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 plants, manure, carrion, fungi or outflowing tree-sap; several live ex- 

 clusively at the beach. About 50 species are distributed throughout 

 Middle and North Europe, of these about one half are heretofore found in 

 this country. They can be divided into five subgenera (see key). Though 

 strongly united by the peculiarities of aaxillary palpi aid labial palpi, 

 these subgenera are in many respects ©(St a little different from each other, 



namely is subgenus Poly stoma deviating, and therefore by many authors 



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treated as an individual genus. But also the other four subgenera are 



by some treated as independent genera (cf. Thorns. Skand. Col. II j Aleo - 



chara , Baryodma , III: Poly stoma ; Muls. et Rey Brevip. Aleocharaires) . 



Key to Subgenera and Species. 



1. Elytral epipleura of equal breadth, only at tip roundly narrowing; 



eyes small, shorter than temples; body of rather even breadth: 21. 

 Slytral epipleura not equally broad, about from middle narrowing pos- 

 teriorly; eyes normally large, as long as temples; body most oft- 

 en fusiform (Fig. 10) 2. 



2. Uesosternum between the well separated coxae without carina in middle- 



line. 1. subgenus Aleochara s. str. (!=-genuE Aleochara Thorns, and 



Mul s. ) 3. 



Uesosternum between the rather closely placed coxae with a carina 



in middle-line (Fig. &a.): 2. sub^'enus 5ar.yodma (=genu8 Baryodma 

 Thoms. and Muls.) ^' 



3. Elytra brownish-red with black sides, often also nark at base; anten- 



nae strongly thickened distally. L. 5. £-8 mm. i 1. A. fuecipes Fbr. 



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