252 Notes on Cistelidce. [zoe 



of the stem, very villous canescent and similar in shape to the pre- 

 ceding form. In its general appearance it comes very near to CE. 

 scapoidea, and I regard it as an intermediate form. In Montezuma 

 Canon 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 CE. 

 biennis and the two of CE. 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 Lee. Sparsely distributed throughout San 

 Diego County. Frequents the blossom of Ade?iosioma fascicula- 

 tuni; 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 Lee. 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. 



Hymenoriis inqiiilimis 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 striae, 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. 



Hymenorus fjisciilus Casey. A number of specimens of this species 

 were taken from a pile of decaying sunflower blossoms at Coronado. 



