notes oil the genus Hilipus. 581 



Hillpus validus. (PL XVI., fig. 6). 

 H. robnstus, ovatus, convexus, fuscus, squamulis obscure silaceis 

 vestitus, supra granulatus ; prothorace subgloboso ; elytris nonui- 

 hil cordiformibus. Long. 8 lin. 



Hab. Minas Geraes. 



Stout, ovate, convex, brown, covered with dull silaceous piliform 

 scales ; eyes large, ovate ; rostrum moderately slender, the basal 

 half narrowly ridged; antennae pitchy; two basal joints of the 

 funicle subequal, the third a little shorter than- the second, the last 

 three round ; club only half as long as the funicle ; prothorax sub- 

 globose, broader than long, disk with a slightly raised line ante- 

 riorly and dotted with several small granules ; scutellum small, 

 ovate ; elytra somewhat cordiform, broadest at the middle, nar- 

 rowly rounded at the apex, finely striate, the interspaces irregularly 

 granulate, a nearly transverse curved pale band behind the middle, 

 and similarly coloured spots at the base ; body beneath dark brown, 

 with patches of silaceous scales, especially on the sides of the 

 metasternum ; inner margins of the tibia; bisinuate, tarsi with the 

 basal joiut nearly as long as the next two together. 



A very robust species, not allied to any other known 

 to me. The femoral tooth is much smaller than is 

 usual in this genus. 



Hilipus decipiens. 



H. subanguste ovatus, convexus, rufo-piceus nitidus, vitta lata 

 utrinque irregulari pallide silaceo-squamosa, decoratus ; prothorace 

 oblongo ; elytris in medio granulatis, apice rotundatis. Long. 

 6 lin. 



Hab. Columbia. 



Eather narrowly ovate, reddish pitchy, shining, each side densely 

 covered with pale silaceous scales, forming a broad very irregular 

 stripe, leaving a harrow oblong glabrous patch between, and 

 another on the outer margin ; rostrum slender, slightly curved, 

 roughly punctured at the base ; antennae dark testaceous ; funicle 

 elongate, the two basal joints equal and nearly as long as the rest 

 together ; club elliptic ; prothorax apparently longer than broad, 

 the middle with a few large punctures ; scutellum nearly round ; 

 elytra not depressed at the base, considerably broader than the 

 prothorax, gradually narrowing from the shoulder to the narrowly 

 rounded apex, the middle glabrous portion with flattish glossy 

 granules ; body beneath and legs pitchy ; tibiae slender, curved, the 

 inner edge nearly entire. 



