Coleopterological Notices, IV. 493 



funicle rather slender except the basal joint, which is somewhat robust and 

 scarcely as long as the next three, club rather small, robust, the first joint 

 almost glabrous, polished. Prothorax scarcely more than one-fifth wider than 

 long ; sides feebly convergent and almost straight in basal three-fourths, then 

 strongly rounded and convergent to the apex bat not constricted ; base three 

 times as wide as the head, the median lobe rather narrow, rounded and dis- 

 tinct ; disk rather finely, deeply, very densely punctate, the punctures some- 

 what uneven, one-half as wide as the scutellum and generally separated by 

 one-third their width, a narrow imperfect median impunctate line evident in 

 the type. Scutellum transverse, punctate. Elytra scarcely one-third longer 

 than wide, twice as long as the prothorax, and, at the moderately tumid 

 humeri, quite distinctly wider than the latter, broadly, obtusely rounded be- 

 hind ; disk not very coarsely but deeply, abruptly striate, the stria? with remote 

 feeble punctures ; intervals moderate in width, the fifth twice as wide as the 

 striae, flat, each with a single row of moderately large, strong, approximate 

 punctures, confused on the second, third and fifth ; setae rather robust, short 

 but distinct. Abdomen rather coarsely and densely punctured toward base. 

 Legs finely, moderately closely punctate, the setae short and silvery ; tibiae 

 straight externally ; tarsal claws rather small. Length 4.0 mm. : width 

 1.8 mm. ($). 



Nebraska. 



Easily known by its rather long and narrow, densely punctate 

 prothorax, very close-set punctures of the elytral intervals and some- 

 what dull lustre. The prosternum is rather deeply impressed, 

 coarsely, moderately densely punctate, the coxae separated by a 

 little less than one-half their width. 



I place with the type three specimens collected by Mr. Wickham 

 at Greeley, Colorado, which differ only in having a single series on 

 the fifth interval in both male and female, but which are otherwise 

 similar throughout. 



26 Baris puiictiventris n. sp. — Oblong-oval, moderately convex, 

 somewhat robust, polished throughout, black, the legs piceous. Head obso- 

 letely punctate, the beak rather coarsely but not very densely so at the sides, 

 rather stout but equal throughout, strongly arcuate and almost as long as the 

 prothorax ; antennae normal. Prothorax rather short, nearly one-half wider 

 than long ; sides subparallel and very feebly arcuate in basal two-thirds, then 

 strongly rounded, thence strongly convergent and nearly straight to the apex, 

 which is transverse ; base scarcely two and one-half times as wide as the head, 

 subtransverse and straight, the median lobe small and feebly developed ; disk 

 without median line, the punctures coarse deep and perforate, three-fourths 

 as wide as the scutellum, rather unevenly distributed but generally separated 

 by distinctly less than their own diameters, in apical fifth becoming abruptly 

 very minute. Scutellum rather small. Elytra about two-fifths longer than 

 wide, a little more than twice as long as the prothorax, and, at the very small 



