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 into a small, thickened tip. 



Also in appearance and in the construction of antennae and tarsi 

 Hyrropora r esembles an Oxypoda , hov^ever the body of the Morth -European 

 species is relatively broader and more robust, and its punctation, especial- 

 ly of abdomen less fine. Pronotum is short and broad, elytra '/^ longer 

 than this, abdomen rather short and thick, tapering posteriorly, its first 

 three free dorsal joints distinctly depressed at base, and the fifth only 

 a little longer than the fourth. First joint of hind tarsi as long as the 

 three follovjing joints together, longer than ttie distal joint. 



To this genus only one North and Middle European species, which lives 

 on damp ground under the plant cover. 



1. H. cunctans Er. 



(Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 34£j Son. Spec. Staph. 150; Kraatz Ins. E. 

 II, 133; Muls. et Pey Brevip. 1874, 375; Oanglb. Kaf. M. II, 79.— curti- 

 collis Thorns. Skand. Col. Ill, 29). 



In appearance most like Oxypoda lentula Er. , but with nearly same 

 length much broader and more robust, and further in combination v.ith color 

 recognizeable by the short, broad pronotum, and punctation of abdomen. 



Black, very finely haired, feebly glistening; antennae rust-red or brovin- 

 ish, their base, and the legs reddish or brownish-yellow, the latter some- 

 times pitch-brown, almost black (var. nigripes Thomson). 



The head is much narrower than pronotum, very finely, densely puncta- 

 ted; antennae rather long, feebly thickened distally, their third joint 

 shorter than the second, the next-last ones somewhat broader than long, 

 distal joint rather robust, oblong, constricted at middle ( O^?) and obtui 



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