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of the stem, very villous canescent and similar in shape to the pre- 
ceding form. In its general appearance it comes very near to CH 
scapoidea, and I regard it as an intermediate form. In Montezuma 
Cafion I found a similar plant. The pods are long and slender, 
twice as long as the pedicels. 
I cannot find a constant characteristic among all these forms, but 
yet the forms that seem typical are not alike. All of the varieties 
of the (two?) species have two rows, of seeds in each cell of the 
ovary. The impress of the eight rows can be distinctly seen on the 
pods of all my specimens. 
_ There is an interesting feature common to the two forms of @. 
biennis and the two of @. scapoidea. Each has a large and small 
flowered variety, the former fertilized after opening and the latter 
in the bud. It is a subject for future study, and observations have 
not yet been sufficiently close and extended for theories or hy- 
potheses. 
NOTES ON SOME CALIFORNIAN CISTELID#:. 
BY F. E. BLAISDELL. 
_ Stenochidus gracilis Lec. Sparsely distributed throughout San 
Diego County. Frequents the blossom of Adenostoma fascicula- 
‘um; taken in net while at rest from various species of plants. The 
insect is black in color with basal portions of femora red. 
Stenochidus cyanescens Lec. One specimen taken in May at 
Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County. The genus is not exclusively 
Californian (vide Classif. N. A. Coleop., p. 390), as supposed by 
Drs. LeConte and Horn—it also occurs in Nevada (Casey). A black 
species; frequently the elytra have a bluish tinge. 
Hymenorus inqguilinus Casey. One specimen which I refer to the 
present species was taken from an agricultural ants’ nest Sept. 24th, 
at Mokelumne Hill. The elytra are without impressed striz, al- 
though the sutural lines are partly discernible. Color rufo-testaceous, 
humeral areas paler. Eyes black, front strongly convex, sparsely 
punctate and shining, epistoma abruptly flat and rather closely 
punctured. Prothorax short and slightly wider than elytra, the 
latter with sides straight and nearly parallel. 
Flymenorus fusculus Casey. A number of specimens of this sate 
were taken from a pile of decaying sunflower blossoms at Coronado. 
