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2. Group Tachyporlnl . 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 1839, 385; den. Spec. Staph. 213; Kraatz 

 Ins. Deutschl. II, 377. - Hypocyptlna , Trichophylna , and Tachyporlna 

 Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, resp. 109, 111 and 145. - Habrocerlens . Tachy « 

 porlens . Trlchophyens Rey, Brevlp. 1883, resp. 1, 9, and 282. - 

 - Trlchophylnae , Habrocerlnae and Tachyporinae (Janglb. Kaf. Mitteleur. 

 1895, II, resp. 324, 326, and 329). 



Pronotum behind fore-coxae is hidelike, and its spiracula visibly 

 exposed. Antennae 11-jointed, only exceptionally ( Hypocyptus ) 10-joint- 

 ed, inserted beneath side-margin of forehead in front of eyes (Fig. 101). 



The body is more or less fusiform, ordinarily more strongly 

 narrowed posteriorly than anteriorly; the head is embedded in pro- 

 notum, and only exceptionally (T richophya) constricted posteriorly 

 forming a short, broad neck; eyes not strongly protruding; the anten- 

 nae (see above) slender and oftenest only feebly thickened outward- 

 ly toward the tip, occasionally filiform and whorl-haired ( Tricho - 

 phya and Habrocerus ). 



Pronotum is large, broadest posteriorly, narrowed forwardly, 

 and anteriorly encircling the embedded part of the bead, its sides 

 distinctly angular. Elytra oftenest reach out over the metasternum, 

 and has (except of Trichophya) a fine, more or less sharp margin 

 from humerus to the hind corner, whereby their over-or inturned 

 side-pieces (Epipleura) ar« bounded- from the dorsum; occasionally 

 the suture-stripe is lacking (div. Tachyporina) . The abdomen is more 

 or less gradually tapering to a point, often with angular sides 

 more rarely round (Conosoma) ; it is not curved upward like that of 

 Aleocharini . but occasionally downward and inward. The fore-coxae 



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Note - the author has called all segments joints. Translator. 



