448 CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Of this species four specimens have been examined. 

 It seems to be related to aprica Casey. The genus Baris, 

 as accepted by LeConte, has been subdivided by Capt. 

 Casey, one of the important characters being the separa- 

 tion of the anterior coxai, whether narrowly or widely. I 

 have not been able to realize the importance of this char- 

 acter, as the transition is so gradual that the position of a 

 species becomes purely opinionative and controlled by 

 facies. 



San Jose del Cabo. 



AnTHRIBUS VAGUS n. sp. 



Cylindrical, moderately densely clothed with intermixed 

 whitish and ocnreous scale -like hairs, the paler scales 

 more numerous in an indefinite region behind the base of 

 the elytra. Head and beak marmorate with ochreous and 

 white scales. Thorax slightly wider at base than long, 

 narrower in front, sides arcuate, disc convex coarsely 

 punctate, with three erect tufts of brown scales forming 

 an arcuate row at iniddle, surface marmorate with ochre- 

 ous and whitish scales, an arcuate line each side of mid- 

 dle semi -nude. Elytral sculpture almost concealed by 

 the vestiture and consists of rows of moderately coarse 

 punctures, the vestiture of whitish and ochreous scale- 

 like hairs, an indistinct band paler behind the base, the 

 declivity also paler, on each elytron three tufts of brown- 

 ish scales, in a row the posterior tuft more distant from 

 the second than that is from the first. Body beneath with 

 sparser more hair-like vestiture. Legs with longer whitish 

 hairs. Length, .18 inch; 4.5 mm. 



One specimen. El Taste. 



