TRIBE XVIII. BARIXI. 359 



Frequent throughout Indiana ; April 12 May 2H ; beneath 

 bark of beech on former date. Ocean < 1 o., X. J., May 28. Ranges 

 from New England to Town and Kansas, south to Florida and 

 Texas. Bred from the stems of black beggar-ticks. Bide us fron- 

 dosa L., by C. M. Weed; collected on a closely allied plant. Cor- 

 eopsis cardaminefolia D. ( 1 . by Pierce. The intervals are minutely 

 alutaceons, and the thorax in the type has only a trace of a nar- 

 row, median smooth line. 



539 (11,103). BARIS SUBSIMIMS Casey, 1892, 499. 



Oval, rather robust, moderately convex. Black, highly polished and 

 with a bronzed metallic lustre. Beak about three-fourths as long as 

 thorax, strongly, not densely punctate. Thorax two-fifths wider than 

 long; disc as in confinis. the median smooth line very narrow. Elytra 

 slightly wider and twice as long as thorax, striae rather coarse, feebly 

 punctate; intervals flat, nearly twice as wide as strife, each with a row 

 of deep, rather close-set punctures, those of the third and base of fifth 

 intervals confused. Length 3.4 4 mm. 



Starke Co., Ind., rare; May 9. Described from Pennsylvania, 

 Indiana and Missouri. In the Leng and An gel 1 collections from 

 Greeley, Colorado. ''Resembles a large confinis, but has the punc- 

 tures of intervals more close-set and the abdomen more densely 

 and rugosely punctured." (Cnsci/.) 



540 (11,105). BARIS APEBTA Casey, 1892, 500. 



Narrowly oblong-oval. Thorax black; beak, antennae, elytra and legs 

 piceous, alutaceous, feebly bronzed. Beak strongly curved, three-fourths 

 as long as thorax, rather finely, not densely punctured. Antennal club 

 large, globular. Thorax one-third wider than long, disc very densely, 

 deeply and rather coarsely punctate, without median smooth line, the 

 punctures confluent on the sides. Elytra twice as long as thorax, scarcely 

 wider at base, sides parallel to apical third; striae coarse, deep, finer to- 

 ward apex; intervals each with a single row of small, remote punctures. 

 Length 3 3.5 mm. 



Lake Co., Ind. ; May 21. Described from Dakota. 



541 (11,106). BARIS ABRUPTA Casey, 1892, 501. 



Oblong-oval, convex. Black, highly polished with a pronounced 

 brassy lustre. Thorax short and broad, three-fourths wider than long. 

 Elytra large, slightly wider and twice as long as thorax; striae deep, not 

 coarse; intervals flat, twice as wide as striae, their punctures very fine, 

 close-set, those on the second and third confused. Length 3.4 mm. 



Described from Pennsylvania. The unique type is a male 

 having a large, rather strong impression toward the base of the 

 abdomen. 



