Coleopterological Notices, IV. 485 



broader than the male and with a relatively more transverse pro- 

 thorax. 



14 Baris floridensis n. sp. — Oblong-oval, convex, polished throughout, 

 dark piceous-brown, the pronotum blackish. Head and beak sparsely punc- 

 tured, the latter extremely short, thick, moderately arcuate, one-half as long 

 as the prothorax ; antennae normal, the club robust, with its basal joint 

 polished. Prothorax large, scarcely more than one-fifth wider than long ; sides 

 subparallel in about basal half, then broadly, evenly rounded to the apex, 

 which is narrowly transverse and truncate ; base three times as wide as the 

 head, straight and very feebly oblique from the moderately wide and rounded 

 median lobe to the sides ; disk strongly convex anteriorly and laterally, with- 

 out trace of median line, the punctures rather coarse, deep, well separated, 

 subperforate with the edges slightly obtuse, two-thirds as wide as the scutel- 

 lum and separated by nearly their own widths, becoming slightly smaller and 

 closer toward apex. Scutellum well developed, not impressed, slightly trans- 

 verse. Elytra scarcely more than one-fourth longer than wide, three-fourths 

 longer than the prothorax, and, at the rather small and moderately tumid 

 humeri, slightly wider than the latter ; sides behind the humeri distinctly 

 convergent and nearly straight, broadly rounded at apex ; disk with moder- 

 ately coarse, very deep, abrupt, finely, remotely but distinctly punctate 

 grooves ; intervals scarcely twice as wide as the grooves, flat, each with a 

 single series of large shallow moderately close-set punctures, the second 

 distinctly wider and with the punctures smaller closer and broadly confused ; 

 setae very small but forming quite visible series by anteriorly oblique illumi- 

 nation. Abdomen rather coarsely but sparsely and shallowly punctured. Legs 

 moderate, sparsely but rather strongly punctate. Length 4.0 mm.; width 

 1.8 mm. 



Florida. 



The single male serving as the type represents a species quite 

 closely allied to soluta, but differing in its slightly narrower form, 

 shorter beak, less coarse pronotal punctures and several other char- 

 acters. The abdomen is rather narrowly and very feebly impressed 

 in the middle toward base; the prosternum nearly flat, very widely 

 separating the coxae. Floridensis may be distinguished from trans- 

 versa by its much sparser punctuation, narrower form, piceous elytra 

 and longer elytral setae. 



15 Baris Sllbaenea Lee— Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1868, p. 361 (Bari- 

 dius); Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XV, p. 292. 



A moderately large but somewhat narrow, strongly convex spe- 

 cies, with coarse deep rugulose sculpture and somewhat piceous 

 color. The beak in the male is moderately robust, feebly arcuate 

 and about three-fifths as long as the prothorax, the latter rather 



