TRIBE XVIII. BAKINI. 413 



near base, and from basal to apical fourth; under surface with conspicuous 

 white scales in a small spot near front COXCP, on the sterna and toward sides 

 of abdomen. Beak short, thick, not more than two-thirds as long as thorax, 

 punctured on sides near base. First joint of funicle as long as the rest 

 united. Thorax as long as wide, its disc coarsely, deeply, not densely punc- 

 tate, the smooth line distinct on basal two-thirds. Elytra distinctly wider 

 and twice as long as thorax; intervals unequal in width, finely and some- 

 what confusedly punctate. Length 3.6 3.8 mm. 



Jacksonville, St. Augustine and Enterprise, Fla. Recorded 

 also from Michigan and Ohio. 



639 (11,206). BARINUS SQUAMOLINKATUS Casey, 1886, 256. 



Elongate, subparallel, convex. Black, shining; antennae and legs dark 

 reddish-brown; upper surface in great part clothed with large white closely 

 placed scales, arranged transversely on sides of thorax, and obliquely on 

 the median intervals of elytra, the sides and suture of the latter and mid- 

 dle of thorax almost bare; beneath densely scaly along the sides. Beak 

 stout, very strongly curved, two-thirds as long as thorax, finely and densely 

 punctate near base, nearly smooth toward apex. Thorax subcylindrical, not 

 wider than long; sides straight and parallel to apical fifth, then feebly 

 constricted ; disc rather densely and evenly punctate. Elytra at humeri 

 slightly wider than thorax, then feebly converging to the narrowly round- 

 ed apex; striae fine, deep, remotely punctate; intervals each with a row of 

 rather coarse, close-set punctures. Length 3.1 3.7 mm. 



Lake County, Ind., rare; May oO. Known elsewhere only 

 from Illinois and Iowa. Differs from cribricollis in its less ro- 

 bust and strongly curved beak, smaller punctures and much 

 broader and more dense lateral stripe of thorax, and in the much 

 coarser, deeper and denser punctures of elytral intervals. Breeds 

 in the roots of a rush. (Pierce, 1010.) 



640 (11,209). BAKIXUS CURTICOLLIS Casey, 1892, 673. 



Narrowly oblong-oval, convex. Polished black, legs dark rufo-piceous; 

 vestiture of yellowish, elongate-oval scales arranged densely along the 

 lateral third of thorax and uniformly distributed but not dense on elytra; 

 beneath denser at sides of last three ventral segments. Beak as in the pre- 

 ceding, coarsely but sparsely punctate. Thorax short, two-fifths wider than 

 long, sides parallel and straight to apical third, then rounded and converg- 

 ing to apex; disc coarsely, rather sparsely punctate, the punctures round, 

 deep, perforate and isolated, the median smooth line narrow. Elytra 

 slightly wider and two and a half times as long as thorax; stria? deep; in- 

 tervals coarsely, confusedly, not densely punctate. Front coxae separated 

 by about one-half their width. Length 2.7 3 mm. 



Recorded from District of Columbia, Missouri and Louisiana. 



641 (8952). BARINUS ALBEHCEXS Lee., 1880, 218. 



Elongate, subparallel, convex. Black, shining with a very faint vio- 

 laceous lustre, legs red; above clothed with yellowish-white scales, round 

 and dense towards the sides of thorax, elongate-oval and evenly distributed 



