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and not densely punctate, rather longer than the head and prothorax, 

 with the upper surface very feebly swollen basally; prothorax a fourth 

 wider than long, the sides just visibly converging and straight, gradually 

 rounding in nearly anterior half to the constriction, the apex broad, 

 three-fifths as wide as the base, the lobe rounded, rather abruptly formed; 

 punctures coarse, dense and partially confluent, the smooth median line 

 central only; scutellum small, subquadrate, slightly transverse; elytra 

 suboval, rather rapidly and broadly rounding behind, only about a third 

 longer than wide, distinctly wider than the prothorax and less than twice 

 as long, the humeral callus moderate but rather prominent; grooves 

 moderately coarse and very deep, the intervals one-half wider than the 

 grooves, with single series of coarse and close-set punctures, the second 

 and third wider, with the uniserial punctures less coarse; short setae 

 small, the long distinct only on intervals 3-5-7-9; condensation at base 

 of the third very distinct; abdomen strongly, rather densely punctate. 

 Length (9) 3.0 mm.; width 1.25 mm. Florida (Key West). 



To be known readily from nigrina by its more robust outline, 

 coarser pronotal sculpture, coarser and closer interstitial punctures 

 and more conspicuous white squamules of the elytra; the abdominal 

 punctures are also slightly denser and the prothorax is larger. 



Pseudobaris carolinae n. sp. — Form, deep black color and rather 

 shining lustre as in nigrina; beak nearly similar in the sexes, arcuate, 

 rather closely punctulate at the sides and about as long as the head and 

 prothorax, not very slender; prothorax between a fourth and third wider 

 than long, the sides just visibly converging and barely arcuate to about 

 apical fourth, there rapidly rounding to the tubulate apex, which is 

 distinctly more than half as wide as the base, the latter transverse, with 

 somewhat abrupt rounded lobe; punctures moderate, dense and partially 

 confluent throughout, the smooth median line distinct centrally; scutel- 

 lum transversely oval; elytra feebly ovulate, rather obtusely rounded 

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

 and twice as long, the humeral callus very moderate; grooves deep, a 

 little more than half as wide as the intervals, the single series composed 

 of punctures rather close-set and half as wide as the intervals; setae 

 indistinct, the white squamules long, sparse but distinct on the alternate 

 intervals; basal clusters moderate; abdomen rather strongly and closely, 

 at the sides more densely and rugosely, punctate, the basal impression of 

 the male long though feeble. Length (cf 9) 2.4-2.8 mm.; width 0.9- 

 1.25 mm. North Carolina (Black Mts.), — Beutenmiiller. 



Very close to nigrina in size and general appearance, but differing 

 in the form of the prothorax, the sides of which in that species 

 are gradually rounding anteriorly from very near the middle, with 

 the apex not quite so wide and the tubulation less marked; the 

 pronotal punctures, also, are a trifle larger in nigrina, the elytra 

 manifestly broader and relatively shorter than in carolincB. 



T. L. Casey, Mem. Col. IX, Feb. 1920. 



