Barin.e 367 



moderately large, close-set punctures, finer and more confused on the 

 broader second and third, the setae small; abdomen with rather small 

 loose punctures, coarser and closer at the sides, having a shallow medio- 

 basal, indefinitely limited impression in the male. Length (cf) 3.0 mm.; 

 width 1.4 mm. Texas (locality unrecorded). 



A very distinct form, of shorter and stouter build than any of 

 the others in this vicinity, and with rather coarse deep loose pronotal 

 punctuation ; the upper profile of the beak is evenly arcuate basally. 



Pseudobaris missouriana n. sp. — Much more elongate-oval, convex, 

 rather shining, deep black throughout; beak in the female very slender, 

 evenly arcuate, opaque at the sides basally, finely and feebly, sparsely 

 punctulate and fully as long as the head and prothorax, the latter only 

 about a fifth wider than long, the moderately converging sides straight, 

 broadly and gradually rounding in fully apical third, the subtubulate 

 apex half as wide as the base, the lobe moderate and rather gradually 

 and broadly rounded; punctures moderate in size and very dense, more 

 or less confluent throughout, the median smooth line narrowly traceable 

 centrally; scutellum small, subquadrate, slightly transverse; elytra not 

 quite one-half longer than wide, a little wider than the prothorax and 

 about twice as long, elongate-suboval in outline, with obtuse apex, the 

 humeral callus shining and prominent; grooves rather coarse, deep, the 

 intervals one-half or more wider, each with a single close-set series of 

 rather coarse and conspicuous punctures, feebler and less close-set on the 

 scarcely wider second and third; setae very small and inconspicuous; 

 abdomen with very moderate and somewhat separated punctures, be- 

 coming rather coarse and rugulose at the sides. Length (9) 3.3 mm.; 

 width 1.2 mm. Missouri (locality unrecorded, but probably from near 

 St. Louis). 



This is also a rather isolated species, much more elongate than 

 the preceding and with dense thoracic punctuation and coarse 

 interstitial punctures. 



Pseudobaris scaeva n. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately stout, convex, 

 rather shining, deep black throughout; beak in the male rather thick, 

 moderately arcuate, not quite as long as the head and prothorax and 

 densely, longitudinally rugulate and punctate at the sides, the upper 

 surface very obsoletely swollen basally; prothorax fully a third wider 

 than long, the sides converging and broadly, evenly arcuate from base 

 to the apical constriction, the apex half as wide as the base, the basal 

 lobe small, rapidly formed and somewhat sharply rounded; punctures 

 rather coarse, dense and partially subconfluent throughout, the smooth 

 median line narrow, distinct but not attaining the apex; scutellum 

 small, somewhat ogival; elytra ovulate, with the sides more rapidly 

 rounding behind, two-fifths longer than wide, not evidently wider than 

 the prothorax, except at the obtusely rounded humeri, and barely twice 

 as long, the grooves rather coarse and deep, the punctures along the 

 bottom widely separated; intervals twice as wide as the grooves, with 



