372 Memoirs on the Coleoptera 



Pseudobaris illini n. sp. — Resembles the preceding rather closely but 

 somewhat stouter, the beak in the male a little shorter, barely longer 

 than the prothorax, opaculate and punctulate at the sides; prothorax 

 only a fifth wider than long, the sides converging and straight to beyond 

 apical fourth, there gradually and feebly rounding for a short distance 

 to the tubulate apex, which is more than half as wide as the base, the 

 lobe of the latter smaller and more narrowly rounded than in tradita; 

 punctures coarse and dense; median smooth line well developed but 

 abbreviated; scutellum very short and transverse, impressed; elytra 

 shorter, two-fifths longer than wide, a little wider than the prothorax 

 and slightly less than twice as long, the sides more parallel, gradually 

 rounding behind the middle, the humeral callus smaller but somewhat 

 prominent; grooves not quite so coarse; intervals nearly twice as wide 

 as the grooves, each with a single loose series of fine punctures, which 

 are not transverse as they are in tradita; setae indistinct, the basal 

 condensations minute and feeble; abdomen with close-set and rather 

 strong punctures, coarse and closer at the sides, the medio-basal impres- 

 sion of the male very shallow. Length (cf ) 3.0 mm.; width 1.2 mm. 

 Illinois (locality unrecorded), — Webster. 



Differs from tradita in its shorter and stouter form, especially in 

 the hind body, in having the subapical rounding of the thoracic 

 sides still feebler and more anterior, in the smooth thoracic line 

 and smaller basal lobe and in the finer and non-transverse interstitial 

 punctures. 



Pseudobaris levettei n. sp. — Suboblong-elongate, obtuse behind, deep 

 black, slightly alutaceous; beak in the female slender, arcuate, shining 

 except on the punctured basal part of the sides, distinctly longer than the 

 head and prothorax, the latter only a fifth or sixth wider than long, the 

 sides slightly converging and very feebly arcuate, gradually rounding 

 and feebly converging in about anterior third, the subtubulate apex more 

 than half as wide as the base, the lobe of the latter small, obtusely 

 triangular; punctures moderate in size, deep and dense, but not coales- 

 cent except at the sides; median impunctate line distinct though only 

 centrally, the scutellum small, transverse; elytra nearly one-half longer 

 than wide, barely vigibly wider than the prothorax and twice as long, 

 the sides feebly arcuate, barely at all converging to the evenly but 

 obtusely rounded apex, the humeri prominent; grooves moderate, very 

 deep; intervals subopaque, twice as wide as the grooves, each with a 

 close-set series of moderate rounded punctures; setae small but distinct; 

 basal condensations very small, loose and obsolescent; abdomen rather 

 coarsely but shallowly, closely punctate, rugose at the sides. Length 

 (?) 3-25 mm.; width 1.2 mm. A single specimen unlabeled in the 

 Levette collection, but in all probability taken in Indiana. 



This species is distinct in the rather long, subparallel and obtusely 

 rounded elytra, with opaculate intervals and in several other 

 features, as may be inferred from the description. 



