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the smooth median line. Elytra oblong, with narrow, feebly punctured strie, the interstices broad, 
obsoletely uniseriate-punctate, flat, narrowly costate on the apical declivity, 9 raised from about the 
middle onwards. Pygidium densely punctate, small in the @, larger in the ¢. Beneath very coarsely 
and closely, the ventral segments sparsely and finely, punctate, 1 slightly depressed down the middle in 
the ¢. Prosternal sulcus rather shallow. Femora without trace of tooth. 
Length 33, breadth 14 millim. (¢ Q.) 
Hab. Costa Rica (coll. Fry, in Mus. Brit.), Escazu 1200 metres (Biolley). 
Three males and one female. This is the Costa Rican representative of the Mexican 
P. parallelipennis, differing from it in the much more finely striate elytra, the narrower, 
shining, and less flattened rostrum of the female, &c. The more coarsely punctured 
prothorax and the immaculate elytra separate P. subparallela from P. apicalis. 
36. Pseudobaris rugipennis, sp. n. 
Oblong, opaque above, shining beneath, black; glabrous above, the punctures of the under surface and legs 
each bearing a minute whitish scale. Head finely punctate, transversely depressed between the eyes ; 
rostrum arcuate, moderately stout, a little longer than the prothorax, slightly flattened towards the tip, 
finely punctate, the antenne inserted just behind the middle. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides 
anteriorly, constricted in front; coarsely, densely punctate. Elytra oblong, very gradually narrowing 
from the base, slightly compressed at the sides below the humeri ; with feebly punctured, narrow, deep 
strie, the interstices flat, narrowly costate at the apex, each with a closely-packed row of coarse trans- 
verse impressions, 3 not widened at the base. Beneath closely and coarsely, the ventral segments 2-9 
sparsely and finely, punctate. Prosternal sulcus deep, straight. Femora unarmed. 
Length 34, breadth 12 millim. (9?) 
Hab. Mexico, Juquila in Oaxaca (Sal/é). 
One specimen, perhaps somewhat abraded. An oblong, rugosely punctate, immacu- 
late form; less elongate than P. parallelipennis and P. subparallela, and with the elytra 
less widened anteriorly than in P. cribripennis and its allies. 
37, Pseudobaris glabripennis, sp. n. 
Oblong-ovate, shining, black with a brassy lustre; glabrous above, the punctures on the under surface and 
legs each bearing a minute scale. Head sparsely, minutely punctate, transversely grooved between the 
eyes ; rostrum (¢) bowed from the base, nearly as long as the head and prothorax, moderately stout, 
closely punctate, flattened and smoother at the tip, (@ ) a little longer and abruptly flattened and almost 
smooth from near the base, the antenne inserted slightly behind the middle in the ¢ and at about the 
basal third in the 2. Prothorax transverse, rounded at the sides anteriorly, feebly constricted in front, 
the sides subparallel at the base; closely, somewhat: coarsely punctate, sometimes with an abbreviated 
smooth median line. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, very gradually narrowing from the 
rounded humeri, slightly depressed along the suture ; sharply striate, the strie with scattered punctures 
which become coarse towards the base, the interstices broad, flat, narrowly costate on the apical declivity, 
each with a scattered row of very minute punctures. Pygidium large and convex in the ¢, smaller and 
transverse in the 2. Beneath coarsely, the abdomen sparsely and finely, punctate ; fifth ventral segment 
sinuato-truncate at the apex, and the first flattened down the middle, in the g. Prosternal sulcus 
straight, deep. Femora unarmed. 
Length 375-32; breadth 14-14 millim. (¢ Q.) 
Hab. Guatemata, Guatemala city, Capetillo, Duefias (Champion). 
Six specimens, three of each sex. Smaller and less elongate than the Costa Rican 
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