NOTES ON THE TENEBRIONIDA! OBSERVED IN SAN 
DIEGO COUNTY. 
BY Ff; §. “BLAISDELL. 
Edrotes ventricosus Lec. A short, robust, and very convex species, 
_ found in the Colorado Valley, which includes the eastern or desert 
portion of the county. It is wingless and sparsely clothed with 
long hairs. 
Triorophus levis Lec. Occurs in the northwestern portion of the 
county. The species is apterous, and has the facies of an Otio- 
rhynchide. ; 
Stibia ovipennis Horn. Inhabits the seashore and is found be- 
neath the beach-berry (Mesembryanthemum equilaterale J, growing 
upon the sand dunes. This species differs from maritima in its 
larger and more robust form, smaller eyes, and larger, stronger ely- 
tral punctures. 
Stibia maritima Casey. Inhabits the Coronado peninsula, not 
confined to the seashore. Moderately common, rarely blackish in 
color. 
Eurymetopon rufipes Esch. Occurs in the central and eastern 
portions of the county. ; 
Eurymetopon convexicolle Lec. Oblong-oval in form, and black 
in color. Very abundant beneath bark of trees and any object rest- 
ing on the ground—as boards, rocks, etc. Feebly pruinose when 
first captured, although, the olderthe individual the less the liability 
to being so. 
; Eurymetopon tnflatum Lec. A broad, elliptical species, ocurring 
in immense numbers in the sand dunes beneath the beach-berry and 
other maritime plants. Varies greatly in color, from black to pale 
ferruginous. 
: Emmenastus longulus Lec. An elongate-oval species, highly pol- 
ished, varying in color from blackish to rufo-piceous, and generally 
strongly pruinose when observed in nature. Occurs abundantly 
beneath the bark of trees and shrubs, less numerous beneath boards 
and stones. 
Emmenastus piceus Casey. An oblong, robust, parallel species, 
and dark in color. Have taken this species in the mountains about 
Julian, at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. A less typical form oc- 
curs at Poway (elevation 700 feet). ; 
