484 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



12 Bails nitida Lee— Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 292. 



A species of medium size and distinct facies, of rather robust, 

 very convex and subrhomboidal form and polished, feebly aeneous 

 lustre. Prothorax not quite as elongate as in some of the allied 

 forms, from one-third to two-fifths wider than long", the sides feebly 

 convergent to apical fourth, then strongly convergent and straight 

 or feebly sinuous to the apex, coarsely, very sparsely punctate, the 

 punctures not very deep, impressed and umbilicate. Scutellum very 

 small, nearly circular. The humeri are unusually prominent, and 

 the elytra rather strongly convergent behind them, the striae mode- 

 rate in width, deep, the intervals about twice as wide as the striae, 

 each with a single series of small but rather deep, remote punctures, 

 not confused on the second or third, the setae very small and not at 

 all conspicuous. The legs are red and the tarsi piceous. Length 

 3.9-4.4 mm.; width 2.1-2.3 mm. 



Florida (Biscayne Bay). I have seen but two specimens ; one, 

 the original type, in the cabinet of LeConte, and the other, entirely 

 similar, kindly given me by Mr. W. Jiilich of New York. 



13 Baris SOlllta n. sp. — Oblong, robust, convex, black and highly 

 polished throughout ; setae very minute and inconspicuous. Head minutely 

 and very remotely punctulate, the transverse impression strong and angu- 

 late ; beak exceedingly short and thick, finely, not densely punctate, arcuate, 

 gradually flattened toward apex, barely three-fifths as long as the prothorax ; 

 antennae moderate, the club small, compressed, on the narrow side scarcely at 

 all wider than the seventh funicular joint. Prothorax transverse, fully one-half 

 wider than long, the sides rounded and feebly convergent to apical fourth, 

 then strongly rounded to the apex ; base oblique and straight from the very 

 small and feeble median lobe to the obtuse basal angles ; disk coarsely and 

 sparsely punctate, the punctures one-half as wide as the scutellum and sepa- 

 rated by nearly twice tbeir own diameters, finer and closer toward apex ; im- 

 punctate line feebly evident. Scutellum moderate, subquadrate. Elytra not 

 wider and fully four-fifths longer than the prothorax, the sides feebly conver- 

 gent, the apex obtusely rounded ; humeri rather prominent ; striae very coarse 

 and deep, not distinctly crenulate toward base ; intervals but slightly wider 

 than the grooves, each with a single series of moderately large deep and some- 

 what close-set punctures, the second and third a little wider, the latter with 

 the series slightly uneven. Abdomen coarsely, strongly but not very densely 

 punctate. Prosternum very deeply impressed, almost sulcate, along the mid- 

 dle, separating the coxae by two-thirds of their own width. Length 4.0-4.3 

 mm. ; width 2.0-2.2 mm. 



Louisiana ; Arkansas ; Colorado. 



The type is a female; this sex seems to be invariably much 



