850 srr.FAMiLY x. rritrr 



cc. Intervals flat, feebly elevated, the third wider than the others; 

 elytra not wider than thorax, the humeral callus very faint. 



522. CARBOXARIA. 



lib. Elytra distinctly less than twice as long as thorax, their intervals 



narrow with single rows of punctures, except second and third, 



which are wider and with punctures confused. 523. STREXUA. 



act. Scutellum small, rounded, not transverse; punctures of thorax very 



coarse, nearly as large as scutellum; second and third intervals 



much wider than the others. 524. CALLIDA. 



520 (8870). BARIS STRIATA Say, 1831, 17; ibid, I, 281. 



Elongate-oval, convex. Black, shining, antennae and tarsi piceous. Beak 

 robust, strongly curved, a little shorter than thorax, coarsely and sparsely 

 punctate on sides, more finely above. Thorax one-third wider than long, 

 sides feebly converging from base to apical fourth, then strongly rounded 

 and feebly constricted near apex; disc very coarsely and closely punctate. 

 Elytra more than twice as long as thorax and nearly one-fourth wider at 

 base; striae wide, deep, punctate; intervals but little wider than striae, each 

 with a single row of coarse deep punctures. Length 4.8 6 mm. 



Lake Comity, Intl., scarce; May 24 July IT. Highlands, X. 

 ('.. June. Kanges from Michigan to Wisconsin and Montana, 

 southwest to Arkansas and Arizona. Easily known by its large 

 size, small thorax and narrow, coarsely punctured intervals. 

 Collected by Pierce on ragxveetl and sneeze weed. Anil>roxi<i />siJ- 

 ostudiji<i I). C. and Hclciiiinii tciiuifoliiuii Xutt., in Texas. 



521 (8869). BARIS UMIMLICATA Lee., 1868, 363. 



Oval, strongly convex, robust. Black, shining, antennae and tarsi dark 

 reddish-brown. Beak feebly curved, three-fourths as long as thorax male, 

 slightly shorter than thorax, female, rather coarsely and sparsely punctate, 

 minutely alutaceous. Thorax subconical, sides strongly converging from 

 base to near apex, then suddenly narrowed and constricted; disc coarsely, 

 not densely punctured. Elytra at base slightly wider than thorax, sides 

 nearly straight to beyond middle, then broadly curved to tips; striae wide, 

 deep, remotely punctate at bottom; intervals not wider, each with usually 

 but a single row of rather coarse, deep, distant punctures. Beneath coarsely 

 and densely punctate. Length 3.2 5.1 mm. 



Southern half of Indiana, frequent, much less so in the north- 

 ern counties; May 4 Inly 20; taken by sweeping low, moist 

 meadows. Frequent throughout Xew Jersey in similar meadows. 

 Occurs over the eastern United States south of Michigan and 

 Wisconsin, as far west as Colorado and Texas. In two specimens 

 at hand the punctures are confused on the basal half of the third 

 and fifth intervals. The punctures of thorax are more widely 

 separated than in any other member of this group, and their in- 

 tervals are minulelv alutaceous. 



