and its Neo-T'ropical Allies. 87 
Allied to H. tuberculatus, Boh., but stouter and more 
convex, the preapical callus not tuberculate, the apex 
itself broadly rounded, &c. 
FTilipus stellio. 
H. sat late ovatus, niger, squamulis griseis adspersus, 
supra tuberculis raris instructus; rostro modice elongato ; 
elytris basi depressis, in medio plaga laterali fusca 
notatis. Long. 6 lin. 
Hab. Para. 
Rather broadly ovate, black, with small greyish seat- 
tered scales, sparingly tuberculate above, elytra with a 
dark brown indefinite patch on each side at about the 
middle; rostrum of moderate length, gradually stouter 
towards the apex; antenne ferruginous; funicle rather 
elongate; club as long as the last four together; pro- 
thorax subtransverse, rounded at the sides, the disk with 
a few small transverse and three larger tubercles, the 
intervals between the latter depressed ; scutellum oblong, 
triangular; elytra rather short, broadest at the base, 
depressed and slightly concave to near the middle, where 
it is bounded on each side by an oblique elevation fol- 
lowed by a dark brown triangular patch, preapical callus 
sharply tuberculate ; body beneath and legs with minute 
scattered hair-like scales; last segment of abdomen 
finely punctured. 
Among the tuberculate species of Hilipus this is, inter 
ala, differentiated by the sculpture of the prothorax. 
Flilipus exustus. 
H. subellipticus, nigrescens, supra granulatus, griseo 
vel silaceo-squamosus ; prothorace lateribus fuscis ; ely- 
tris plaga fusca velutina semicirculari in medio notatis ; 
rostro sat breviusculo, perparum arcuato. Long. 8 lin. 
Hab. Colombia. 
Subelliptic, blackish, with numerous small glossy 
black granules above, the intervals thinly covered with 
narrow greyish or silaceous scales, the sides of the pro- 
thorax brown, on the elytra at about the middle a dark 
brown velvet-like semicircular patch ; rostrum not longer 
than the prothorax, cylindrical, very slightly curved, 
rather finely punctured at the base and on the forehead; 
antenne brown; second joint of the funicle rather longer 
