462 RHYNCHOPHORA. 
8. Baris occidua, sp.n. (Tab. XXIII. figg. 2, 2a, 2.) 
Oblong-ovate, narrow, convex, shining, nigro-piceous, the legs reddish and antenne (the club excepted) 
rufescent ; 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 moderately stout, 
arcuate, as long as the prothorax, sparsely punctate; antennal club rotundate-ovate, shining at the base. 
Prothorax slightly broader than long, subcylindrical, rounded at the sides anteriorly, narrow at the apex ; 
coarsely, closely punctate. Scutellum very small, transverse. Elytra a little wider than the prothorax, 
gradually narrowing from the base, depressed along the suture anteriorly ; punctato-sulcate, the inter- 
stices narrow, flat, each with a single row of scattered rather coarse punctures. Beneath coarsely, the 
abdomen sparsely and more finely, punctate. Tibi almost straight. 
Length 24-27, breadth 1,4,-11 millim. ( 9.) 
Hab. Muxico, Cuernavaca in Morelos (Wickham), Omilteme in Guerrero (H. ZH. 
Smith). 
‘Two specimens. Narrower and relatively longer than B. regularis, the prothorax 
more coarsely and less densely punctate, the elytral interstices very little wider than 
the sulci and with fewer punctures, the tibize not dilated at the outer apical angle. 
9. Baris fluctuosa, sp. n. (Tab. XXII. figg. 13, 13 a—-c, ¢; 14, 2.) 
Ublong-ovate, broad, shining, wneous ; almost glabrous above, the punctures on the pygidium, under surface, 
and legs each bearing a small'scale. Head sparsely punctate, transversely grooved between the eyes ; 
rostrum stout, arcuate, shorter than the prothorax, closely punctate, smoother at the tip. Prothorax 
transverse, rounded at the sides, feebly constricted and much narrowed in front; closely, coarsely 
punctate, except along the smooth median line. Scutellum transverse, hollowed in the middle. Elytra 
considerably wider than the prothorax, gradually narrowed from the rounded, somewhat prominent 
humeri, undulate on the disc; narrowly punctato-sulcate, the interstices broad, flat, rather coarsely, 
closely, irregularly biseriate-punctate. Beneath coarsely and closely, a space down the middle of the 
abdomen more sparsely and finely, punctate. Tibise widened and dentate at the outer apical angle. 
$. Anterior tibie strongly sinuate, hairy within (fig. 13 5); first ventral segment excavate, the fifth with a 
small lamelliform prominence at the middle of the apical margin, on either side of which is a deep 
semicircular emargination (fig. 13¢). 
Q. Anterior tibiz toothed at the inner apical angle (fig. 1+). 
Length 6-63, breadth 3-3;/5 millim. (¢ 9.) 
Lab. Mxxico, Omilteme in Guerrero 8000 feet (Z/. H. Smith). 
Two specimens. More elongate than B. strenua and B. sulcipennis, «neous in 
colour, the rostrum almost bare and not ridged beneath, the elytra undulate, their 
interstices irregularly biseriate-punctate, the punctures each bearing an excessively 
minute scale, the last ventral segment of the male abruptly bi-emarginate at the apex, 
much as in B. fervida. 
10. Baris fervida. (Tab. XXII. figg. 15, 15a, 2.) 
Baris fervida, Pasc. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xvii. p. 426 (1886) *. 
3. First ventral segment broadly flattened, the fifth abruptly, semicircularly notched at the apex on either 
side of the transverse lamelliform median piece; tibize strongly unguiculate, without tooth at the inner 
apical angle. 
2. Tibie sharply dentate at the inner apical angle. 
