310 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



Bans oblata n. sp. — Form oblong^suboval, moderately convex, shining, 

 blackish, the elytra and legs red-brown; beak short, straight, arcuate 

 basally, finely, not densely punctate, only a little more than half as long 

 as the prothorax, the latter fully a third wider than long, shouldered 

 anteriorly, the sides converging and nearly straight, rapidly rounding 

 and converging apically, with the tubulation obsolete; punctures coarse, 

 deep, more or less well separated; smooth median line narrow, extending 

 about from base to centre; basal lobe rather abruptly formed; elytra 

 two-fifths longer than wide, very little wider than the prothorax and two- 

 thirds longer, the sides converging and feebly arcuate from the pro- 

 nounced humeral callus, rapidly obtusely rounded at tip; grooves rather 

 coarse; intervals subequal throughout, verymuch wider than the grooves, 

 each with a single line of relatively rather coarse, moderately separated 

 punctures; setae very small, pale; abdomen of the male with moderately 

 coarse and rather close-set punctures, the first segment with a feeble 

 median impression throughout its length; pygidium convex, closely, 

 strongly punctate. Length (cf) 3-3 mm.; width 1.4 mm. Indiana. 

 Levette collection. 



The type represents a rather isolated species, overlooked in my 

 previous revision and not closely comparable with any hitherto 

 described; in some ways it suggests the transversa group, but 

 the tibiae are not sinuate externally at apex. 



Baris surrufa n. sp. — Suboval, somewhat convex, highly polished and 

 subaeneous, brownish-rufous throughout and rather finely, loosely sculp- 

 tured; beak differing much in the sexes, thick arcuate, finely, not closely 

 punctate, barely over half (cf) to nearly two-thirds ( 9 ) as long as the 

 prothorax, the latter large, convex, a third wider than long, with the 

 sides converging and feebly arcuate from base, rapidly but broadly 

 rounding and converging in about apical third, the tubulation obsolete; 

 punctures fine and sparse, becoming close and rather coarse laterally, 

 sometimes with a short impunctate median area; basal lobe small and 

 rather abrupt; elytra a third longer than wide, only very little wider 

 than the prothorax, the sides behind the pronounced callus converging 

 to the broadly rounded apex; grooves rather coarse, very deep; intervals 

 nearly twice as wide as the grooves, crenulate at the sides basally, each 

 with a single line of rather fine and well separated punctures, the second 

 and third wider but still uniseriate; pygidium convex, coarsely, very 

 densely punctate; abdomen sparsely punctate, minutely so medially, 

 the male with a very feeble basal impression — scarcely more than a 

 flattening. Length (cf 9) 3.65-4.2 mm.; width i. 65-1. 85 mm. Ala- 

 bama (Mobile). Six specimens. 



This species also is very distinct from any other known to me in 

 its stout form, feeble sculpture, rutilate coloration and sexual 

 differences in the beak. It was probably taken by Mr. Loding, 

 but the collector's name was in some way left unrecorded. 



