(•P&i^e 276) 



Distributed in Middle (and ? North) Europe; heretofore however not 



-(Paje 277)' 



found in this country, nor in Sweden. It lives on damp ground under leaves 



and moss, at the root of grasses and the like, said also to be found on 



tree-fungi. 



4. division Hy,;ronomica « 



The head anteriorly not snout-like prolonged; antennae 11-jointed. 



Tarsi all 4-Jointed. 



To this only 1 ^enus. 



42. Jenus Hy^ronoma "^^r. 



(Srichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 512; Jen. Spec. Staph, 7?; Kraatz Ins. E. II, 

 340; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 270; Muls. et Eey Brevip. 1873, 01; Janglb. 

 Kaf. U. II, 312). 



Body elongate, flat and evenly broad; the head porrect, across the rath- 

 er large, somewhat protruding eyes fully as broad as pronotum, posteriorly 

 roundly narrowing, with rather long ventrally immarginate temples; the an- 

 tennae reach over the posterior margin of pronotum and only feebly thick- 

 ened distally. The left mandible at middle with a robust tooth; the third 

 joint of maxillary palpi is longer than the second, feebly thickened, the 

 fourth very small and spiculiform; tongue short, cleft into two lobes, each 

 with an offset obtuse tip; labial palpi three-jointed. 



Pronotum anteriorly almost as broad as elytra, as broad as long, pos- 

 teriorly feebly narrowing, with roundly-obtuse-angular hind corners; elytra 

 ''/^longer than pronotum, with almost parallel sides, their posterior mar- 

 gin inside the outer corners scarcely incurved; abdomen elongate, feebly 

 broadened hindward, its first four free dorsal joints depressed-transverse- 



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