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The body is almost spool-shaped (broadly fusiform) and bears 

 in size and form similarity with a Tachyporus ; head small, only half 

 as broad as pronotum, oval , ( Pajce 342) posteriorly scarcely con- 

 stricted; antennae thin and slender; maxillary palpi unusually e- 

 longate, their last three joints about of same lenght, distal joint 

 filiformly tapering; the last joint of labial palpi shorter, and 

 much finer than the next-last, 



Pronotum posteriorly as broad as elytra, anteriorly narrowing, 

 its corners rounded off, dorsum convex; elytra a little longer than 

 pronotum, their posterior margin inside of the outer corners dis- 

 tinctly undated (rounded outwardly); abdomen strongly tapering; legs 

 short, tibiae, particularly the middle ones finely spiniferous, fore- 

 tarsi 5-jointed, the others 4-jointed, the hind-tarsal first joint 

 about as long as the two following together, and longer than the 

 distal joint. 



In North and Middle Europe only 1 species is found, which lives 

 at the edge of morasses and lakes, in water-moss, and under wet al- 

 luvium, often among roots of water-plants. 



1. T. terminalis Er. 



(Erichs. Kaif. lik. Br. I, 418; Jen. Spec. Staph. 238; Kraatz Ins. 

 I. II, 478; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 183; Muls. et Pey Brivip. 1877, 

 695; ianglb. Kaf. M. II, 380). 



Black, shining, finely haired; pronotum pitch-brown with light- 

 er margins; posterior margins of elytra, sometimes also the suture, 

 the abdominal tip, and posterior margins of its joints reddish, first 

 joint of the antennae, mouth-parts, and the legs reddish yellowish- 

 brown. 



