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THE MYRIAPODA Ol' 1 NORTH AMERICA. 



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

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



Fig. 58. 



Pig. 69. 



convex, and is ornamented on each side by 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. SirriONOITIORID.K. 

 Oculi nulli. 

 Kyes none. 



(iuNus BKAOHTOYBE.* 



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

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



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

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

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

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

 several times the longer. 



B. Le Contii. 



Fulvo-brunneus ? dorso modiee convexo, medio levitcr canaliculate; antennis parvis, filiformibus, pilosis; sou- 

 torum supcrfieie asperata, obscure transverse canaliculata ; scuto postremo postiee spinao obtusao serie instructor 

 laminis laterulibus longis, angustis, vix sejunctis; segmentis 47; pedibus breve pilosis. 



* Wood, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci., 18f>4, p. 187. V*/t>?, brcvis. Ku/9«?, rostrum. 



