230 THE MYRIAPODA OF NORTH AMERICA. 



The head of this species is very small, and is pilose. The antennae are rather heavy, 

 and are very pilose. The eyes are large and very prominent. The dorsum is slightly 



Fig. 58. Fig. 59. 



convex, and is ornamented on each side hy a broad fuscous stripe, which is intersected by 

 numerous, indistinct, dark lines. 



The scuta are very smooth, and have no distinct lateral plates, but their edges are rather 

 thin and strongly elevated. The penultimate scutum is much broader than its neighbors. 

 The last scutum is very small. The feet are dark-colored. There are two or three speci- 

 mens in the possession of the Academy, which, I believe, were collected by Dr. John L. 

 Le Conte, U. S. A., in the mountains of Georgia. Fig. 58 represents the under, Fig. 59 

 the upper surface of the head. 



Fam. sipiionopiiokid.k. 



Oculi uulli. 

 Eyes none. 



Genus BRACHYCYBE.* 

 Rostrum acutum, brevissimum, antennis multo brevius. (Fig. 60.) 

 Rostrum acute, very short, much shorter than the antennae. 



I have never studied the allied genus Sip7ionop7iora of Brandt, but, if the characters 

 relied on by that author are at all generic, there can be no doubt that the American 

 species belongs to a distinct genus. In Siphonophora the rostrum or mouth is very 

 much elongated, and approaches the antennae in length. In Bruchycybe the latter are 

 several times the longer. 



B, Le Contii. 



Fulvo-brunneus ? dorso modice convexo, medio levitei canaliculate ; antennis parvis, filiformibus, pilosis; sou- 

 i'. nun Buperficie asperata, obscure transverse canaliculata j seuto postremo postiee spinoe obtusse serie instvuetoj 

 laminis lateralibus longis, angustis, vix sejunctisj segmentis 17; pedibus breve pilosis. 



! Wood, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sri., 1864, \>. 1S7. Bpa%us, brevis. Ku/9»?, rostrum. 



