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nearly similar sculpture, the interstitial punctures small, rather close- 

 set and usually confused, barely twice as long as the prothorax. Length 

 (9) 3.8 mm.; width 1.82 mm. Pennsylvania (locality unrecorded). 



I have at present but one example of each of these forms, and the 

 types have been compared with a large and rather homogeneous 



series of subsimilis. 



Baris bispeculata n. sp. — Elongate-suboval, convex, rather shining, 

 black, the legs barely perceptibly picescent; beak slender, arcuate, two- 

 thirds as long as the prothorax and rather densely punctate; prothorax a 

 fourth wider than long, the sides slightly converging and feebly arcuate, 

 rather rapidly rounding and converging in apical third or fourth, very 

 slightly sinuate near the apex, the basal lobe distinct; sculpture notably 

 irregular, the punctures small and distinctly but unequally separated 

 medially, coarser and longitudinally confluent at the sides; at each side 

 near basal third and lateral fourth there is a small punctureless spot; 

 median smooth line distinct, lineiform, extending from base to apex, 

 not tumid, the scutellum small; elytra one-half longer than wide, fully 

 twice as long as the prothorax and a little wider, the sides feebly con- 

 verging, broadly rounding behind, the humeral callus scarcely at all 

 prominent; grooves rather coarse and deep, abrupt, somewhat closely 

 punctate; intervals from one-half wider to twice as wide as the grooves, 

 the small and close-set punctures forming single series on the narrower, 

 or confused median lines on the broader, intervals; setae moderate; 

 abdomen closely, moderately punctate, finely and sparsely so medio- 

 basally, where there is a slight flattening in the male. Length (cT) 4-5 

 mm.; width 1.85 mm. Kansas. One example. 



This species is evidently one of the subsimilis series, but the 

 marked peculiarities of sculpture will identify it very readily if 

 these prove to be at all constant; it is larger and more elongate 

 than subsimilis. 



The next species belongs to a south Atlantic group of peculiarly 

 polished black species, such as callida, nitida and lubrica, and 

 splendens and virginica may be regarded as also allied: 



Baris anaplata n. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, highly polished and deep 

 black, the legs just visibly picescent; beak thick, only feebly arcuate, 

 two-thirds as long as the prothorax in the male and finely, sparsely 

 punctured; prothorax with a feebly and evenly arcuate upper profile, 

 more than a fourth wider than long, the sides slightly converging and 

 feebly arcuate, gradually rounded and then more strongly converging 

 apically, the basal lobe moderate, obtuse; punctures small and sparse, 

 becoming coarser and closer though shallow at the sides; median smooth 

 line not evident except at base; scutellum very small, rounded; elytra 

 two-fifths longer than wide, nearly a fifth wider than the prothorax and 

 almost twice as long, the sides evidently converging and feebly arcuate 



