(Pago 392) 



The head is smaller than in splendens . in the O as broad as pro- 



notum, in the O narrower and more rounded; pronotum seen from above, 



of even breadth, its sides behind middle only feebly incurved. Klytra 



and abdomen with somewhat finer punctation than in the preceding, and 



less dense than in the following species; fore-tibiae almost straight. 



L. 9-12 mm. 



(Page 393) 



In the <> the fore-tarsi are rather strongly dilated; the abdominal 

 fourth ventral Joint posteriorly with a plate-formed prolongation, and 

 covers the greater part of the fifth, the sixth is deeply' emarginate 

 at tip. 



Distributed in Europe, but is rare in our country. It is found 



at manure, rotten plants, and in alluvium, also on heath-land hills 



under reindeer moss and heather, 



3. Ph. laminatus Greutz. 



(Creutz 2nt. Vers. 179t , 123; Erichs. Kaf. ilk. Br. I, 446; ien. 

 Spec. Staph. 430; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 57C ; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 155; 

 ;;.uls. et Rey Br^vip. 1677, 2C6; ianglb. ?:af. :.:. II, 443). 



From Intermedius , to which it is closely allied and namely resem- 

 bles in regard to sex-characters of the O^ , it is easily separated 

 by the following characteristics: 



The elytra are bluish green, with metallic lustre, black-haired; 

 the body anteriorly narrowing; the head in both sexes narrower than 

 pronotum, rounded-oval; pronotum distinctly narrov;ing anteriorly, its 

 sides behind middle only feebly, or not incurvec ; elytra with dense 

 and rather fine, abdomen v.ith fine and rather dense punctation. 



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