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 long, their third joint in some species (e.g. pusillima ) ovate, in most 

 oi' them more elongate, distal Joint small, spiculiform; labial palpi in- 

 distinctly three-jointed. 



Pronotum short, at Lase about a^ broad as elytra; these most often 

 distinctly longer than pronotum, their mutual posterior margin at middle 

 broadly incurved; abdomen in several species rather eq^ually broad, in others 



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 strongly tapering, its first three free dorsal joints most often depressed 

 at base; legs slender, tibiae very finely stiff -haired, all tarsi 4-jointed, 

 first joint of hind tarsi as long as the following two joints together. 



In several particulars Oli.^ota approaches the genus Hypooyptus amon^ 

 the Tachyporines. The antennae in both only IC-jointed, and tarsi 4-joint- 

 ed; but in 01 i:; Ota the antennae are inserted on forehead - in Ilypocyptus 

 under side-margin of forehead - distal ly more robustly clavate and the 

 club more distinctly defined; the body either of more uniform width. or, even 

 in subg. Holobus , less ovate than in Hypocyptus . 



Most of the GliTota species live on semi-damp ground under leaves and 

 moss and is often found in alluvium, but several species occur indoors in 

 outhouses and cellars in waste. A half score species are distributed through- 

 out Middle and North Europe, and of these, 5 are heretofore found in Ben- 

 mark; 2 of the others are included in the following. 



Key to Subgenera and Species. 

 1. Abdomen short, strongly tapering; body as a whole oblong-oval: 2. Subg. 

 Holobus Sol 6. 



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