808 Goleopterological Notices, VI. 



very deeply and densely punctate throughout. Abdomen convex^ 

 polished, strongly and closely punctate, the third segment slightly 

 shorter than the second and much shorter than the fourth. 

 Length 1.6 mm.; width 0.65 mm. 



Florida (New Sra3^rna, Enterprise and Haw Creek), — Hubbard 

 and Schwarz. A very interesting and widely isolated species. 

 The single specimen before me is a male, the slender apex of the 

 intromittent organ being feebly expanded in a small rounded 

 button. 



AXYLOPHILUS n. gen. 



Body oval, convex, sparsel}' clothed with moderately short 

 stiff and inclined hairs in a single uniform svstera. Head much 

 narrower than the prothorax, against the anterior margin of which 

 it is in close and even contact throughout, the surface forming 

 also a low short laminate hood, which does not extend over the 

 basal margin and which is continued narrowly behind the ej'es^ 

 expanded again beneath and before the latter, where its glossy 

 concave surface is separated longitudinally from the extended 

 front b}' a tumid and sparsely hairj^ piece, extending from the 

 mandibles to the point of antennal insertion ; front broadly ex- 

 tended before the antennae and as long as the entire basal part of 

 the head. Epistomal suture coarse and very deep, the epistoma 

 small, subquadrate, two-fifths as wide as the extended front. La- 

 brum transverse, feebly convex, translucent, broadly bilobed at 

 apex. Mandibles expanded with rounded outline, \qv\ thin and 

 laminate. E3es large but short, very near the base, transversel}'' 

 reniform, the anterior emargination containing the antennal base 

 very large and deep; facets coarse; setae distinct. Last joint 

 of the maxillary palpi moderate in size, securiform, of the labial 

 rather small though dilated and flattened. Antennae slender, 

 moderate in length, the second joint somewhat longer and stouter 

 than the first ; three to eight extremeh' slender and with very long 

 sparse setae ; last three joints ver}' gradually thicker, elongate- 

 oval. Prothorax as wide as the base of the elytra, the humeral 

 angles of the latter not at all exposed at base. Middle coxae well 

 separated, the posterior only a little more so, the abdominal pro- 

 cess narrowl}"^ rounded. Abdomen with the basal segment a little 

 larger than the entire I'eniainder, the dividing suture visible at 

 the extreme sides only. Legs rather long, very slender, the hind 



