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 comparison v.ith the closest preceding species, very easily recogni- 

 zed. 



Black, glistening; head and pronotum polished; elytra vividly 

 yellowish-red, these and abdomen finely haired; antennae pi tchy -brown, 

 their first three Joints, mouth-parts, and legs reddish-yellow. 



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Head oval, a little narrower than pronotum; eyes scarcely as long 

 as temples; antennal next-last joints as long as broad; pionotum a 

 little narrower than elytra, as long as broad, feebly narroved to the 

 fore, with 6 fine punctures in each dorsal row, and v.ith 5 side-punc- 

 tures, of which two in line are almost parallel with the dorsal row. 

 Ihe elytra are a little longer than pronotum, with rather fine and 

 dense punctation; abdomen anteriorly and the anterior part of joints 

 densely and rather finely punctate, toward the tip and at posterior 

 margins of joints with finer and less dense punctation; first Joint 

 of hind tarsi longer than the clavj-joint. L. 6-7 ram. 



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

 ventral joint obtuse angularly em.arginated. 



Distributed in Europe, Asia, and North America, but here it is 



local. It lives on sandy shores of lakes and rivers, under stones 



and in alluvium, often in great numbers. The larva is found at 'liis 



Lake, and reared. (T. Schlick. 1. 7. 1895). 



42. Ph. salinus Kiesw. 



(Kiesv,. Stett. Ent. Ztg. 1844, 347 Note; Kraatz Ins. E. II, 613; 

 Muls. et Rey BreVip. 1877, 365; Janglb. Kaf. L:. II, 457). 



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