and its Neo-T'ropical Allies. 85 
Hilipus catenatus. (PI. I., fig. £.) 
H. oblongus, niger, nitidus, femora in medio lutea; 
fronte, prothorace elytrisque lineis conjunctis flavis, bene 
determinatis, ornatis; rostro quinque-carinato. Long. 
6 lin. 
Hab. Maeas. 
Oblong, glossy black ; femora, except at the base and 
apex, luteous; front, prothorax and elytra with very dis- 
tinct lines of yellow scales between the eyes, and on the 
front two lines united in the middle, the lines on the 
sides of the prothorax forming a broad triangle with the 
apex downwards, and those on the elytra at the side a 
lozenge-shaped figure before the middle joined by a 
looped pedicel to a transverse line at the base, and from 
just behind the middle to the apex a figure resembling 
the numeral 8; rostrum rather stout, narrower in the 
middle, the basal two-thirds with five well-marked 
carine, and a smaller and less distinct carina on each 
side of the central one; antenne black, the scape paler 
or pitchy, the second joint of the funicle half as long 
again as the first; the club nearly as long as the. last 
five joints together; eyes lateral; prothorax broader 
than long, a few fine punctures anteriorly; scutellum 
rounded, inclining to cordate; elytra subcuneiform, 
broadest at the base, moderately convex, seriate-punc- 
tate, preapical callus not prominent, the apex rounded ; 
body beneath glossy black without scales; penultimate 
joint of the tarsi broadly bilobed. 
The form, rostrum, disposition of the yellow lines, 
which may be compared to the links of a chain, and 
other characters, at once differentiate this species. It 
is, however, closely allied to H. mysticus, ante p. 67. 
Hilipus galeotes. 
H. breviter ellipticus, fuscus, supra tuberculis plurimis 
nitide nigris adspersus, interstitiis squamulis subauran- 
tiacis dense tectis; elytris subcordatis, apicibus paulo 
divaricatis. Long. 7 lin. 
Hab. Sarayacu. 
Shortly ovate, dark brown, above with several glossy 
black conical tubercules—varying in size—irregularly 
scattered, the intervals closely covered with dull orange- 
