liaguna Ratine ILa&oratorp 173 



CHRYSOMELIDAE 



Pachybrachys punctatus Bowditch 

 Common ou upper beach. 







Glyptoscelis squamulatus Cr. 

 Occasional on upper beach. 



Trirhabda flavolimbata Mann. 

 Common on willows. 



Psylliodes punctulatus Mels. 

 Occasional on upper beach. 



Longitarsus livens Lee. 

 Abundant on Heliotr opium curassavicum. 



ANTHICIDAE 

 Notoxus constrictus Casey 

 Common on upper beach. 



Lappus n. sp. 

 Also common on upper beach. 



CURCULIONIDAE 



Emphyastes fucicola Mann. 



We found this but rarely in the masses of decaying kelp, but it 

 was common crawling over open sand just above the upper tide limit. 



Endalus n. sp. 



Found resting in ripe seed heads of a Cyperus just back of the 

 beach, sometimes several in a head. 



Phycocoetes testaceus Lee. 

 Abundant crawling over sand. 



Epimechus mimicus Dietz 



Occasional on upper beach. Both this and the preceding species 

 present, by reason of their pale yellowish color, a most remarkable 

 adaptation to life on the sand. 



