(Pas-e 406) 

 ish; elytra and abdomen glistening and finely haired, elytra vithout 

 metallic reflection, these and the posterior margins of the abdominal 

 joints most often brownish; antennal first joints and the legs yellow- 

 ish-brown. 



The head is rounded-square, a little narrower than pronotum, with 

 rather small eyes and longer temples; the antennal next-last joints 



somewhat broader than long; pronotum a little narrower than elytra, 



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 anteriorly feebly narrowed, with 5 rather fine punctures in each dor- 

 sal row, and with 5 side-punctures, of which two are in line oblique- 

 ly to the dorsal row; elytra fully as long as pronotum, with rather 

 fine and dense punctation; abdomen with finer and denser punctation; 

 fore-tibiae with only a few spines; fore-tarsi in both sexes dilated, 

 but most strongly in the ^ ; hind tarsal first joint longer than the 

 claw-joint. L. 4-5.5 mm. 



In the (5'the abdominal sixth ventral joint at tip with a deep and 

 acutely angulate incision. 



Distributed in the entire country, and in most places not rare, 



especially in compost in larger gardens, also at fungi, and under 



decaying plants. Europe, North Asia and North America. 



29. Ph. san.rMiinolentus Jravh. 



(iravh. t/icr. 36; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 464; ien. Spec. Staph. 

 467; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 600; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 161; h^uls. et 

 Pey Br^vip. 1877, 320; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 452). 



Among the closest following, nearest allied species recognized 



especially by the much larger and broader head, and by the extremely 



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