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 er short, only exceptionally ( Oxypoda praecox ) somewhat elongate.: 2. 

 1. Head anteriorly snoutlike elongated. Maxillary palpi remarkably elon- 

 gate, slender, their second and third joints very long (Fig. 99).; 4. 



All tarsi 5-jointed 1. Aleocharina . 



Fore-tarsi 4-jolnted, middle- and hind-tarsi 5-Jointed 



2. Myrmedoniina . 



Fore-tarsi and middle-tarsi 4-Jointed, only hind-tarsi 5-jointed.... 



3. B olitocharina . 



All tarsi 4-jointed 3. 



3. Antennae 11- jointed 4. Rygronomina . 



Antennae 10-jointed 5. Oligotina . 



4. All tarsi 4-jointed 6. Siglossina . 



Fore-tarsi and middle-tarsi 4-jointed, only hind-tarsi 5-jointed. 



7. Myllaenina . 



All tarsi 5-jointed 8. Jymnusina . 



1, Division Aleocharina . 

 The head rounded or .transverse, sometimes feebly pyriform tapering, 

 but never anteriorly snoutllke produced; maxillary palpi short or rather 

 short, their second and third joints normally long, only exceptionally 

 ( Oxypoda praecox ) somewhat elongate. All tarsi are 5-Jointed. 



Key to Civieions. 

 1. Elytra with a sharp side-margin from humerus to hind corner, whereby 

 dorsufL is separated from the abruptly deflexed side-margin. Pro- 

 notum very Lroad with acute, retracted hind corners. Abdomen pos- 

 teriorly strongly tapering (Fig, 13) 2. Dinarda ?i!annh. 



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