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 and second joints thick, oblong, the following filiform, long, whorl- 

 formed-bristle-hair«d, from the fifth spool-formed; maxillary palpi 

 long, their third joint shorter than the second and fourth, this long 

 stiletto-formed tapering to a point (styliform). 



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 Pronotum posteriorly as broad as elytra, anteriorly roundedly 

 narrowing with rounded-off fore- and hind-corners, rather convex, 

 with scattered punctures and robust bristle-hair along the margins; 

 elytra 1/3 longer than pronotum, flat convex, v.ith sharp marginal 

 ridges on sides and horizontally bent-in side-pieces (Epipleura), the 

 outer hind-corners rounded off; abdomen rather tapering to a point, 

 with easily contracting joints, its foremost dorsal joint not depres- 

 sed at base; sides and tip with long and robust bristle-hair. 

 Hind-coxae is, in opposition to all other Tachyporini . triangular; 

 legs' fine, : tibiae finely haired, tarsi b-jointea, first joint of 

 posterior tarsi as long as the following three joints together. 



The only one European species of this genus is widely distrib- 

 uted in Europe and also found in Denmark. 



1. - H. capillaricornis ^ravh. 



(iravh. Uon. IC; Erichs. Kaf . Mk. Er. I, 4C1; Jen. wSpec. Staph. 

 243; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 393; Thorns. Skand. Gol. Ill, 146; Rey Bre- 

 vip. 1383, 4; Janglb. Kaf. li. II, 328). 



The form nearest like a low convex Tachyporus , very easily iden- 

 tified by the antennae (see above) and the other discribed generic 

 characteristics, and by- the sex-peculiarities of^andO. 



