808 Coleopterological Notices, VI. 



very deeply and densely punctate throughout. Ahdomen convex, 

 polished, strongly and closely punctate, the third segment slightly 

 shorter than the second and much shorter than the fourth. 

 Length 1.6 mm.; widtli 0.65 mm. 



Florida (New Smyrna, P^nterprise and Ilaw Creek), — Ilubbard 

 and Schwarz. A very interesting and widely isolated species. 

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

 intromittent oi'gan being feebly expanded in a small rounded 

 button. 



AXIXOPIIILIS n. gen. 



Body oval, convex, sparsel3' clothed with moderately short 

 stiff and inclined hairs in a single uniform system. 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 e^'es, 

 expanded again beneath and before the latter, where its glossy 

 concave surface is separated longitudinally from the extended 

 front by a tumid and sparsely hairy piece, extending from the 

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

 tended before the antennte 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, very thin and 

 laminate. E3'es large but sliort, very near the base, transversely 

 reniform, the anterior emargination containing the antennal base 

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

 of the maxillary ]);ilpi moderate in size, securiform, of the labial 

 rather small though dilated and flattened. Antenna' slender, 

 moderate in length, the second joint somewJiat longer and stouter 

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

 sparse setse ; last three joints very gradually thicker, elongate- 

 oval. Prothorax as wide as the base of the el^'tra, the humeral 

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

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

 cess narrowly rounded. Abdomen with the basal segment a little 

 larger than the entire remainder, the dividing suture visible at 

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



