Coleopterological Notices, IV, 507 



Florida. 



The unique type is a male, the abdomen being broadly and rather 

 strongly impressed in the middle toward base. There is no species 

 very closely allied to vitreola, but punctiventris appears to approach 

 it more closely than any other. 



46 Baris ancilla n. sp. — Oval, not very stout, convex, strongly shining, 

 the elytra with a scarcely perceptible alutaceous lustre ; body black through- 

 out, with a feeble bluish metallic lustre ; setae minute, extremely sparse and 

 inconspicuous. Head excessively minutely, sparsely punctate, the beak more 

 strongly but not very densely so, very stout, arcuate, gradually and feebly 

 flattened toward apex, distinctly shorter than the prothorax ; antennae inserted 

 a little behind the middle, the club moderate, with the basal joint polished 

 and constituting rather less than one-half of the mass. Prothorax one-third 

 wider than long, the sides evenly rounded and convergent in apical third, 

 becoming nearly straight and parallel thence to the base, the latter twice as 

 wide as the apex, feebly oblique at each side of the small but distinct, rounded 

 median lobe ; disk without impunctate space, the punctures strong but not 

 coarse, about one-half as wide as the scutellum and generally separated by 

 rather more than their own diameters. Scutellum small, quadrate, unim- 

 pressed. Elytra slightly wider than the prothorax and nearly twice as long, 

 the humeri but feebly prominent ; sides feebly convergent, gradually parabolic 

 in apical third, the sutural notch strong, broadly angulate ; striae moderate, 

 deep, even ; intervals flat, a little more than twice as wide as the grooves, 

 each with a single series of fine feeble and remote punctures, the second and 

 third wider but similarly punctate. Under surface and abdomen aeneous in 

 lustre, the latter sparsely punctate. Prosternum sulcate, rather widely sepa- 

 rating the anterior coxae. Length 3.3 mm. ; width 1.6 mm. 



Florida. 



This species is slightly larger than confinis and differs in its 

 much sparser punctuation; from eerea it differs in its more elon- 

 gate form, much larger size, wider elytral intervals and finer striae, 

 and from exigua, to which it appears to be more closely allied, it 

 may readily be known by its much finer and more remote intersti- 

 tial punctures, longer and less rounded prothorax, with less oblique 

 base, larger size and several other characters. 



47 Baris spleildens n. sp. — B. inter stitialis Lee. nee Say : Proc. Am. 

 Phil. Boo., XV, p. 293 ; Boh. : Sch. Cure. Ill, p. 684 (Baridius)?— Oblong-sub- 

 oval, moderately convex, black and without aeneous lustre but highly polished. 

 Head obsoletely punctulate, with an evanescent frontal puncture ; beak very 

 robust, evenly, moderately arcuate, two-thirds to three-fourths as long as the 

 prothorax ; antennae normal, the club rather small. Prothorax rather trans- 

 verse, two-fifths wider than long ; sides broadly, evenly rounded and conver- 

 gent anteriorly, becoming subparallel toward base, sometimes feebly prominent 



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