(Pa^e 404) 

 In the ^the fore-tarsi are strongly dilated, in the Q feebly; 

 the ebdominal sixth ventral joint in the O at tip with a rather deep, 

 angulate Incision with a membranous border at bottom. 



Distributed in Europe and North Asia, and everyvvhere in this coun- 

 try rather common at manure, carrion and under decaying plants. It 

 is not rsre in this species to find specimens v.ith only 4 punctures 

 in one of the punctate rows of pronotum. 



24. Ph. corUECUs irach. 



(:iravh. Micr. ?Z; Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I. 463; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 4E5; Muls. et Pey Bre'vip. 1877, 3C3; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 453. - 

 ebeninus var. coruscus Kraatz Ins. B. II, &^7) . 



From ebeninus , which it in all mainly resembles, and to which it 

 therefore often is ascribed as a variety, it differs only in that the 

 elytra are red. L. 7-8 mm. 



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Distributed in Europe, but in this country rather rare, apparent- 

 ly more frequent in southern Sjaelland and the small islands than 

 in Jutland; at Vejl.i^bugt it v.as on one occasion taken in numbers, but 

 it usually occurs only singly. (Aalborg; Tommerup; Hilleryd and sever- 

 al other places). At carrion and rotten plants. In Sweden, Norway and 

 Finland it is, to my knowledge, not found. 



25. Ph. Goncinnus Jravh. 



(Jravh. Micr. 21; J.^uls. et Fey Br^vip. 1877, 305; ianglb. Kaf. M. 

 II, 452. - varians Thoms. Skand. Col. II, 159. - ebeninus v. minor 

 3richs. ^en. Spec. Staph.; Kraatz Ins. E. II, 597). 



It is ordinarily somewhat smaller than ebeninus and presumably 



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