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35. Ph. ventralis ^ravh. 



(Jravh. Micr. 174; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 468; Jen. Sroc. Staph. 

 473; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 6C5; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 160; Liuls. et '?ey 

 Brevip. 1877, 337; 3anglb. Kaf. M. II, 45 5). 



Of rather even breadth, of appearance much like debilis, but or- 

 dinarily a little larger and more robust, with broader head, more ro- 

 Dust punctures in the pronotal punctate rov.s, less finely punctated 

 elytra, and v.dth shorter first Joints of hind tarsi. 



Black or pitch-black, glistening; head and pronotum polished; aisri 

 ytra and abdomen with sparse grayish-brown hair; pronotum, elytra and 

 posterior margins of the abdominal joints most often brownish; anten- 

 nal first Joints, mouth-parts, and the legs, also fore- and middle- 

 coxae reddish or brovinish yellow. 



The head is rounded-square; eyes as long as temples, larger than 

 in debilis ; antennae rather robust, their middle and next-last joints 

 transverse; pronotum as long as broad, only feebly narrowing posteri- 

 orly, and only a little narrower than elytra, with 5 robust punctures 

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

 are parallel with the dorsal row; elytra a little longer than pronotum, 



with rather coarse, (P^ige 411) but not dense punctation; 



abdomen with fine, anteriorly rather dense, posteriorly more scatter- 

 ed punctation; fore-tibiae more distinctly spinlferous than in debilis . 

 fore-tarsi in the O simple; first joint of hind tarsi as long as the 

 vlaw-joint. L. 6 mm. 



In the o" the head is larger and more transverse than in the O , 

 as broad as pronotum, fore-tarsi feebly dilated, and the abdominal 



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