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Baris matura. 

 PI. VII, Fi^s. 10, 11. 



Body stout oval, less tlian twice as Iuiil;- as broad, the dorsum very 

 regularly and considerably arched. Head very hnely and closely punctu- 

 late; eyes pretty large broad oval; rostrum as long as the prothorax, equal, 

 gently arcuate, fineh' })unctate. Prothui'ax nearly twice as broad as long, 

 full, tapering from the base, not very rapidly, the surface delicat(!ly and 

 closely punctate but not so delicately as the head. Femora punctate. 

 Elytra twice as long as l)roa(l, witli well rounded a})e.\, the surface covered 

 with series of large, slightly longitudinal puncta, so much too large for the 

 stria>, which they nearly conceal, that each row is separated from its 

 neighbor by scarcely more than the width of the ])uncta. 



Length, excluding rostrum, 2-35'""'; rostrum, O'.").")"""; breadth of body, 

 1-3""". 



Florissant, Colorado. Three specimens, Nos. 2411), 7014, 11734. 



Baris imperfecta. 

 PI. VII, Fig. 1. 



Body stout oval, less than twice as long as broad, the dorsum well 

 arched, with an independent and considerable arcuation of the elytra. Head 

 very finely and closely j)unctate; eyes nearly circular, very large, nearly 

 twice the diameter of the rostrum; the latter slender, gently arcuate, equal, 

 a little longer than the prothorax. Prothorax half as high again as long, 

 without postocular lobes, tapering but little, coarsely and densely punctate; 

 under surface of thorax similarly but less densely punctate. Elytra well 

 arclu'(l, about twice as long as broad, with rounded, scarcely produced 

 apex, punctato-striate, the punctui-es slight and the stria- deep. 



Length, excluding rostrum, 2 4""": rostrum, O-fi.^)"""; height of ])ody, 

 l-35'"°'. 



Florissant, Colorado. Three .specimens, Nus. 241(j, 'JlU8, 14249. 



