broader than the prothorax, 

 flattish, seriate-punctate, the apex rounded, posteriorly the scales 

 are closer together, forming an indistinct whitish band ; body 

 beneath and legs with numerous minute scales ; first abdominal 

 suture nearly obsolete ; tibia3 short, fore-tibia; curved, scarcely 

 bisinuate. 



Colour, the insertion of the antennae towards the 

 middle of the rostrum, and the short funicle, are the 

 principal characters of this species, but I know of none 

 with which to compare it. 



Hilipus Fryi. (PL XVI., fig. 8, var.). 

 H. oblongus, niger, nitidus, prothorace elytrisque lineis silaceo- 

 squamulosis, bene determinatis et perplexe figuratis, ornatis, rostro 

 subtenuato ; pedibus rufo-piceis. Long. 6 — 7 lin. 



Hah. Peru. 



Oblong, black, shining, with narrow, very distinct lines of small 

 silaceous scales, forming complex patterns; rostrum moderately 

 slender and ciurved, finely punctured; antennae pitchy, the first 

 two joints of the funicle elongate and equal; prothorax somewhat 

 longer than broad, the sides very slightly rounded, a little depressed 

 posteriorly and nearly obsoletely punctured ; scutellum broadly 

 cordiform ; elytra much broader than the prothorax, gradually 

 narrower towards the apex, moderately convex, and distinctly 

 seriate-ptinctate ; body beneath blackish ; legs reddish-pitchy, with 

 a few scattered white piliform scales. 



Allied to H. mysticus (Trans. Ent., 1881, p. 67), but 

 more robust, a stouter rostrum ; a broad cordiform 

 scutellum ; broader and more convex elytra, more dis- 

 tinctly punctured ; and longer tibiae. The specimen I 

 have here described has a sort of figure of 8 pattern on 

 the basal half of each elytron ; posteriorly the pattern is 

 more complex and includes three patches — the middle 

 one triangular. The individual figured is the extreme 

 form of a variable species, well represented by inter- 

 mediate forms in Mr. Fry's collection, and to whose 

 unfailing generosity I am indebted for my specimens. 



Hilipus cxcidtus. (PI. XVII., fig. 3). 

 H. suboblongus, rufo-piceus, squamis, plerumque rotundatis, 

 silaceis, plagiatim variegatus ; rostro rugoso confertim puuctato ; 



