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88 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the genus Hilipus, 
than the last four joints together; eyes subapproximate ; 
prothorax broader than long, narrowed at the apex, the 
sides well-rounded and closely granulate, the granules 
less crowded on the disk; seutellum seutiform : elytra 
much broader than the prothorax at the base, thence 
gradually narrowing to the apex, slightly convex, striate- 
punctate, each interstice with a row of fine glossy black 
granules, which are more dispersed towards the apex, 
preapical callus prominent; body beneath and legs 
black, somewhat glossy, with scattered white hairs. 
Allied to the preceding, but with a shorter and stouter 
rostrum, the elytra more convex, narrower behind, the 
patch confined ‘to the middle, 7. ¢., not extending to the 
base, or to the external margin. 
FHilipus expletus. 
H. subellipticus, niger, squamulis silaceis sat dense 
tectus ; prothorace elytrisque sparse granulatis, lateri- 
bus fuscia ; rostro subtenue, elongato, parum arcuato. 
Long. 6 lin. 
Hab. Chamicuros. 
Subelliptic, black, rather closely covered above with 
silaceous scales, darker on the middle of the prothorax 
and base of the elytra, the sides dark brown, rising on 
the elytra towards the suture at about the middle, and 
forming a broadly triangular patch; rostrum pitchy, 
long, somewhat slender , very slightly curved, finely punc- 
tured, the scrobes commencing before the middle ; eyes 
approximate; antenne pitchy ; second joint of the 
funicle half as long again as the first, the last four joints 
ovate and together nearly as long as the club; prothorax 
broader than long, the sides well rounded; scutellum 
narrowly cordate; elytra slightly concave along the 
suture, the sides very slightly rounded, preapical callus 
prominent, the apex narrowly rounded; body beneath 
and lees with scattered silaceous scales. 
The coloration is after the style of H. contwnax, but it 
is a much narrower species, less convex, with a more 
slender rostrum, longer funicle, &c. There is a slight 
mucro on the inner angle of the tibize. 
Hilipus molestus. 
H. breviter ellipticus, niger, tuberculis granulisque 
sat parce instructus, interstitiis plus minusve griseis ; 
