and its Neo-Tropical Allies. 91 
Hab. Colombia. 
Narrowly elliptical, glossy black, prothorax with a 
stripe on each side of the disk and the elytra with 
numerous spots composed of small silaceous scales, sides 
of the prothorax and of the body beneath closely covered 
by similar scales; rostrum rather stout, slightly curved, 
on each side two oblique carine, scrobes subapical ; 
antenne pitchy ; second joint of the funicle nearly twice 
as long again as the first, the rest gradually shorter, the 
last four transverse, club short; prothorax broader than 
long, the sides slightly rounded, minutely punctured and 
somewhat corrugated or granulate behind; scutellum 
transverse ; elytra a little broader than the prothorax at 
the base, slightly convex, the sides moderately rounded, 
produced and pointed at the apex (the margins of which 
are serrated), substriate-punctate, the intervals corru- 
gated, preapical callus almost obsolete; legs pitchy black; 
tarsi covered with greyish hairs. 
From the description, H. acutissimus, Boh., would 
seem to be nearly allied to this species, only that it is 
nearly double the length, and nothing is said about the 
remarkable serrature of the apical portion of the elytra. 
Hilipus miliaris. 
H. ellipticus, nigrescens, subnitidus, supra squamulis 
latiusculis albis maculatim dispositus; elytris apice pro- 
ductis, acute-acuminatis; rostro septem-carinato. Long. 
hlinz 
Hab. Cayenne. 
Elliptic, blackish, slightly glossy, with scattered 
minute narrow scales above, and, chiefly on the elytra, 
numerous white specks formed by the aggregation of 
small round scales; rostrum a little longer than the pro- 
thorax, slightly curved near the apex where the antenn 
are inserted, with seven distinct elevated lines or carine ; 
antenne ferruginous, scape longer than the funicle and 
club together ; second joint of the latter twice as long as 
the first, and as long as the three following together ; 
prothorax conical, slightly rounded at the sides, some- 
what closely and finely punctured, the intervals granuli- 
form; scutellum subquadrate ; elytra moderately convex, 
shoulders obtusely rounded, basal half parallel at the 
sides, the apex drawn out and sharply acuminate, striate- 
