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 The constricted part of the head, the neck, oftenest thick and short. 

 The scutellum most often smooth. 



Key to ienera. 



1. All tarsi 5-jolnted 2. 



Middle- and hind-tarsi 4-jointed, fore-tarsi alone 5-jointed.. 



59. Tanygnathus Sr. 



2. Antennae after the very lon^ first joint ^eniculatei the first 



joint as long as the following four joints together 



60. Acylophorus Nordm. 



Antennae not geniculate, their first joint about as long as the 

 following two joints together 3. 



3. Fore-tarsi narrow, their single joints not dilated. The last 



joint of labial palpi triangular. axrf ormed. .. ,61. Buryporus Er. 

 Fore-tarsal three-four first joints more or less strongly di- 

 lated. Last joint of labial palpi tapering to a point.. 4. 



4. Last joint of maxillary- palpi very small, much shorter and ■ 



finer than the next-last, subulate 62. Heterothops Steph. 



Last joint of maxillary palpi as long as or longer than the 



next-last 5. 



5. Antennal middle and next-last joints (4-10) serrately dilated 



63. Velleius Mannh. 



Antennal outer joints not dilated 64. Quedius Leach. 



59. Genus Tanygnathus Er. 



(Erichs.Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 417; Jen. Spec. Staph. 288; Kraatz Ins. 

 E. II, 477; Thoms. Skand. Col. II, 182; Muls. et Rey Br^vip. 1877. 

 693; Gtanglb. Kaf. U. II, 379). 



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