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and not so coarse, the elytra are less rounded at the sides anteriorly, and the rostrum 
is dissimilarly formed in the two sexes. The elytral interstices are sharply costate on 
the apical declivity, and the third is widened and albo-maculate at the base. The 
prosternal sulcus is straight, deep, and sharply margined. 
P. subcaudata superficially resembles P. apicalis, but it belongs to the P. acutipennis- 
section of the genus. 
30. Pseudobaris discreta. 
Pseudobaris discreta, Casey, Ann. N. York Acad. Sci. vi. pp. 552, 554. 
Hab. Norvu America, Texas}, Brownsville——Mexico (Truqui, in Mus. Brit.). 
A Pseudobaris( 3 ) found by ‘Truqui in Mexico seems to belong to P. discreta, Casey 
(described from a single example), of which a specimen from Brownsville has been 
sent us by Mr. Barber. It is more shining than P. eribripennis, Solari, and has the 
elytra less widened anteriorly and the interstices less rugose. ‘The rostrum is described 
as slender, but this definition does not apply to either of the insects before me. The 
third elytral interstice is widened and albo-squamose at the base in both species. 
31. Pseudobaris guttifer, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black; the third elytral interstice with a smail patch of narrow white scales at the 
base, the punctures on the under surface and legs each bearing a minute scale. Head finely punctate, 
transversely depressed between the eyes; rostrum arcuate, stout, about as long as the head and pro- 
thorax, closely punctate, in the Q flattened and much smoother in its apical half, the antenne inserted 
at about the middle. Prothorax transverse, constricted in front, arcuately narrowing from the base ; 
closely, rather finely, punctate, except along the smooth median line. Elytra rounded-triangular, 
narrowly punctate-striate, the interstices broad, flat, narrowly costate at the apex, each with an irregular 
row of very fine punctures, which become transverse towards the sides, the third widened and more 
closely punctate at the base. Beneath closely and coarsely, the abdomen finely, punctate ; first ventral 
segment slightly depressed along the middle, and the fifth feebly foveate at the apex, in the ¢. Pro- 
sternal sulcus shallow, not margined. Femora unarmed. 
Length 31-33, breadth 13-1j millim. (¢ @.) 
Hab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz (Hf. H. Smith). 
One female and two males. Of the same size and shape as P. stigmatica, but with 
the rostrum (2) much shorter and stouter, the prothorax not so coarsely punctate, the 
elytra rounded at the apex, with finer strie and much smoother interstices, the pro- 
sternal sulcus shallow and not margined, the anterior femora unarmed. ‘The much 
finer sculpture and the less sharply defined prosternal sulcus distinguish P. guttifer 
from P. discreta and P. cribripennis. 
32. Pseudobaris ocellata. 
Pseudobaris ocellata, Solari, Ann. Mus. Genova, xl. p. 434 (1906) 
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Hab. Mexico, Toxpam (Sallé), Jalapa, Cordova (/Hége), Milan in Vera Cruz (Anab, 
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