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Anthicus californicus, Laf. Ca. CI. Apion antennatum, Sm. Ca. 



If sp. Ca. CI. " cedorhynchiim, Ixc. Ca. 



I Meloe barbara, Lee. B. * Cleonus basalis, n. sp. CI. 



M sp. Ca. • Smicronyx, sp. R. 



Rhynchites aureus, Lee. CI. Anthonomus pauperculus, Lee. Ca. 



I, sp. nov.? Ca. Tychius, n. sp. N. 



Trigonoseuta pilosa, Mots. CI. R. Balaninus oceidentis, Csy. Ca. 



Sciopithes setosus, Csy. var. CI. Sphenophorus vomerinus, Lee. R. 



Concerning the value of eertain names upon which there is a 

 disagreement among authorities I am unable to offer any very well 

 founded opinion. I am, however, inclined to doubt the validity ot 

 Cryptognatha caia/ina, Horn, and Ccelotaxis atigustiila, Casey ; and on 

 the other hand it seems probable that Co?iibius guadalupensis, Casey, is a 

 good species and not a form of seriatus as recorded by Dr. Horn. 



Tacky s, sp. — Two specimens from Clemente are closely allied to 

 cor ax, Lee., but seem distinct by the obviously less transverse thorax. 



Aniara insularis, Horn. — ^Very abundant on all the islands visited 

 by the Pasadena party. I saw no signs of it on Catalina in midsummer, 

 though the dried remains of i?isig?iis were common enough. 



Agabinus glabrellus, Mots. — Not rare on Catalina. Very scarce on 

 the mainland in the streams in the mountain canons. 



CercyoH lutiiger, Mann. — A small number found in decaying sea- 

 weed on Catalina ; fimbriatiim, which may be found by thousands along 

 the opposite coast, has not yet been detected. 



Hippodamia ambigua, Lee. — Specimens from Santa Rosa might with 

 equal propriety be placed with convergens. Unless some other character 

 than thoracic markings can be discovered to separate these two so-called 

 species they cannot be held as distinct. They constantly occur together 

 everywhere in South California, and intermediate forms are frequent. 



Rhizobius lophanthce. — It is certain that this beetle is an importation 

 from Australia, but it seems very probable that the pioneers were not 

 introduced as advertised. How it first got here is a mystery, but it is 

 surely here to stay, and is now quite as much at home as any of our 

 native Scymni. Although already widely distributed in California, its 

 occurrence on an island so distant and so rarely visited as San Clemente 

 was, to say the least, unexpected. 



Aphorista motosa, — According to Mr. Ricksecker this and /^/^ are 



