452 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
PHYSOBARIS, gen. nov. 
Mandibles short, notched within, feebly decussate; rostrum stout, arcuate, moderately long, the antenne 
inserted beyond the middle in both sexes, the club stout, globose-ovate, twice the width of the transverse 
penultimate joints of the funiculus, sparsely pilose and shining at the base; prothorax transverse, 
sinuate at the base; scutellum strongly transverse, free; elytra oblong-subtriangular, much wider than 
the prothorax, separately rounded at the apex, undulate on the disc, nodose towards the apex, densely 
sculptured; pygidium large, fully exposed, subvertical; prosternum slightly hollowed down the middle, 
the basal portion short and depressed ; mesosternum depressed, exposed ; anterior coxs exserted, separated 
by about one-third of their own width ; legs somewhat elongate ; femora unarmed, excavate at the apex 
only beneath, more or less clavate; tibiae narrow, angulate at the outer apical angle, the anterior pair 
with a long, the others with a shorter, apical uncus; tarsi slender, the lobes of the third joint narrow, 
the claws long and divergent ; body oblong-ovate or elongate-ovate, metallic, dull, densely sculptured 
above, clothed with small, inconspicuous, adpressed, setiform scales, 
Type, P. intricata. 
This genus includes two closely allied species from the Atlantic slope of Mexico or 
Guatemala. It approaches Psewdobaris, but has the prosternum very shallowly and 
indefinitely sulcate, the antenne inserted beyond the middle of the rostrum in both 
sexes and with a larger club, the elytra nodose towards the apex and densely 
sculptured, &c. The more approximate anterior coxe, the narrow prothorax, the 
large, globose-ovate antennal clnb, &c., separate Physobaris from Rhytidobaris. The 
antennal club is densely pubescent to near the base in P. intricata, but in P. nodosa 
the basal half is shining. 
_ 1. Physobaris intricata, sp.n. (Tab. XXII. figg. 1, 1a, ¢.) 
Baris plicata, Klug, in coll. Sallé (nec Boh.). 
Oblong-ovate, flattened and dull above, shining beneath, neous, the tip of the rostrum, the funiculus, knees, 
and tarsi often more or less ferruginous ; sparsely clothed above and beneath with minute, ochreous, 
adpressed, setiform scales. Head closely punctate, shallowly transversely grooved between the eyes; 
rostrum slightly longer than the prothorax in the ¢, a little more elongate in the 2, somewhat abruptly 
bent towards the tip, closely punctate; antennal club sparsely pilose at the extreme base. Prothorax much 
broader than long, gradually narrowing from the base, constricted in front; densely, confluently punctate. 
Scutellum hollowed in the middle. Elytra strongly, transversely undulate on the disc, nodose at the 
middle and towards the apex, the humeri rather prominent ; shallowly, narrowly, sinuately punctate- 
striate, the interstices broad, narrowly subcostate on each side, and closely pitted down the middle with 
irregular series of oblong, confluent, foveiform impressions, which are as coarse as those of the strie. 
Beneath coarsely, the abdomen very sparsely and finely, punctate; first ventral segment broadly 
excavate in the gd. Legs slender, the femora moderately clavate; anterior tibise with the apical uncus 
elongated in the 3. 
Length 4-5, breadth 14-2,}, millim. (¢ 2.) 
_ Hab. Mexico, Toxpam in Vera Cruz (Sadlé) ; Guarema.a, Sabo, Sinanja, and Purula 
in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Found in numbers at Sabo. 
2. Physobaris nodosa, sp. n. (Tab. XXII. figg. 2, 2 a, ¢.) 
Hlongate-ovate, narrow, dull above, shining beneath, geneous; sparsely clothed above and beneath with minute, 
ochreous, adpressed, setiform scales. Head finely punctate, shallowly, transversely grooved between the 
