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 concinnus . The elytra are rather finely and dense.ly punctate; the 

 abdomen with fine and rather dense punctation, more dense than in 

 concinnus . transversal rid^e on base of the second and third free 

 dorsal joint liniar without angulate tip on middle; fore-tibiae spar- 

 sely and finely spiniferous, hind-tarsi shorter than in the closest 

 preceding species, their first joint shorter than the three follow- 

 ing joints together, as Ion,; as the claw-joint. L. 7-8 nun. 



In the O the fore-tarsi are strongly dilated, and the abdominal 

 sixth ventral joint at tip with a triangular incision, the fifth ob- 

 tusely gffiarglnate. 



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Distributed in North and Middle Europe, but everywhere, also in 



this country very rare. It lives on very damp moorland ground, in 



water-moss, in old peat holes, in the mos^ at springs at the outflow 



and like places. ("F.avn-Kilde •* at Paebild Bakker v.est of Sk/rping; 



Sot/, Hiller^d; Pydnne). 



27. Ph. immundus ^yllh. 



(.Jyllh. Ins. Suec. II, 237; Erichs. den. Spec. Staph. 479; 5anglb. 

 Kaf. M. II, 453. - fumigatus Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 463; Kraatz Ins. 

 D. II, 5£9; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 161; t/iuls. et Fey Br^vlp. 1B77, 31.'!) 



Very closely allied to ebeninus and concinnus , but the fore-tibiae 

 not spiniferous, abdomen more finely punctate and the lege ordinarily 

 of lighter color. 



Black, head and pronotum polished; elytra and abdomen glistening 

 and finely haired, elytra with feeble ore- or bronze-reflection; legs 

 brown, fore-tibiae and tarsi most often yellowish brovn. 



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