TKIBE XVIII. BARINI. 373 



low, rather remote, transversely rugose punctures; seise invisible ex- 

 cept a small spot of white scales at base of third interval. Length 

 3.5 4.2 mm. 



Cedar Keys and Lake Ashley, Fla., not rare on swampy 

 meadows. (Schwartz.) Described by LeConte as Avlobaris an- 

 tltraciuu Boh. and cited in the Florida list under the same spe- 

 cific name. Casey pointed out a number of characters in which 

 it differed from Boheman's description, and redescribed it under 

 the name given, stating that until Boheman's type was consulted 

 the status of anthrachia was indeterminable. 



567 (- ). PSEUDOBARIS SOBRIKA Sp. UOV. 



Oblong-oval, subdepressed. Black, shining, antennae and tarsi red- 

 dish-brown. Beak stout, strongly curved, about as long as thorax, male, 

 as head and thorax, female, sides densely and coarsely reticulate-punc- 

 tate, above with fine elongate punctures and a median carina on basal 

 half. Thorax one-third wider than long, sides feebly curved and converging 

 from base to apical third, then slightly rounded and constricted near 

 apex, disc sculptured as mentioned in key, the punctures on sides con- 

 fluent, the median smooth line often abbreviated at each end. Elytra 

 oval, slightly wider at base than thorax; striae rather fine, deep; intervals 

 slightly concave, each with a row of coarse, shallow, close-set punctures, 

 the second wider, with punctures more or less confused, the third with a 

 distinct spot of white hair-like scales at base; sutural intervals depressed, 

 thus forming an apparent shallow groove the full length of suture. Punc- 

 tures of under surface very coarse and dense, those of abdomen finer. 

 Length 3.94.2 mm. (W. 8. B.) 







Marion, Brown and Posey counties, Ind., scarce; April 30 

 Sept. 21. Wisconsin ; Leng collection. Specimens in the National 

 Museum collection from near Washington, D. C., are labelled pec- 

 toralis Lee., but the type of that species differs in having no basal 

 spots of white scales, thorax broader and more sparsely punctate, 

 humeral unibone larger and smoother, first sutural interval not 

 depressed. From nigrina, with which sobrina is doubtless con- 

 fused in many collections, the latter may be known by its larger 

 size, much stouter form, lack of scattered white scales and much 

 more coarsely punctured beak and thorax. 



568 (8887). PSEUDOBARIS PECTORALIS Lee., 1876, 420. 



Rather broadly oval, subdepressed. Black, strongly alutaceous, sub- 

 opaque. Beak slender, as long as thorax, male, slightly longer, female, 

 evenly curved, coarsely punctured on sides, more finely above. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long; disc with an indistinct smooth median line, its 

 punctures coarse, deep, unevenly distributed. Elytral striae coarse, deep, 

 feebly punctate; intervals one-half wider than striae, their coarse punctures 

 more or less confused, those of fourth interval and sometimes also of 

 second and sixth, in single rows. Length 4.3 4.5 mm. 



