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 rather densely punctated, without distinct longitudinal impressions on 

 dorsum, but inside the hind corners slightly impressed. Elytra are not 

 fully twice as long as pronotum, robustly and at the dorsum regularly 

 rowed and faintly striped punctated; abdomen with extremely fine, scattered 

 punctation, indistinctly shagreened; tibiae not spiniferous. L. 2.5-3 mm. 



Distributed in Middle and North Europe; rare in this country; in wood- 

 ed regions under bark, in flowers, under fagot and in fungi; occasionally 

 found in numbers. 



6. Ph. vilis Er. 



(Erichs. ien. Spec. Staph. 882; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 993; Thorns. Skand. 

 Col. Ill, 216; Rey Bre'vip. 1880, 254; ianglb. Kaf. H. II, 742). 



Equally broad and narrow like the preceding species, but a little flat- 

 ter and most often a little smaller, furthermore different in color, and 

 the punctation of elytra. 



Pitch-black, with fine, short gray hair vestiture, glistening; sides 

 of pronotum sometimes brownish; the first five antennal joints, mouth-parts, 

 and legs yellow. 



The head rather finely and not densely punctated, v.ithout foveae before 

 the ocelli, but with two distinct impressions at fore-margin, the next-last 

 four-five antennal joints strongly transverse; pronotum only a little nar- 

 rower than elytra, --(Page 617) about as long as 



broad, distinctly narrowing posteriorly , and with almost rectangular hind 

 corners, slightly convex, densely and rather finely punctated, and with 

 two small, oftenest very feeble longitudinal impressions posteriorly be- 

 fore the scutellum; elytra nearly twice as long as pronotum, rather fiat, 



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