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 In the o^ the abdominal sixth ventral Joint with obtuse-angular 

 incision. Fi^. 117. Philonthus splendidus iravh. 



Distributed in Europe, not rare in this country in wooded regi- 

 ons, under bark and moss on stubs and trunks, which have been at- 

 tacked by insects; occasionally it has also been found in the mounds 

 with Formica rufa . (N. P. J^rgensen). 



47. Ph. thermarum Aube. 



(Aube Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1850, 316; Kraatz Ins. i;. II, 608; Muls. 

 et Rey Bre'vip. 1877, 402; ^anglb. Kaf. i,:. II, 460). 



Small and delicate, the smallest species of the genus, besides 

 thls^ easily identified by the n'lmber of punctures in the dorsal rows 

 of pronotum, and by the color of elytra. 



Pitch-black, glistening; head and pronotum polished; pronotum red- 

 dish-brown, elytra brownish-yellow, these and abdomen thinly haired, 

 tip of abdomen, and outer part of antennae yellowish-brown, the first 

 two-three antennal Joints, mouth-parts, and legs yellow. 



The head oblong with almost straight sides, small eyes, longer temp- 

 les, and almost rectangular, slightly rounded temple-corners; antennae 

 slender, their next-last Joints feebly transverse; pronotum narrower 

 than elytra, longer than broad, of even breadth with rounded off cor- 

 ners, dorsum with 5 fine punctures in each dorsal row, and with 4-5 

 side-punctures; elytra as long as pronotum, scattered and rather coarse 

 punctation; abdomen with dense and very fine punctation; fore-tarsi in 

 both sexes simple; first Joint of hind tarsi shorter than the claw- 

 joint. L. 3 mm, 



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