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The head porrect, posteriorly rounded off and constricted (Fig. 25) 

 with distinctly marginated temples and genae and not prominent eyes; an- 

 tennae longer than head and pronotum together, their first three joints 

 elongate, the following slightly thickened distally; uandibles without 

 tooth, maxillary palpi (Fig. 23) long, their third joint not longer than 

 the second, distal joint thin, subulate, not half as long as the third. 

 The tongue (Fig. 24) is long and very narrow, cleft at tip; labial palpi 

 smal 1 . 



Pronotum is narrower than elytra with strongly deflected fore-corners 

 and -stad obtuse-angular hind corners; elytra longer than pronotum, their 

 humeral corners rather prominent and posterior margin inside the outer 

 corners incurved; abdomen posteriorly slightly tapering, its dorsum in 

 our species especially smooth and polished, the first three free dorsal 

 joints depressed at base, and the fifth longer than the fourth; the first 

 three ventral joints slightly constricted at base. Mesosternum is sharp- 

 ly tapering between the coxae with entire or abbreviated carina in middle-i 

 line; legs long and slender; tarsi all 5-jointed, first joint of middle- 

 tarsi only a little longer than the following, first joint of hind tarsi 

 at least as long as the two following joints together, as long as the claw- 

 joint. Outer sex-characters do not appear. 



Fig. 23- Maxillary palpi in Qcalea. 

 Fig. 24. Tongue in Qcalea . 



The species live on damp ground, under leaves and moss, at edge of 

 woodland pools and lakes. From various European regions, especially moun- 

 tainous countries, a half score species are known; of which only two are 



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