(Pa^e 396) 



ly incised. 



Distributed and not rare at menure, decaying plants, in funt^ji, 



under leaves and moss, also in alluvium. North and Middle Europe. 



9. Ph. atratiis Iravh. 



(iJravh. Micr. 21; Lrichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 450; ien Spec. Staph. 

 439; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 566, '"horns. Skand. Col. II, 158; lluls et Fey 

 Erevip. 1377, 241; Jan^lb. Kaf. K. II, 446. - luoens Mannh. Brach. 28), 



Smaller and narrower than the four preceding', closely allied spe- 

 cies, recognized particularly by the scattered punctation of the 

 elytra. 



Black, strongly glistening; head and pronotum specular with ore- 

 like reflection; elytra with greenish or bluish metallic lustre, to- 

 gether with the abdomen darkly haired. 



The head rounded-square. In both sexes narrov.er than pronotum, 

 between the eyes with a couple of punctures on each side in a trans- 

 versal rev;, behind the eyes with scattered coarse punctures, and 

 with more finely punctate temples; antennae rather slender, their next- 

 last joints hardly transverse; pronotum a little narrower than elytra, 

 with strongly deflected fore-corners, and posteriorly slightly in- 

 curved sides, the dorsum with four punctures in each dorsal row, and 

 with five side-punctures; elytra with rather fine, and peculiarly 

 scattered punctation; the abdomen finely and not densely punctate, 

 its first three free dorsal joints at middle of the transversal de- 

 presplon on base, with a small angulate tip; fore-tarsi in both sex- 

 es dilated. L. 7-9 mm. 



In the O the abdominal sixth ventral joint with obtuse angulate 



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