92 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on the genus Hilipus, 
punctate, punctures large, approximate, interstices nar- 
row and irregular; body beneath and legs rather closely 
covered with silaceous scales; posterior coxe widely 
apart; tibize elongate. 
This species ranks with H. scapha, Boh., H. mortuus, 
Thoms., and others with pointed elytra; its leading 
peculiarity is the seven-lined rostrum. 
Hilipus paradoxus. 
H. ovatus, rufo-piceus, elytris fulvo-maculatis ; rostro 
longissimo; pedibus, femorum dimidio apicali nigro 
exceptis, fulvis; dente femorum extus crenato. Long. 
5 lin. 
Hab. Cayenne. 
Ovate, reddish pitchy, elytra with numerous spots of 
fulvous scales, head and rostrum fulvous, the latter nearly 
as long as the whole insect, slender, curved, finely punc- 
tured, scrobe commencing near the middle; eyes nearly 
round, approximate; antenne slender, first joint of the 
funicle half as long again as the second, third to the 
sixth gradually shorter ; club ienecoliie: prothorax 
slightly broader than long, rounded at the sides, rugosely 
punctate in the middle, some of the punctures filled with 
fulvous scales, a narrow smooth longitudinal line ante- 
riorly; scutellum scutiform; elytra convex, seriate- 
punctate, punctures approximate, preapical callus not 
prominent, the apex rounded; body beneath and legs 
fulvous, distal half of the femora black, outer margin 
of the tooth crenate; tarsi broad, fringed ; claw-joint 
small. 
An isolated species, with a long rostrum, round eyes, 
and the femoral tooth crenate or denticulate on the 
external margin, as in Prionomerus; it should probably 
form a distinct genus. 
SyPHORBUS. 
Rostrum yalidum, paulo arcuatum; scrobes oblique. 
Antenne articulo ultimo funiculi discreto. Oculi sub- 
frontales. Prothorax transyersus, apice constrictus, basi 
bisinuatus, infra profunde emarginatus. LHlytra ampla, 
elevata, Bani subrecta, prothorace latiora. Pedes bre- 
viusculi; femora clavata, infra dente armata; tibie 
breves bisinuate, apice bimucronate; tarsi latiusculi ; 
ungues liberi. Abdomen segmentis duobus basalibus 
