326 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



The followmg four species are comparable only with rubripes: 



Baris inculta n. sp. — Stout, oblong-oval, convex, rather shining, black, 

 the legs obscure rufous; beak arcuate, four-sevenths as long as the pro- 

 thorax in the female, rugosely punctate; prothorax large, a fourth wider 

 than long, the sides almost evenly arcuate, becoming parallel basally, 

 the apex wholly unconstricted, the basal lobe well developed; punctures 

 coarse, separated by about their own widths, dense and rugulate at the 

 sides; median smooth line subobliterated; scutellum very small, quad- 

 rate, emarginate behind; elytra two-fifths longer than wide, barely 

 visibly wider than the prothorax and three-fourths longer, the sides 

 subparallel, gradually rounding behind, the humeral callus moderately 

 prominent; grooves moderately coarse, deep; intervals nearly twice as 

 wide as the grooves, with confused or sometimes unilineate punctures, 

 which are somewhat strong and numerous, the second and third slightly 

 wider than the others; setae small but glistening; abdomen moderately 

 and loosely punctate, more densely at sides and tip as usual. Length 

 (9 ) 4.4-4.5 mm.; width 2.0 mm. California (San Diego and Colton), — - 

 Ricksecker and Wickham. Seven specimens. 



Very much stouter than ruhripes and larger in size, with coarser 



and less close pronotal punctures and absence of the conspicuous 



smooth median line of that species; the legs are longer and stouter 



and the femora more coarsely punctured. 



Baris subcylindrica n. sp. — Parallel, rather stout, moderately convex 

 and shining, blackish-piceous, the elytra, under surface and beak piceo- 

 rufous, the legs brighter rufous; beak in the female cylindric, arcuate, 

 rather closely punctate and fully three-fourths as long as the prothorax, 

 the latter large, nearly a third wider than long, widest slightly before the 

 base, the sides thence converging and feebly arcuate, gradually rounded 

 and more convergent in about apical fourth; punctures moderate and 

 separated by fully their own diameters medially, gradually coarser and 

 close laterally, the smooth median line distinct, subentire and somewhat 

 tumid, the basal lobe well developed and rounded; scutellum small, 

 rounded, flat and punctulate; elytra two-fifths longer than wide, as 

 wide as the prothorax and three-fourths longer, the sides parallel and 

 nearly straight, obtusely rounded in apical third, the humeri prominent; 

 grooves deep, rather coarse, finer suturad, the intervals almost twice as 

 wide as the grooves, each with a single series of punctures which are 

 moderate in size and separation, the second and third wider, with the 

 punctures smaller and more confused; setae very small; abdomen finely 

 and sparsely punctate, more strongly and closely toward sides and apex. 

 Length (9) 4.2 mm.; width 1.8 mm. California (Lake Co.), — Fuchs. 



Distinguishable from ruhripes, from about the same region, in 

 its stouter form and larger size, relatively larger and somewhat 

 more loosely punctate prothorax, which, in that species, is always 

 distinctly narrower than the elytra, finer interstitial punctures and 

 somewhat longer beak. 



