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90 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the genus Hilipus, 
as broad, narrower at the base, sides fully rounded ; 
scutellum convex, round; elytra substriate-punctate, 
punctures in parts obsolete, the strize granulate as well 
as the interstices, preapical callus rather prominent, the 
apices divergent; body beneath and legs glossy brown, 
with scattered silaceous setulz ; claw-joint Tong. 
In the style of coloration this species resembles H. con- 
tumax and others which have a brown patch on the 
sides, but the divaricate apices of the elytra and other 
characters of form and sculpture leave it without a 
near ally. 
Hilipus occultus. 
H. angustus, piceus, setulis adspersis subsilaceis, et 
in plagis ivregularibus condensatis, vestitus ; rostro in- 
crassato quinque-carinato; antennis ad apicem rostri 
insertis; elytris subcuneatis, basi prothorace paulo 
angustioribus. Long. 4} lin. 
Hab. Chontales. 
Narrow, pitchy, with generally scattered setule, but 
condensed and forming dingy irregular patches on the 
prothorax and elytra ; rostrum stout, curved, tricarinate 
at the base and a second inte rmediate pai of carine 
towards the apex; antenne apical; second joint of the 
funicle more than twice as long as the first, the rest ob- 
long; eyes approximate ; prothorax rather broader than 
long, the sides parallel posteriorly, a fine carina—but not 
extending to the base—with coarse punctures, the inter- 
vals granuliform, on each side of it, ocular lobes produced ; 
seutellum cordate; elytra moderately convex, gradually 
narrowing from the base, the latter very little broader 
than the prothorax, the shoulders nearly obsolete, striate- 
punctate, the interstices closely granulate, preapical 
callus moderately prominent; a few setule on the body 
beneath and on the legs; tibiew, especially the anterior 
pair, fluted or grooved; tarsi ferruginous. 
A small dull-looking species remarkable, inter alia, for 
its cuneiform elytra and fluted tibiz. Another genus in 
the future. 
Hilipus prionurus. (Pl. 1, fig. 2.) 
H. anguste ellipticus, niger nitidus, prothorace utrin- 
que vitta ely trisque maculis numerosis silaceo- -squamosis, 
his apicem versus serratis, apice seipso producto-acu- 
minatis, rostro breviusculo, quadricarinato. Long. 6 lin. 
