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 tooth, maxillary palpi differently elongated, their third joint some- 

 times long ( sub:^enus Baeo;;lena ), the fourth always fine and subuliform; 

 mentum (Fij, 17) i c broadly trapeziform, the tongue deeply cleft at tip 

 (Fi^. 18); labial palpi fine and short. 



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Pronotum broadly and smoothly convex, without eide bristles, posteri- 

 orly most often as broad as the elytra, occasionally broader and \^ith a 

 larger dorsal plane than these (subg. Sphenoma ) , its hind corners mere 

 or less rounded off. Elytra as a rule longer than pronotum, rarely short- 

 er than this (subg. Bessopora ) , their posterior margin inside the outer 

 corners most often strongly tnourvad , Abdomen in most of the species 

 rather strongly tapering, in several however nearly of equal breadth (subg. 

 Femosoma ) , its dorsum is, on account of a most often especially dense and 

 fine punctation, rather dull, ordinarily distinctly silky glistening hair- 

 ed, and only exceptionalely v^ithout outstanding side-bristles; its first- 

 three free dorsal Joints are depressed at base, the fifth longer than the 

 the fourth. Legs slender, hind tarsi sometimes as long as tibiae (subg. 

 Oxypoda s. str.), all tarsi 5-Jointed, first joint of middle-tarsi ie most 

 often only a little longer than the second, first Joint of hind tarsi as 

 long as the two or throfc following joints together, longer than the claw- 

 joint. 



The Oxypoda abide mostly on damp ground, a few live in ent hills, 

 many seek fungi, very few ppecles are found on high, dry sandy ground. 



Fully fifty species are distributed through twiddle and North Europ"?, 



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