358 SUBFAMILY X. CURCULIOXIX^. 



verging from base to apex, disc rather finely, evenly and densely punc- 

 tate. Elytra scarcely wider at baee and nearly twice as long as thorax, 

 sides parallel to apical third, then broadly rounded to apex; striae fine, 

 indistinctly punctate; intervals each with a single row of rather large, 

 shallow punctures. Under surface, except middle of abdomen, coarsely 

 and densely punctate. Front coxa? narrowly separated. Length 3 mm. 

 (W. S. #.) 



Ottawa, Canada, rare; June 13; collected by Bro. Germain. 

 Our only eastern species of the group with red legs. 



536 (11,100). BARIS DEFORMIS Casey, 1892, 496. 



Oblong-oval, somewhat depressed. Black, shining; elytra rarely 

 feebly bronzed. Beak stout, three-fourths the length of thorax, strongly 

 curved, finely, not densely punctate. Thorax short, strongly transverse, 

 one-half wider than long; disc rather finely, very deeply and extremely 

 densely punctate. Elytra very slightly wider and more than twice as long 

 as thorax; sides straight, feebly but distinctly converging behind the 

 humeri; stria? fine, deep; intervals flat, nearly twice as wide as striae, 

 each with a row of small punctures, the second and third wider, their 

 punctures confused. Length 3 3.7 mm. 



Lake and Duhois counties, Ind. ; May May 29. Edgobrook, 

 111., July 20 Aug. 2. Known also from Iowa, Nebraska, Mis- 

 souri and North Carolina. The short, very broad, densely punc- 

 tate thorax with sides sinuate make ils identification easy. 



537 (11,104). BARIS SOCIALIS Casey, 1892, 499. 



Oblong-oval, rather slender. Black, shining, tibiae and tarsi piceous. 

 Beak stout, feebly, evenly curved, three-fourths as long as thorax, finely 

 and rather densely punctate. Thorax two-fifths wider than long, sides 

 slightly but distinctly converging from base to apical fourth, then rounded 

 and narrowing to apex; disc rather finely, unevenly, not densely punctate. 

 Elytra twice as long as thorax, and at humeri distinctly wider, sides 

 thence feebly converging to the broadly rounded apex; striae deep, finely 

 punctate at bottom; intervals minutely alutaceous, each with a row of 

 small, somewhat distant punctures, the second and third wider, the punc- 

 tures of third confused. Length 3.5 3.7 mm. 



Lake and Starke counties, Ind., rare; May 29. Described 

 from Missouri and Texas. Known also from Iowa. 



538 (8878). BARIS CONFINIS Lee., 1868, 362. 



Oblong-oval. Blackish-bronzed, shining. Beak very stout, finely and 

 sparsely punctate. Thorax scarcely wider than long; sides feebly con- 

 verging to apical fourth, then obliquely narrowed to tip; disc coarsely, 

 deeply and rather sparsely punctate, the punctures separated by their own 

 diameters. Elytra oblong, their sides parallel for three-fourths their 

 length; striae rather wide, deep, punctate; intervals flat, each with a 

 single row of rather fine distant punctures. Length 2.8 3.4 mm. 



