and its Neo-T'ropical Alles. 89 
rostro longiusculo, subcylindrico, leviter punctato. Long. 
54 lin. 
Hab. Amazon (Kga ?). 
Shortly elliptical, black, with tubercles and granules 
not very closely set, the intervals with more or less 
greyish scales, denser at the sides ; rostrum rather longer 
than the prothorax, glossy black, subcylindrical, but a 
little broader at the apex; antenne pitchy; funicle 
elongate, second joint half as long again as the first, 
third and fourth equal, each about the length of the 
first, the last three equal in length and breadth ; club 
elongate- -ovate; eyes large, nearly round, subapproxi- 
mate ; prothorax rather broader than long, rounded at 
the sides, disk in the middle with about a dozen trans- 
verse granules, at the sides the granules round and more 
crowded ; scutellum narrowly scutiform ; elytra broadest 
at the basal part, gradually tapering posteriorly, slightly 
convex, seriate-punctate, third interstice with three conic 
tuber cles, a similar tubercle on the preapical callus, rest 
of the elytra with granules or small tubercles, crowded 
on the shoulders, scattered elsewhere; body beneath 
black with dispersed slender scales; legs pitchy, rather 
elongate. 
Allied to H. echinatus, but with fewer and larger 
tubercles, more glossy, with fewer and rounder scales. 
Hilipus cynicus. 
H. subellipticus, nigro-fuscus, setulis silaceis vestitus, 
prothorace elytrisque confertim granulatis, illo disco linea 
silacea curvato laterali, his singulatim in medio macula 
magna fusca, intus silaceo-marginata, ornatis, apicibus 
divaricatis ; rostro fere recto. Long. 8 lin. 
Hab. Chontales. 
Subelliptic, blackish brown, closely granulate above, 
the intervals with silaceous setulae, prothorax with a 
curved line on each side of the disk, and each elytron on 
about the middle with a large dark brown spot having a 
silaceous margin towards the suture; rostrum not longer 
than the prothorax, nearly straight, carinated and closely 
punctured at the base; between the eyes an elliptic 
smooth space; antenne pitchy; second joint of the 
funicle half as long again as the first; club as long as 
the last five joints together, elliptic; prothorax as long 
TRANS. ENT. soc. 1881.—paRT I, (APRIL.) N 
