6*74 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



8 Barinus albescens Lee. — Trans. Am. Eut. Soc, VIII, p. 218 (Bari- 

 lei:iton). 



Elongate, subparallel, somewhat wider toward posterior third of 

 the elj'tra, black, the legs red, convex, polished with a very faint 

 violaceo-metallic lustre ; vestiture pale ochreous-white of different 

 shades, very dense but uneven in distribution, consisting of large 

 elongate scales, abruptly dense in lateral third of the pronotum and 

 on the elytra throughout, except along the flanks and in a discal spot 

 near the apex, these denuded areas and the median parts of the 

 pronotum having the squamules exceedingly minute, sparse, and 

 setiform ; squamules of the sutural interval also finer and darker 

 toward apex, and the entire vestiture in apical fourth erect and 

 bristling, especially at the intersection of the third and ninth in- 

 tervals, behind the feeble subapical callus ; vestiture of the under 

 surface very minute and sparse, but denser on the met-episterna 

 and at the sides of the abdomen behind. Beak three-fourths as long 

 as the prothorax, very thick and arcuate, punctured toward base, 

 the constriction strong, the ejQ bordered anteriorly by a line of 

 three or four subrecumbent scales; antennae with the basal joint of 

 the fuuicle as long as the next five, the club rather large, pale, nearly 

 as long as the preceding six joints. Prothorax a little wider at 

 apical third than at base, then very strongly convergent and deeply 

 constricted to the apex, which is three-fourths as wide as the base ; 

 sides nearly straight ; punctures fine and sparse. Scutellum very 

 small, subglabrous. Elytra at base scarcel}^ noticeably wider than 

 the prothorax, the sides straight and extremely feebh^ divergent 

 thence to apical third, then broadly rounded, constricted at apical 

 fifth, the apex obtuse ; humeri very feebly swollen ; striae fine ; in- 

 tervals almost impunctate in the denuded lateral area. Femora 

 bristling beneath with long setse. Prosternum longitudinally, nar- 

 rowly sulcate, the coxse narrowly separated. Length 2.7 mm.; 

 width 0.9 mm. 



Texas (Columbus). Cab. LeConte. Represented, as far as I 

 know, by the unique type, taken by Mr. Schwarz. This species 

 bears no resemblance, in any way, to linearis, with which it is 

 accidentally united in the Henshaw Check-list, except in its gener- 

 ally narrow subparallel form. 



9 Barinus liiieiiris Lee. — Proe. Am. Phil. Soc., XV, p. 422 (Bari- 

 lepton). 



Elongate, parallel, convex, black throughout, smooth but aluta- 

 ceous in lustre, the vestiture white, consisting of moderately large. 



