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straight, the median lobe modeiatein width hut prominent, narrowly subtrun- 

 cate at apex ; disk with scarcely a trace of median line, coarsely, very deeply 

 and closely punctate, the punctures one-half as wide as the scutellum or rather 

 more, and separated by about their own diameters. Scutellum moderate, 

 transverse. Eljtra one-fifth longer than wide, two-thirds to three-fourths 

 longer than the prothorax, and, at the moderately pi'ominent humeri, but very 

 slightly wider than the latter; sides subparallel, the apex broadly and ab- 

 ruptly rounded ; disk with rather coarse, deep, obsoletely punctured grooves, 

 the intervals scarcely one-half wider than the grooves, flat, each with a single 

 series of coarse strong and very close-set punctures, sometimes slightly con- 

 fused on the third ; setae small, semi-erect, cinereous and rather consjiicnous. 

 Abdomen finely, sparsely punctured. Legs moderate, finely, very sparsely 

 punctate. Length 3.2-3-6 mm. ; width 1.5-1.75 mm. 



New York (Long Island) ; Pennsylvania; Indiana; Iowa. 



A comparatively small, convex, strongly and deeply sculptured 

 species bearing a general resemblance to transversa, but distinguish- 

 able by its much smaller size and the other characters given in the 

 table. The anterior coxse are widely separated and the prosternum 

 feebly impressed. In the male the abdomen is narrowly and strongly 

 impressed toward base. In the female the pronotal punctures are 

 generally much closer, sometimes very dense, and the prothorax is 

 frequently subprominent at apical fourth ; the above described type 

 is a male from Iowa. 



23 Baris Zimiana n. sp. — Oval, convex, highly polished and black 

 throughout. Nedd minutely, sparse!}' punctate, the beak finely, deeply and 

 sparsely so and not very densely at the sides, robust, short, arcuate, about 

 three-fourths as long as the prothorax in both sexes ; antennse moderate, 

 normal. Prothorax nearly two-fifths wider tlian long; sides convergent and 

 broadly, almost evenly arcuate from base to apex, sometimes feebly sinuate 

 for a short distance near the latter ; base three times as wide as the head, 

 straight and slightly oblique from the small and feeble median lobe to the 

 sides ; disk with or without a narrow, feebly defined impunctate line, tlie 

 punctures rather coarse, deep, not very dense, two-thirds as wide as the scu- 

 tellum and separated by nearly one-half their widths, somewhat uneven and 

 noticeably smaller near the apex. Scutellum small, rather transverse. Elytra 

 two-fifths longer than wide, about twice as long as tlie prothorax, and, at the 

 feebly tumid humeri, slightly wider tlian the latter ; sides thence very feebly 

 convergent, the apex broadly arcuate; disk with rather wide, very deep, ob- 

 soletely punctate grooves, the intervals flat, generally a little less than twice 

 as wide as the grooves, each with a single series of very coarse, somewhat 

 uneven, close-set punctures, those of the fourth and fifth intervals leaving 

 but a narrow margin from their sides to the edge of the grooves ; setfe small 

 but robust and quite distinct. Abdomen somewhat strongly but sparsely 

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