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 considerably longer than » ha «- the claw-joint. L. 7-8 mm. 



In the d^the abdominal sixth ventral Joint with an obtuse annu- 

 late incision at tip. 



Distributed in all continents; in our country mostly on high 

 ground, and frequently at manure, decaying plants and carrion. 



31. Ph. cruentatus imel. 



(Jmelin, Linn. Syst. Ed. 13, 2C35; Uuls. et Pey Brevip. 1877, 325; 

 Janglb. Kaf. I.'i. II, 454. - bipustulatus Panz. Faun. Ins. 5erra. 27; 

 Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I, 465; ^en. Spec. Staph. 463; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 

 601; Ihoms. Skand. Col. II, 164). 



Most often somewhat larger and broader than the closely allied 

 varians and v.ith somewhat larger head, furthermore deviating from this 

 and from longicornis by the color of elytra, and most often darker 

 fore-coxae. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum polished; elytra with a lar- 

 ge, blood-red spot in toward the corner of suture, elytra and abdomen 

 black-haired; fore-coxae and legs most often black, or the former on 

 inner side yellowish-brown. 



Head short and oval, with F-omewhat larger eyes than in varians , 

 and with shorter, less flat temples; antennal next-last joints about 

 as broad as long; pronotum as long as broad, anteriorly narrowed with 

 5 punctures in each dorsal row, and with 5 side-punctures, of which 

 two in line are parallel with the dorsal row; elytra with dense and 

 rather fine, abdomen with less dense and finer punctation; fore-tar- 

 si, hind-tarsi, and sex-characters ofo ^ame as in varians . L. 6-7 mm. 



Distributed in Europe and North Asia; everywhere here rather com- 



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