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li 7?. Elytra scarcely sinuate at posterior angles. 



Chilopora. 



2. Legs short. Phloeopora. 



b. Head not constricted behind. 



I. Labial palpi with four joints, maxillary palpi with 

 five joints. Aleochara. 



II, Labial palpi with three joints ; maxillary palpi 

 with four joints. 



1, First and second joints of labial palpi about 

 equal in breadth. 

 A A, Third joint of maxillary palpi distinctly 



longer than second. Ischnoglossa. 



B JJ, Third joint of maxillary palpi scarcely 



longer than second. Thiasojjhila. 



,?. Second joint of labial palpi distinctly narrower 

 than first. 



A A. First joint of labial palpi as long as the 

 other two together. Ocyusa. 



B B. First joint of labial palpi shorter than the 

 other two together. 



a a. Third joint of maxillary palpi distinctly 

 longer than second and not stout. 



Homoeusa. 



h h. Third joint of maxillary palpi not much 

 longer and rather stouter than second. 



Oxypoda. 



C. Tarsi 4, 4, 4. 



a. Antennae with eleven joints. Hycjronoma. 



b. Antennae with ten joints. 



I, Inner maxillary lobe with spines on inner side. 



Oligota. 



II. Inner maxillary lobe thickly pubescent. 



Somatium. 



Alitalia, 



A, Upper-side dark yellow-red, with head and apical half 

 of abdomen blackish. 

 Eeddish-yellow-brown, shiny, with fine pubescence ; head 



