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[LeConte. 



16. C. punctiger, n. sp. 



Elongate oval, narrowed before and behind, dull black, nearly glabrous 

 above. Beak brown, as long as the prothorax, slender, curved, punctured 

 towards the base, frontal impression distinct. Prothorax as wide as long, 

 much narrowed in front, broadly but not abruptly constricted, sides 

 rounded; disc coarsely and deeply punctured, dorsal line narrow. Elytra 

 with deep punctured striae, interspaces each with a row of deep punctures; 

 tips nearly conjointly rounded. Beneath coarsely and densely punctured, 

 scarcely pubescent; prosternum convex, very deeply constricted in front, 

 not emarginate behind; front coxae widely separated; metathoracic side 

 pieces rather narrow; fifth ventral nearly as long as third and fourth united. 

 Legs and antennae brown, funicle rather slender; second joint scarcely 

 longer than third; club rather shining for half its length, annulated only 

 towards the tip. Length 3 mm.; .12 inch 



Texas, Belfrage; one specimen. By the structure of the antennal club 

 this species approaches Baris, but the beak and antennae are slender, and 

 the ventral segments are those of the present genus. 



17. C. nasutus. Baridius nasutus Lee., Pr. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1859, 79. 

 Tejon, CaTHornia^ two specimens. Beak slender, curved, punctured 



and striate; prothorax longer than wide, broadly rounded on the sides, 

 narrowed in front of the middle, feebly constricted near the tip; rather 

 closely punctured, shining, sparsely pubescent. Elytra with deep punctured 

 striae, interspaces with single rows of small punctures and very fine hairs; 

 tips conjointly rounded. Beneath not coarsely but rather densely punctured. 

 Prosternum transversely impressed as usual, not emarginate behind; 

 front coxae widely separated; metathoracic side pieces rather narrow; ven- 

 tral segments less punctured, with a small cusp at the middle of the hind 

 margin of the first, where the suture is effaced; fifth segment as long as 

 the third and fourth, more densely punctured. Antennae with the second 

 joint of funicle a little longer than third. Length 4 mm.; .16 inch- 



I refer to this species a much smaller specimen (2.5 mm.; .10 inch) from 

 Texas. 



18. C. calvus, n. sp. 



Elongate oblong, dull black, thinly clothed with fine, short hairs, which, 

 on the under surface, become scale-like. Beak as long as the prothorax, 

 not slender, slightly curved about the middle, nearly straight at base and 

 tip, strongly striate and punctured; front not transversely impressed; head 

 feebly punctulate. Prothorax scarcely wider than long, sides nearly 

 straight and parallel for more than half the length, then suddenly rounded 

 and tubularly constricted; surface densely, not coarsely punctured, with 

 indistinct dorsal line; base nearly straight. Elytra but little wider than 

 the prothorax, sides parallel behind the humeri, then broadly rounded; 

 tips separately rounded, exposing a small part of the pygidium, which is 

 slightly declivous, but by no means vertical ; striae deep, scarcely punctured, 

 interspaces wide, confusedly and rugosely punctured. Beneath, rather 



