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Maxillarij palpi with the first joint filiform, its extremity gra- 

 dually clavate (clubbed) ; tjie second elongate-ovate ; the 

 third scutiform, with its base very narrow. 



KUNZEA NIGRICEPS. 



K. corpore toto ferrugineo ; antennis palpis pedibusque pallidio- 

 ribus ; capite nigrescente. 

 Habitat in Alpibus Maritimis in Sylvis pinestribus rarissima. 

 Mus. Domini Doctoris Fabre <? et $ in copulatione capta. 

 K. with the whole of the body ferruginous ; the antennae, palpi, 



and the feet paler ; the head blackish. 

 Inhabits the Maritime Alps, in dark pine forests, is extremely 

 rare ; two specimens from which this description was taken, 

 were found by Dr. Fabre in copulation ; he assured me that 

 he had not seen any other in the collections of his friends or 

 elsewhere. 



GENUS v.— TYCHUS. 



PSELAPHI. Fam. II. Reiciienbach. 

 Corpus breve, convexum. 



Antennce articulis primo et secundo crassioribus subcylindraceis ; 

 articulo primo secundo longiore et crassiore; articulis tertio, 

 quarto, quinto, sexto, septimo et octavo subglobosis : articulis 

 primo, tertio et quarto (Maris) prsesertim aliis crassioribus ; 

 nono et decimo globoso-lenticularis ; decimo nono majore ; 

 undecimo ovato aliis crassiore apice abrupte acuminato. 

 Palpios non sedulose examinavi. 

 Body short, convex. 



Antennce with the first and second joints thickest, subcylindri- 

 cal ; the first joint longer and thicker than the second ; the 

 third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh subglobose ; the first, 

 third, and fourth joints (especially in the Males) thicker 

 than the others; the ninth and tenth globose inclining to 

 lenticular ; the tenth larger than the ninth ; the eleventh 

 ovate, thicker than the others, abruptly acuminated at its 

 extremity. 

 The maxillary palpi I have not carefully examined. 

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