and its Neo-Tropical Alles. 67 
approximate; prothorax rather longer than broad, 
rounded at the sides, sparingly punctured, two stripes 
at the side, the lower curved ; scutellum ovate ; elytra 
much broader than the prothorax and three times the 
length, convex, the lateral stripe forming at the middle 
an irregular ocellus, a large round ocellus nearly meeting 
its fellow at the suture posteriorly, the nearly obsolete 
preapical callus forming its centre, the apex narrowly 
rounded; body beneath and legs glossy black, the two 
basal abdominal segments with a patch of silaceous 
scales at the side; claw-joint elongate, pitchy. 
Allied to S. Norrisii, S. Chevrolatii, and S. bipunctatus, 
which have all a sutural stripe on each elytron, and 
which probably belong to one variable species. 
Hilipus mysticus. (Pl. L., fig. 5.) 
H. anguste oblongus, niger nitidissimus, femora in 
medio lutea, prothorace elytrisque lineis flavis, bene 
determinatis, perplexe dispositis, ornatis ; rostro leviter 
punctato. Long. 5 lin. 
Hab. Sarayacu. 
Narrowly oblong, very glossy black, the femora, except 
at the base and apex, luteous, the prothorax and elytra 
with very distinct lines of yellow scales of complicated 
patterns; rostrum slender, not longer than the head 
and prothorax, moderately curved, finely punctured ; 
antenne pitchy ; two basal joints of the funicle elongate, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth round; club not longer than the 
two basal joints of the funicle; eyes subapproximate ; 
prothorax longer than broad, sparingly punctured, the 
yellow lines forming an oblong, somewhat quadrate figure 
extending nearly the whole length on each side; scutellum 
narrowly triangular; elytra nearly three times longer 
than broad, moderately convex, seriate-punctate, the 
yellow lines on each side at the base assuming a some- 
what reniform figure, posteriorly a triangle with a loop 
in the centre enclosing the preapical callus, the apex of 
the elytra rounded; body beneath glossy black, without 
scales; femora smooth, luteous, except at the base and 
apex; tarsi rather slender. 
A handsome species, allied to H. catenatus, but dis- 
similar in the pattern (as will at once be seen in the 
figures), and differing in the proportions formed by the 
yellow lines of the funicular joints, 
