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medium exceptis, albido-squamosis; rostro a basi gra- 
datim latiori. Long. 7 lin. 
Hab. Macas. 
Narrowly oblong, glossy black above, except a stripe 
in the middle (and the sides below) of the prothorax, 
the shoulders, and an irregular band on the elytra 
behind the middle, forming a lozenge-shaged patch on 
the suture, and spreading upwards to the shoulders at 
the sides, covered with closely-approximate whitish 
scales; rostrum not longer than the prothorax, gradually 
broader from the base to the apex, irregularly punctured ; 
antenne pitchy; the two basal joints of the funicle 
equal, the last obconic; eyes round, lateral; prothorax 
narrow, scarcely longer than broad, the sides from the 
middle parallel, obsoletely punctured; scutellum small, 
oblong; elytra three times the length of the prothorax, 
parallel at the sides, preapical callus nearly obsolete, 
apparently striate-punctate, but the punctures mostly 
masked by the scales; body beneath and legs glossy 
black, nearly scaleless; tarsi rather long, claw-joint 
much shorter. 
An isolated species. The rostrum is more than 
usually dilated from the base to the tip. The colour 
on the upper surface seems to be a pale ashy, owing to 
the white scales not completely covering the derm. 
Hilipus empiricus. 
H. oblongo-ovatus, fuscus, silaceo-squamosus, lateribus 
squamulis in linea irregulari condensatis; rostro sat 
valde arcuato, basi in medio carinato et grosse punctato; 
elytris supra planatis. Long. 4 lin. 
Hab. Chontales. 
Oblong-ovate, dark brown, with silaceous scales at the 
sides of the prothorax and elytra close together, forming 
an irregular stripe receding from the external margin in 
the middle of the elytra, but united to its fellow by a 
narrow band posteriorly; rostrum somewhat slender, 
rather strongly curved, carinated, and coarsely punctured 
at the base; antenne ferruginous, the two basal joints 
of the funicle of moderate length, the rest gradually 
shorter; club nearly as long as the last five together ; 
eyes approximate both above and beneath; prothorax 
oblong, the sides rounded, but slightly incurved at the 
