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 Distributed everywhere in Europe, Asia, and North America on damp 

 ground, and rather common in this country, at times numerous in al- 

 luvium. 



40. Ph. vir-o iravh. 



(■Jravh. :.:icr. 169; Erichs. -Jen. Spec. Staph. 483; Kraatz Ins. D. 

 II, 611; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 165; Muls. et Rey Br^vip. 1877, 357; 

 Janglb. Kaf. i:. II, 456). 



Wost often a little larger th^an micans , and differs from this 

 only in trie following characteristics: 



The color is of a deeper black; elytra and abdomen, though most 

 often somewhat dull, yet more glistening; antennae entirely black, 

 legs black or pitch-brov.n with reddish-brown knees and tarsi, occa- 

 sionally entirely reddish-brown with dark coxae; the two hindmost 

 side-punctures of pronotum are in line parallel with the dorsal row; 

 the abdomen is posteriorly less densely punctate than in micans. 

 L. 6-7 mm. 



Distributed in Europe. It lives preferably on salty ground, on 



ocean beaches under seaweed and stones, but is hovever also found 



inland on damp ground in alluvium. In this country it is rare or very 



rare (Brpnderslev, Vejle, Haderslev; 5jerup in r'yen; SorX, Hille- 



ri^d and several other places). It is common on the west coast of 



Sweden (Thorns.). 



41. Ph. fulvipes 7sbr. 



(Fabr. 3nt. Syst. I, 2, 526; Srichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 473; ^en. 

 S{»c. Staph. 485; Kraat2 Ins. D. II, 614; Thoms. Skand Col. II, 166; 

 Hauls, et Rey Brevip. ;877, 362; Janglb. Kaf. M. II, 457). 



Slender and narrowly fusiform, with red elytra, and thereby, in 



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