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43. Pronotal punctate rows each with 5 punctures 44. 



Pronotal punctate rows each with 6 punctures 46. 



44. Elytra shorter than pronotum; this feebly narrowing anteriorly. 



L. 6-7 mm 45. Ph. vernalls -Jravh. 



Elytra not shorter than pronotum, this of even breadth or feeb- 

 ly narrowing posteriorly 45. 



45. Pronotum feebly narrowing posteriorly. L. 5 mm 



46. Ph. splendidulus ^ravh. 



Pronotum of even breadth. L. 3 mm 47. Ph. thermarum Aube. 



46. Pronotum distinctly narrowing anteriorly. L. 5-6 mm 



• • • • 48. Ph. exi^uus Nordm. 



Pronotum anteriorly scarcely narrowing or of even breadth. .. .47, 



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47. 31ytra a little longer than pronotum. L. 4-5 mm 



49. Ph. nigritulus Jravh. 



Elytra shorter, or as lon^ as pronotum. The head, especially 



in the^ proportionally large. L. 4.5-5.5 mm 



50. ?h. troEsulus Nordm. 



1. Subgenus Philcnthus s. str. 



1st Series; Pronotum at Middle without Punctate Rows. 



1. Ph. splendens Fabr. 



(Fabr. Ent. Syst. I, 2. 523; Erichs. Kaf. i.ik. Br. I. 447; Sen. 

 Spec. Staph. 429; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 569, Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 

 155; ivluls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1877, 2C3; ianglb. Kaf. 1,1. II, 442). 



One of the largest species of this genus, easily identified, inter 



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