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 SorjB, /ibjerjgaard; Kohaven in Falster; Maribo). 



The form with partly red elytra occurs together with the typical 

 form, but is much rarer than this. 



2. Subrjenus .^abrius Steph. 

 45. Ph. vernalis Jravh. 



(Jravh. ^;on. 75; Erichs. Kaf. Mk. Br. I, 470; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 478; Kraatz Ins. L. II, 6C6; Thorns. Skand. Col. II, 170; Muls. et Pey 

 Bre'vip. 1877, 394; ianglb. Kaf. U. II, 459). 



Rather smell and elongate, larjer than the following species of 

 this subgenus, and within this ^enus, inter alia^ recognizable by the 

 number of punctures in the dorsal rows of pronotum, and by the pro- 

 portionately short elytra. 



Pitch-black or pitch-brown; head and pronotum polished; elytra 

 and abdomen glistening, finely haired, elytra and pronotum often red- 

 dish-brown; antennal first joint, mouth-parts, and legs reddish-yello\\ . 



The head is oblong, narrower than pronotum; temples at least twice 

 as long as the very small eyes; antennae rather short and robust, their 

 middle and next-last joints transverse; pronotum posteriorly scarcely 

 as broad as elytra, longer than broad, anteriorly feebly narrowing, 

 with 5 fine punctures in each dorsal row, and with 5 side-punctures; 

 elytra a little shorter than pronotum, rather densely and coarsely 

 punctated; abdomen also densely, but finely punctated; fore-tibiae 

 finely spiniferous, fore-tarsi in both sexes simple, first joint of 

 hind tarsi as long or fully as long as the claw-joint. L. 6-7 mm. 



In the C)' the abdominal sixth ventral joint with deep acute angular 



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