350 BRACHELVTRA. TACHYFORIDjE. 



Fam. 76. TACHYPORID^ MacLeay. 



§ A. Ant. inserted beneath the eyes; tibia simple, rarely spinose : — 

 Aleocharina. 



dlxxx. Autalia Head exserted, large, remote from thorax, which is some- 

 what globose, with the base narrow and folded : elytra also folded at the 

 base • anter. tarsi 4-, poster. 5-jointed, poster, with 4 basal joints equal. 



dlxxxi. Falagria Head exserted, large, remote from thorax, the latter rather 

 heart-shaped, the apex being broad ; disc sulcate; elytra not fo ded at the 

 base ; anter. tarsi 4-, poster. 5-jointed, poster, with basal joint elongate. 



dlxxxii Calodera Head exserted, broader than the base of the thorax, the 

 latter of nearly equal breadth throughout : elytra entire at the base : tarsi 

 5-jointed, basal joint elongate. 



dlxxxiii. Astilbus Head exserted, not remote : thorax oblong, with a dorsal 

 channel : body narrow ; flat : elytra short : abdomen broader than thorax : 

 palpi filiform : anter. tarsi 4-, poster. 5-jointed. 



dlxxxiv Ocalea Head exserted : tho. somewhat truncate in front, rounded 

 behind : anter. angles acute : body elongate : abdomen linear, suddenly 

 attenuated at tip: legs long, slender; tarsi all 5-jointed, poster, with 

 basal joint elongate : ant. rather slender, 3d joint long. 



dlxxxv. Polvstoma IW sessile : tho. broader than long: e/^ro jshort -.ab- 

 domen linear, obtuse : body densely pubescent: ««*. thick in the middle: 

 mouth prominent : tarsi all 5-jointed. 



dlxxxvi. Zyras iJearf sessile: Mo. broader than long: elytra very short: 

 abdomen broad, ovate : ant. somewhat elbowed at the base, and rather 

 long: palpi with terminal joint long, slender : torn 5 -jointed. 



dlxxxvii Peixa Head sessile : Mo. broad, angulated on each side at the base : 

 elytra very short : abdomen broad, obtuse: ant. stout: legs stout; a/rter. 

 tarsi 4-, »o^er. 5-jointed, latter with basal joint elongate. 



dlxxxviii. Ischnopoda Head nearly sessile : tho. longer than broad : <% r« 

 wide: body slender: afofowien acute at tip : fe$rs slender: tarsi, especially 

 the hinder pair, long, all 5-jointed. 



dlxxxix. Tachyusa Head exserted: Mo. somewhat 4-drate, or ovate ; abdo- 

 men long, rather broad: legs moderate: anter tarsi 4-, poster 5-jointed, 

 basal joint of latter elongate: ant. slender, with all the joints elongate 



dxc Phloeopora Head nearly sessile, or broad as tho. which is orbiculate: 

 elytra moderate, scarcely wider than abdomen; the latter obtuse at ip : 

 legs stoutish: ter« 5-jointed, joints nearly equal: ant. short, stoutish, 

 interm. joints very short. 



dxci. Hygrokoma iW nearly sessile: Mo. as wide as the head, smaller 

 than the elytra: &orfy flat, linear: tarn 4 -jointed, joints short, flat, nearly 



dxcH^HoMALOTA Head nearly sessile : Mo. as broad as the head : body 'linear 

 flat: tyi moderate: anter. tarsi 4-, jnwfer. 5-j ointed, poster, with 4 basal 

 joints equal : ant. moniliform. _ 



dxciii. Callicerus J9ta<f nearly sessile: Mo. somewhat orbiculate : e/^m 

 verv short: oody oblong, flat : torn anter. 4-, jNrtcr. 5-jomted : ant wih 

 terminal joint very loSg, stout: ma*, palpi with 3d joint swollen, 4th 



dxciv? U I3oLrrocHARA Head nearly sessile: Mo. broader than long, wider than 

 the head : body flattish : abdomen somewhat linear ; anter. tarsi 4-, poster. 

 5-jointed, basal joint rather longest : ant. somewhat elbowed, thickened to 



dxcv 6 P ligota Head exserted: Mo. broader than long : body flattish, .not Jiar- 

 ' rowed behind : legs pubescent : tarsi 4-jointed, slender, poster, with basal 



