notes on the genus Hilipus. 589 



rest together not much longer than the two preceding ; prothorax 

 much broader than long, transversely granulate, the intervals 

 minutely punctured ; scutellum rather large, subtriangular ; elytra 

 broader than the prothorax, flattish at the base, nearly parallel at 

 the sides to beyond the middle, slightly divergent at the apex, 

 each shortly acuminate, the back between the stripes irregularly, 

 and, at the base, transversely granulate, the stripe dotted with 

 glossy minute granules ; body beneath and femora pitchy ; tibiae 

 and tarsi testaceous. 



This species closely resembles H. decipiens, ante -p. 581, 

 but the diagnosis given of the two species will at once 

 show the difference. 



Hilipus Renei. 



H. oblongo-ovatus, niger nitidus, maculis albo-squamosis, hinc 

 inde confluentibus, utrinque ornatus; rostrum breviuseulum, vix 

 arcuatum, basi quinque-carinatum ; elytris subdepressis, brevius- 

 culis, apicem versus gradatim angustioribus, apice seipso acumi- 

 nato. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. San Paulo Olivenca. 



Oblong-ovate, glossy black, the eyes bordered in front by pale 

 silaceous, the sides of the prothorax and elytra with spots, often 

 confluent, of greyish-white scales ; rostrum nearly straight, the 

 base with five raised lines ; antennae pitchy ; funicle with the 

 second joint much longer than the first, the remainder rounded; 

 prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides, rather coarsely punc- 

 tured ; scutellum round, placed in a triangular depression of the 

 elytra ; these rather depressed, slightly rounded at the sides, the 

 apex acuminate, seriate-punctate, punctures approximate, largely 

 impressed, the intervals convex ; body beneath and legs pitchy- 

 black ; tibiae slightly bisinuate. 



The apex of each elytron is acuminate, without being 

 prominent ; the spots are confined to the sides, and are 

 less numerous in a specimen I have, ticketed "Amazon." 

 I have named it after M. Bene Oberthiir, to whom I owe 

 the specimen here described. 



Hilipus phrynodes. 



H. validus, late ovatus, niger, griseo-squamosus ; rostro elon- 

 gato, subtiliter punctato ; elytris convexis, subcordatis, tuberculis 

 majoribus minoribusque adspersus, apice singulatim acuminato. 

 Long. 7 lin. 



Hab. Chontales. 



