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 sixth ventral Joint at tip feebly emarginate. 



In compost and on damp ground under leaves and in alluvium; dis- 

 tributed in our entire country, but rather rare or somwwhat local. 

 Europe, Asia and America. 



36. Ph. 4uis:^uiliarius ^yllh. 



(Jyllh. Ins. Succ. II, 335; Erichs. Kaf. Uk. Br. I, 469; Jen. 

 Spec. Staph,. 475; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 6C7; Thorns. Skand. Gol. 11, 160; 

 Muls. et Pey Brevip. 1877, 348; Janglb. Kaf. l'.. II, 455). 



Rather slender and of even breadth; among the closely allied spe- 

 cies recognized mainly by the color of elytra, though this varies. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum specular, pronotum most oft- 

 en brownish iredescent; elytra either black v.ith greenish metallic 

 reflection, or their posterior halves red, or they are predominating- 

 ly red, and only narrov»ly black at base; elytra and abdomen finely 

 haired; antennal first joint, and the legs brownish or reddish yellow. 



The head is rounded, narrower than pronotum; eyes about as long 

 as temples; antennae rather slender, their next-last joints hardly 

 transverse; pronotum narrower than elytra, anteriorly scarcely nar- 

 rowed, with 5 rather robust punctures in each dorsal row, and with 

 5-6 side-punctures, of which two in line are oblique to the dorsal 

 row; elytra longer than pronotum, with rather fine and dense punc- 

 tation, abdomen with much finer and somewhat denser punctation; fore- 

 tibiae spiniferous, first joint of hind tarsi as long as the claw- 

 joint. L. 6-7 mm. 



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



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