can 
74 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the genus Hilipus, 
A species with a decided resemblance to Ambates 
eretifer, Pasc., but considerably larger. 
FTilipus suspensus. 
H. subovatus, fusco-piceus, setulis squamulisque 
ochraceis tectus, prothorace elytrisque fusco-vittatis et 
ochraceo-plagiatis ; supra punctatus, in certu sito quam- 
quam granulatis. Long. 7 lin. 
Hab. ga. 
Subovate, dark pitchy brown, more or less covered with 
slender and rounded ochraceous—inclining to orange— 
scales, with stripes and patches of brown and ochreous, 
above punctured, in certain lights as if granulate ; 
rostrum longer than the prothorax, curved, closely 
punctured ; antenne ferruginous; scape elongate ; first 
two joints of the funicle of moderate length; eyes 
approximate ; prothorax as long as broad, subconical, 
the sides slightly rounded, disk with a dark brown stripe 
on each side, joined to an ochreous broader stripe 
exteriorly, the side below with a large silaceous spot; 
scutellum narrowly triangular, closely covered with 
silaceous scales ; elytra moderately convex, the sides but 
slightly rounded, on the middle an oblique brown stripe 
terminated by an ochreous patch which nearly extends 
to the suture, the side before the middle with a silaceous 
spot, preapical callus not prominent; body beneath and 
lees chocolate-brown with a few scattered silaceous hairs; 
tarsi with a silaceous pubescence. 
An isolated species. 
Hilipus tetanicus. 
H. angustus, subparallelus, fuscus, sparsa griseo- 
squamosus, vitta lata utrinque, apice ad suturam extensa, 
squamulis silaceis conferta; rostro crassiusculo. Long. 
6 lin. 
Hab. Cayenne. 
Narrow, subparallel, dark brown, with scattered greyish 
scales; sides of the prothorax and elytra with a broad 
irregular stripe of crowded silaceous scales extending to 
the apex where it joins its fellows; rostrum stoutish, 
curved, the basal half slightly angulate ; antenne pitchy ; 
first joint of the funicle somewhat longer than the 
second, the rest rounded; eyes subapproximate ; pro- 
