94 Mr. G. C. Champion on new Curculioniuse 



stripe along the middle carina. Front tibiaj with both the 

 lower carinas spinose, and a spine on the upper carina beyond 

 the middle. Middle and hind femora strongly spined on the 

 outer carina? ; the tibias with tlie upper and the two lower 

 carinse all spinose. Under surface of body white; ovipositor 

 with the valves broad, and black towards the extremities, 

 which are obtusely pointed. 



Length from tip of head to end of tegmina 85 mm. ; breadth 

 of tegmina 22 mm. ; length of antennae 125 mm. 



IX. — Some new Curculioninse/rom Central and South 

 America. By G. C. Champion, F.Z.S. 



Since the publication of the Appendix to the Curculioninfe 

 in the ' Biologia Central!- Americana ' [Coleopt. iv. pt. 7, 

 pp. 178-212 (Oct. 1910)] a few additional forms have been 

 found amongst the stores at the British Museum, and as 

 there are two fine new Zygopids amongst these insects, it is 

 advisable to describe them at once, before the collection of 

 this subfamily is presented to the Museum by Dr. F. D. 

 Godman. The Zygopids are particularly interesting, as they 

 prove to be common to Costa Rica and Ecuador. 



Hylobiina. 

 Hilipus carinicollis, sp. n. 



? , Bather short, broad, piceous, the depressions of the 

 surface somewhat sparsely clothed with very small, hair-like, 

 ochreous scales, the prothorax with a transverse patch of 

 broader, similarly-coloured scales on each side in front, a 

 larger patch on the anterior part of the flanks beneath, and 

 a few white scales at the base near the hind angles, the 

 elytra also with several small widely scattered intermixed 

 patches of rather broad white scales, these being clustered 

 into an irregular transverse fascia at one-third from the 

 apex, the scutellum albo-squamose. Head densely punctate, 

 foveate between the somewhat narrowly separated eyes; 

 rostrum very feebly curved, moderately stout, a little longer 

 than the head and rostrum, sparsely punctate, smooth along 

 the median line to near the tip. Prothorax strongly trans- 

 verse, slightly rounded at the sides, and abruptly constricted 

 and narrowed in front ; sharply carinate and coarsely granu- 

 late. Elytra moderately long, broad, punctate-striate, the 



