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It is distributed in Middle Europe and may possibly also be found 

 in Denmark. 



A couple of other, likewise heretofore rather closely allied, smal- 

 ler species are Ph. tenuis Fabr. and 2Iiiiii§_-ordm. They are separat- 

 ed from all the preceding Fhilonthus species in that the last joint of 

 maxillary palpi is conically tapering, and not lon^-er than the next- 

 last, and they are therefore nov, treated as a separate subgenus, Fabi^us 

 (Muls. et P.ey; Janglb. et. al.). Like the species of subgenus labrius 

 they have small eyes and lonj temples, and like ni^^^ritulus et. al. 

 with 6 punctures in each of the dorsal ro\,vs of pronotum, but in both 

 the first Joint of hind tarsi is lonijer than the claw-joint, and in 

 the O the fore-tarsi are stronjly dilated: 



Ph. tenuis Fabr. (lint. Syst. I, 2, 528i Kraatz Ins. D. II, 617) 

 is slender, black, glistening; pronotum., elytra^ with the exception of 

 their base or their anterior half part, also first joint of antennae, 

 and the lejs reddish-yellow. Sometimes the elytra are entirely black, 

 with the exception of a narrow red posterior margin, (ab. -gracilis Letz.) 

 The antennae rather fine; elytra distinctly shorter than the pronotum. 

 L. 4.5-5,5 mm. 



It lives on sandy river- and lake shores, distributed in iiiddle 

 Europe and also found in Finland, but not heretofore found here or in 

 Sweden and Norway. 



Ph. pullus Nordm. (Symb. 104; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 617) is rather 

 slender and cylindric, black, glistening; elytra feebly ore- or bronze- 

 lustrous; legs pitch-black or brown. Antennae rather thick; heaci long 



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