notes on the genus Hilijjus. 587 



protliorace utrinque rotundato, basi angustiore ; elytris prothorace 

 multo longioribus. Long. 5 lin. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Shortly ovate, moderately convex, reddish brown, behind the 

 middle of the elytra a narrow well-marked transverse line of 

 whitish scales ; eyes nearly round ; rostrum nearly straight, punc- 

 tured at the base; antennas rufous; second joint of the funicle 

 slightly longer than the first, third and fourth equal, longer than 

 broad; prothorax slightly transverse, rounded at the sides, the 

 base narrower, disc with a well-marked median ridge and numerous 

 small round and ovate granules, ocular lobes prominent ; scutellum 

 semicircular ; elytra much broader than the prothorax, not nar- 

 rowed but broadly rounded at the apex, gi'anules small, numerous, 

 irregularly arranged, the intervals closely covered by minute 

 yellowish scales ; body beneath and legs pitchy, with a few small 

 scales. 



Very similar to H. zonatiis, but with broader elytra, 

 prothorax narrowed at the base, &c., characters which at 

 once differentiate it. 



Hilipus 2)olyspilus. 



H. oblongo-ovatus, subdepressus, rufescens, squamulis silaceis 

 elongatis in fasciculis parvis adspersus ; rostro elougato, subtiliter 

 punctato ; prothorace confertim granulato ; elytris transversim 

 rugixlosis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hab. South Brazil. 



Oblong-ovate, flatfish, reddish or reddish-pitchy, dotted with 

 small tufts of narrow silaceous scales ; eyes ovate, less than the 

 normal size ; rostrum considerably longer than the prothorax, 

 minutely punctured; antennae slender, second joint of the funicle 

 half as long again as the first, the remainder gradually shorter, the 

 last two only slightly transverse ; prothorax much broader than 

 long, the sides moderately rounded, slightly contracted at the base, 

 closely granulate ; scutellum punctiform ; elytra slightly broader 

 than the prothorax at the base, thence very gradually narrower, 

 the apex rounded, sei'iate-punctate, the punctures transversely- 

 separated by waved raised lines ; body beneath and legs uni- 

 colorous, with small remote scales ; distal extremities of the 

 femora blackish ; tibiae scarcely curved. 



In contour like H. dorsosulcatus and insidiosus, but 

 rather more elongate; both these species differ, inter 

 alia, in having the two basal joints of the funicle of 

 equal length. 



