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the two basal joints equal, and of moderate length ; club broadly 

 ovate, distinct ; prothorax scarcely broader than long, very convex, 

 well-rounded at the sides and narrowed at the base, with large, 

 opaque, closely approximate, granules ; scutellum subtriangular ; 

 elytra much broader than the prothorax, abruptly declivous pos- 

 teriorly, the super-apical tubers prominent, the sides clouded with 

 brown, at the base a few minute punctures, the back unequal and 

 tuberculate, the largest tubercles — about six or seven — occupying 

 an oblong crest on the middle of each elytron ; body beneath and 

 legs blackish, opaque, clothed more or less with ochreous hair-like 

 scales. 



In some respects like H. Marklini, but more robust, 

 more uniformly coloured, and, for this genus, an un- 

 usually slender rostrum. 



Hilipus ludiosus. (PI. XVII., fig. 8). 



H. sat breviter ovatus, piceus, utrinque vitta albido-squamosa 

 irregulari, ornatus ; rostro basi sulcato ; funiculo breve ; tibiis 

 tarsisque ferrugineis. Long. 5 hn. 



Hab. Parana. 



Rather shortly ovate, pitchy, an irregular broad whitish stripe, 

 running round the sides of the prothorax and elytra, not meeting 

 anteriorly, and more or less indented on the elytra ; rostrum 

 moderately stout, four longitudinal impressions at the base, the 

 two middle ones shorter and more developed ; eyes not approxi- 

 mate ; antennae pitchy, funicle short, the first two joints equal, the 

 remainder very transverse, the club as long as the funicle, except 

 the first joint; prothorax about equal in length and breadth, the 

 sides well-rounded, the base slightly contracted, closely punctured 

 between the stripes, the punctures varying in size ; scutellum 

 scutiform ; elytra moderately convex, the sides nearly parallel, the 

 apex of each slightly acuminate, seriate-punctate, in each punc- 

 ture a small white scale ; body beneath pitchy ; tibiae and tarsi 

 ferruginous, two basal joints of the latter broadly triangular. 



Facies of H. tricolor-, but with a short funicle scarcely 

 longer than the club, the rostrum sulcate at the 

 base, &c. 



Hilipus arctuj'us. (PL XVII. , fig. 7). 



H. suboblongus, umbrinus, squamulis minutis silaceis adspersus, 

 elytris pone medium plaga velutina ftisca postice silaceo-margi- 

 nata, ornatus ; rostro recto, punctulato ; antennis piceis ; funiculo 



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