(Pa^e 3S0) 

 Fronotum unicolorous black or brownish 18, 



18. Elytra yellowish-red, very rarely dark or bronze-glistening. 



L. 6-7 mm 15. Fh. lepidus Jravh. 



^ilytra black, often with feeble metallic shine. L. 4-5 mm.. 

 16. Fh. nltidulus iravh. 



19. The two middle punctures in the transversal row of forehead are 



distinctly farther removed from each other than from the • 



punctures at inner margin of the eye 2C. 



>li punctures in the transversal row of forehead are about even- 

 ly removed from each other 22. 



20. Fronotum distinctly narrowing anteriorly. Head oblon^-oval, 



narrow. L. 5-6 mn. 17. Ph. albipes iravh. 



Pronotum of almost even breadth. Head square with rounded off 

 corners or oblong square 21. 



21. Temples longer than eyes. L. 6-7 mm.... 18. Ph. fimetarius iravh. 

 Temples shorter than eyes. I. 7-8 mm... 19. Ph. umbratilis iravh. 



22. i'ilytra with fine and dense punctation, as well as pronotum 



most often brownish-red. L. 5-7 mm... 22. Ph. fuscus Jravh. 

 Elytra rather coarsely punctate, bronze-glistening 23. 



23. The head of ^ large, .broader thsn pronotum, ofjOas broad as this. 



Elytra rather densely punctate. L. 7-9 mm 



20 . ph. cephalotes ^ravh . 



The head of cyas broad as pronotum, of O narrower than this. 

 Elytra with coarser ana more scattered punctation. L. 5-6 

 mm 21. Ph. sordidus ^ravh. 



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