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Additional notes on the genus Hilipus. 



second ; the club shortly ovate ; prothorax transverse, rounded at 

 the sides, the base narrowed, coarsely punctured, the intervals 

 between the punctures oblique towards the base ; scutellum scuti- 

 form ; elytra flattish at the base, broader than the prothorax, 

 slightly rounded at the sides, the apex well-rounded, coarsely 

 striate-punctate, punctures approximate, a patch of pale silaceous 

 scales on the shoulder, a similar patch, but more transverse and 

 nearly meeting its fellow at the suture, equidistant between the 

 middle and the apex ; body beneath and legs smooth glossy black ; 

 tibiae short, very slightly curved, bisinuate on the inner margin. 



A black, robust species with four well-marked silaceous 

 patches on the elytra ; the basal joints of the funicieare 

 unusually short. It has the facies of H. suhfasciatus, a 

 Chilian species, but with, inter alia, a much broader 

 prothorax, differently sculptured. 



Explanation of Plates XVI. & XVII. 



Fig. 



