348 sri'.FAMILY X. CURCULIONIN^E. 



ee. Antennal club finely and densely pubescent throughout; form 



slender, elongate, subcylindrical. 



f. Base of third elytral interval and sides of last three ventral 

 segments with spots of white scales. II. PLESIOBAUIS. 



ff. Elytra and ventrals without spots. III. STEXOBAKIS. 



(Id. Front coxae widely separated, prosternum broacl and flat be- 

 tween them. 



g. All the femora unarmed; upper surface distinctly sculptured. 



7i. Elytra roughly sculptured, thinly .clothed with elongate 



yellowish scales; prosternum extending but slightly over 



the front edge of mesosternum. IV. GLYPTOBARTS. 



lilt. Elytra deeply, not roughly punctate, without yellowish 



scales; prosternum extending backward over front edge 



of mesosternum, truncate behind. V. OXYCHOBAKIS. 



gg. Front femora minutely toothed; upper surface smooth; 



elytra undulated. VI. MADARELLT s. 



cc. Second joint of funicle elongate, mere than twice as long as wide 



and fully as long as the next two combined. VII. ACLOBAIUS. 



lib. Claws connate at base, nearly parallel or feebly turned outward 



toward apex. 



i. Front coxa? widely separated; body above almost glabrous. 

 j. Thorax strongly constricted near tip; femora unarmed. 

 7,-. Elytra smooth, polished, undulated, feebly sculptured. 



VIII. AMPELOGLYPTKK. 



l;k. Elytral stride deeply crenato-punctate; intervals narrow, con- 

 vex; color of our single species pale reddish-brown. 



IX. DESMOGLYPTUS. 



//. Thorax feebly constricted near tip; femora usually minutely 

 toothed near apical third; prosternum deeply and narrowly 

 sulcate. X. PSEUDOBARIS. 



ii. Front coxae narrowly separated; body densely clothed with pale 

 hair-like scales; femora unarmed; prosternum not sulcate; 

 length 3 4.5 mm. XI. TEICHOBAEIS. 



o. Antennal club subcylindrical, densely pubescent, longer than the pre- 

 ceding six joints united; fifth ventral longer than third and fourth 

 combined, rounded at tip; pygidium more oblique. XII. ORTHORIS. 



I. BARIS Germar, 1824. (Or., "boat.' 1 ) 



Medium sized black species having the form oval or oblong- 

 oval, robust, convex; surface usually shining and almost gla- 

 brous; head minutely alutaceous, very finely and remotely punc- 

 tate; beak stout, curved, not longer than thorax, separated from 

 the head by a shallow impression; antennal club small, nearly 

 round, its basal joint shining and making up more than one-half 

 its mass; legs short, tibi.e strongly mucronate at tip and more or 

 less strongly carinate and grooved along the sides; males nearly 

 always with a distinct impression ;it middle of abdomen towards 

 base. Other and more important characters arc given in the 

 generic key. 



