494 Coleopterological Notices, IV. 



basal and feebly tumid humeri, slightly wider than the latter ; sides behind 

 the humeri just visibly convergent and very feebly arcuate, the apex evenly 

 rounded, the sutural notch normal ; disk with deep abrupt obsoletely punc- 

 tate grooves, moderate in width toward base, becoming much narrower toward 

 apex ; intervals rather wide, flat, each with a single series of small feeble 

 punctures, which become larger and close-set toward base but very minute and 

 widely distant toward apex ; setae scarcely at all visible. Abdomen throughout 

 coarsely deeply and very densely punctured. Legs moderate, the hind tibiae 

 scarcely more than two-thirds as long as the femora, straight ; tarsi slender, 

 the basal joint but slightly longer than the second ; claws small. Length 

 2.8-3.2 mm. ; width 1.3-1.6 mm. 



Louisiana ; Missouri ; Indiana. 



This small species can easily be identified by the peculiar punc- 

 tuation of the pronotum and abdomen as detailed in the description. 

 The prosternum is very feebly impressed and widely separates the 

 coxae. The three specimens before me are apparently females, but 

 as they differ greatly in relative stoutness of form, it is possible that 

 the more slender specimen from Louisiana, assumed as the type, 

 may be a male, and that in that sex the abdominal impression is 

 obsolete. 



27 Baris ruforipes n. sp. — Oblong, moderately convex, highly polished, 

 piceous-black, the legs rufous. Head minutely, rather sparsely punctured, 

 with a small punctiform fovea in the transverse impression, the beak strongly, 

 moderately densely punctate, arcuate, about three-fourths ( % ) to four-fifths 

 ( 9 ) as long as the prothorax ; antennae somewhat less robust than usual, the 

 funicle long, with the second joint a little longer than wide, the third feebly 

 transverse, club short but robust. Prothorax two-fifths wider than long, the 

 sides almost evenly and rather strongly arcuate from base to apex sometimes a 

 little more abruptly convergent near the latter ; base distinctly less than three 

 times as wide as the head, transverse, the median lobe narrow but pronounced ; 

 disk widest slightly before the base, with a rather wide distinct impunctate 

 area which is subentire ; punctures somewhat coarse, deep and dense, about 

 three-fourths as wide as the scutellum and separated by less than one-half 

 their diameters. Scutellum unusually small, subquadrate, slightly tumid. 

 Elytra two-fifths longer than wide, fully twice as long as the prothorax and 

 not distinctly wider than the disk of the latter, the humeri feebly tumid ; sides 

 subparallel, the apex broadly but not very abruptly rounded ; disk with deep, 

 abrupt and rather wide grooves, which are not distinctly punctate, the inter- 

 vals about twice as wide as the grooves, flat, each with a single series of coarse 

 but not very deep, close-set punctures ; setae very short but moderately dis- 

 tinct. Abdomen rather finely, decidedly sparsely punctured. Legs moderate, 

 somewhat strongly punctate ; tarsal claws rather long. Length 3.2-4.8 mm. ; 

 width 1.3-2.1 mm. 



