502 Mr. D. Sharp's descriptions of new genera 



I have received several specimens of this species from 

 Mr. Edwards; taken bj him in Victoria, Australia. 



Bryaxis concolor, n. sp. Castaneo-testacea, nitida, 

 setulis brevibus parce adspersa ; capite vertice obsolete 

 bifoveolato ; prothorace parvo, nequali ; elytris stria suturali, 

 intra humernm basi impressisque. Long. corp. 1 mm. 



Mas, antennge ll-articulat£e, articulo nono parvo, 

 transverso intvis paulo producto, art. 10 et II magnis ; 

 nietasterno late profundeque impresso; abdomine segment© 

 2° A'entrali apice medio tuberculo parvo, segmento 6° fovea 

 magna. 



Femina incognita. 



Antennfe short ; the two basal joints short ; joints 3 — 9 

 particularly short ; the 9th joint very short, but with its 

 inner side a little produced, so that it is distinctly trans- 

 verse ; 10th joint large, considerably narrower at the base 

 than at the extremity, so as to have somewhat a triangular 

 appearance ; 11th joint large, of the same width as the 

 10th, distinctly acuminate at the extremity. Head with 

 the frontal tubercles extremely indistinct, the vertex with 

 two very small foveas. Thorax small, Avithout fove^ or 

 impressions. Elytra elongate, twice as long as the thorax, 

 with a well-marked sutural stria, and with the shoulder 

 a little elevated, so that there is a kind of depression at 

 the extreme base inside the shoulder. Hind body ex- 

 tremely short and deflexed. Legs slender and rather 

 elongate. 



Victoria. Two S individuals sent by Mr. Edwards. 



Bryaxis plecta, n. sp. Angustula, castanea, nitida ; 

 oculis parvis, minus convexis ; antennge breviusculas, 

 articulo decimo fortiter transverso, 1 1° magno ; capite 

 vertice obsolete bifoveolato ; prothorace parvo, tequali ; 

 elytris elongatis parcius obsoletissime punctatis, striS. 

 suturali profunda, humeris leviter prominulis : pedibus 

 posterioribus elongatis, gracilibus. Long. corp. 1 mm. 



Antennge shorter than head and thorax ; 1st and 2nd 

 joints short ; joints 3 — 9 very small, the 9th broader, how- 

 ever, than the preceding ones and distinctly transverse ; 

 10th joint short, twice as broad as the 9th joint, strongly 

 transverse ; 11th joint very large, pointed at the extremity, 

 broader than the 10th joint. Head convex, smooth and 

 shining, the frontal tubercles absent, the vertex with two 



