448 Dr. heach on the Pselaphid<x. 



AkCOPAGUS RUGICOLLIS. 



A. ^' corpore toto castaneo ; antennis, palpis, pedibusque palUdi- 

 oribus ; capite punctulato ; thorace ruguloso ; elytris punc- 

 tatissimis nitidis," 

 Areopagus rugicoUis. Tozzelfi mss. 

 Habitat in Italiae sylvis profundls. 

 Mus. Dr. Tozzelfi. 

 A. with the body entirely chesnut ; the antennae, palpi, and the 

 feet paler; the head punctuJated ; the thorax rugose; 

 the elytra shining, and very much punctulated. 

 Inhabits Italy in dark woods. This description was given me 

 by Professor Tozzelfi. Pselaphus glabrHcoUis, Reichenbach, Mo- 

 nographia Pselaphorum, 43. tab. 1. f. 3. is the only other species 

 that I know to belong to this genus excepting this new one. 



GENUS IV. KUNZEA. 



PSELAPHI. Fam. II. Reichenbach. 



Corpus breve, convexum. 



Antennce articulo primo et secundo aliis crassioribus ; articulo 

 primo elongato-cylindraceo interne in <? et ? abrupte dilatato ; 

 secundo globosiusculo primo tenuiore ; articulis tertio, quarto, 

 quinto, sexto, septimo et octavo aequalibus globosiusculis: nono 

 crassiore lenticulari; decimo globosiusculo-lenticulari nono 

 majore ; undecimo crassiore, ovato, apice acuminato. 

 Palpi maxillares articulo primo filiformi, apice gradatim clavato; 

 secundo elongato-ovato, tertio scutiformi, basi angustissimo. 



Body short, convex. 



Antennce with their first and second joints thicker than the 

 others ; the first elongato-cylindric, internally in both sexes 

 abruptly dilated ; the second minutely globose, narrower than 

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

 eighth equal, minutely globose; the ninth thicker, lenticular; 

 the tenth minutely globose inclining to lenticular ; the 

 eleventh ovate, acuminated at its extremity. 



