354 



SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIONIX.E. 



Biscayne Bay and many other localities in eastern Florida; 

 not rare. 



529 (11,087). BARIS FLOBIDEXSIS Casey, 1892, 485. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Dark piceous-brown, shining; thorax blackish. 

 Beak short, thick, sparsely punctate. Thorax one-fifth wider than long; 

 sides subparallel from base to middle, then broadly rounded to apex, the 

 punctures rather coarse, deep, separated by their own diameters. Elytra 

 one-third longer than wide, slightly wider at hurneri than thorax; stria? 

 deep, finely and distantly punctate; intervals less than twice as wide as 

 striae, the second wider, its punctures confused. Length 4 mm. 



Originally described from a single Florida male. "Differs 

 from transversa (interstitialis) by its much sparser punctuation, 

 narrower form, piceous elytra and longer elytral setae. (Casey.} 



530. (8874). BARIS SUBJENEA Lee., 1868, 361. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Uniform dark brown, feebly bronzed, finely 

 alutaceous. Beak stout, curved, one-half as long as thorax, male, finely 

 carinate, rather closely and distinctly punctate. Thorax strongly convex, 

 about as wide as long, sides straight and converging from base to apical 

 fourth, then strongly rounded and narrowed to apex; disc coarsely, deeply 

 and rather densely punctate, with faint median smooth line. Elytra 

 scarcely wider at base than thorax, striae deep, finely punctate; intervals 

 wide, their punctures very coarse, those of the first, third and fifth some- 

 what confused. Prosternum coarsely punctured, broadly subsulcate. 

 Length 4.2 4.5 mm. 



Throughout New Jersey, not rare; May July. Recorded from 

 "Middle States" and District of Columbia. Known also from 



Arkansas. The above descrip- 

 tion is based on the type speci- 

 men in the Cambridge collec- 

 tion. LeConte's description is 

 very short and misleading, the 

 color being not black but uni- 

 form dark brown, and the in- 

 tervals only in part with con- 

 fused punctures; in fact, in spe- 

 cimens otherAvise inseparable 

 they are in one regular row on 



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Boris interstitialis Say. 

 and side views. X '"' 



Dor- 



eadi interval. 



531 (8877). BAHIS i vi KKSTITIALTS Say, 1823, 314; ibid. II, 176. 



Oblong, robust, convex. Black, alutaceous, antennae and legs dark 

 reddish-brown. Beak stout, strongly curved, one-half as long as thorax, 

 very finely and rather sparsely punctate. Thorax subquadrate, slightly 

 wider than long, the sides feebly converging to apical fourth, then suddenly 



