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scales ; tarsi covered with long grey hairs, the basal joint somewhat 

 elongate ; anterior coxte separated. 



This species has a certain resemblance to H. Dahl- 

 homi, but the elytra are much more convex, tuberculate, 

 and the apex not nearly so pointed. The longitudinal 

 groove between the eyes is peculiar. Of course it may 

 be expected that the tubercles will vary from this — the 

 only specimen I have seen. 



Hilipus designatus. (PI. XVI., fig. 7). 



H. elongatus, rufo-piceus, prothorace utrinque vitta, elytrisque 

 plagis duabus obscure albido-squamosis ornatis ; capite pedibiisque 

 rufis. Long. 6 lin. 



Hah. New Granada, 



Elongate, reddish-pitch}', the prothorax with a stripe on each 

 side, and the elytra with four large patches of short pale yellowish 

 scales ; eyes ovate ; rostrum moderately slender, thicker towards 

 the apex, the base with three slightly elevated lines, the intervals 

 irregularlj' punctured ; antennae pitchy ; first joint of the funicle 

 longest, the four next rounded, the last transverse and closely 

 contiguous to the club ; prothorax longer than broad, rounded at 

 the sides, scarcely narrowed at the base, the disk coarsely punc- 

 tured, a glossy raised line anteriorly ; scutellum elongate, smooth ; 

 elytra broader than the prothorax at the base, gradually narrowed 

 to the well-rounded apex, seriate-ixmctate, a large irregular patch 

 extending from the shoulder to the middle, and another, shorter, 

 meeting its fellow, at the apex ; body beneath and legs reddish- 

 pitchy, with few scales ; tibiae rather short, nearly entire. 



A narrow form like H. tetanicus, but, inter alia, with 

 shorter elytra gradually narrowing to the apex, and not 

 depressed in the middle. 



Hilipus comix. (PL XVII., fig. 4). 



H. oblongo-ovatus, niger, subnitidus, elytris plagis quatuor 

 silaceo-squamosis, munitus ; rostro subtenue, glabro, subtiliter 

 punctato ; antennis piceis ; clavaparva; prothorace rude punctato. 

 Long. 7 lin. 



Hah. Santa Martha. 



Oblong-ovate, black, slightly shining, elytra with four silaceous 

 spots ; rostrum rather slender, nearly straight, smooth, minutely 

 punctured ; antennae pitchy ; two basal joints of the funicle short, 

 the first the longest, third joint only a little shorter than the 



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