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1. Elytra without such side-margins 2. 



2. Head posteriorly distinctly, more or less constricted, porrect 11. 



Head posteriorly either not or very feebly constricted ( Ocyusa) , more 



or less imbedded in pronotum, more rarely somewh&t porrect 3. 



3. Maxillary palpi normally 4-jointed; the fourth Joint fine, spiculi- 



form. The metathoracic epiplura do not reech out behind elytral 



corners 4. 



Maxillary palpi 5-jointed, inasmuch as the tip of the fine fourth 



joint is set off as an extremely small (microscopic) fifth Joint 

 (Fig. S). The metathorac epiplura reach out behind elytral cor- 

 ners and are here very distinct. Fore- and middle-tibiae are in 

 outer margin finely spinlferous. The body most often rather plump 

 (Fig. 10) 1« Aleochara Jravh. 



4. Tongue undivided and at tip rounded (Fig. 15). (In form and appear- 



ance the specie s resemble Aleochara ) 5. 



Tongue cleft in middle-line into two e jual lobes or emargined at tip 



(Fig . 18) 6. 



t. Fore- and middle-tibiae at outer margin finely spiniferous. Abdomen 



slightly narrowed posteriorly, its fifth free dorsal Joint longer 

 than the fourth. 3. M.icro.^lossa Kr. 



Fore- and middle-tibiae not spinlferous. Body equally broad; abdominal 

 fifth free dorsal Joint as long as the fourth.: 4. "rataraea Thorns, 

 e. Hind tarsal first Joint shorter than the claw-joint 7. 



Hind tarsal first Joint most often longer than the claw-Joint, rare- 

 ly of same length at same ( Ocyusa ) 8. 



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