COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 83 



CpCCINELLIDiE. 



Since the following notes were written there has come 

 to hand a Revision of the American Coccinellidse by 

 Captain Casey. Among the large number of new species 

 are many that are accredited to California, but as not a 

 few appear to me to be merely slight color variations of 

 old forms, I have thought it best to exclude them till 

 the matter could be more carefully investigated. Except 

 in the case of Exochomus, no reference will be made 

 to this paper. 



Anisosticta. — A. seriata, plentiful in September, along 

 the shore of San Diego Bay (Blaisdell). 



Naemia. — iV. episcopalis, one specimen, swept in marshy 

 spot at Tallac, Lake Tahoe (Fenyes). 



Megilla. — M. viaculaia, Colorado River and Palm 

 Springs; I have not seen specimens from the maritime 

 slope as yet: vittigera, not uncommon, especially on 

 weeds or low herbage, in river bottoms. 



Eriopis. — E. connexa, ''California" (Mulsant). 



Hippodamia. — H. ambigua and H. eonvcrgens are exceed- 

 ingly abundant at nearly all seasons throughout Southern 

 California, and intermediates are common: j^aren^/iesi.s, 

 very rare, on squash vines, at Poway (Blaisdell): 5-sig- 

 nata, an example in Mr. Fuch's collection from Los 

 Angeles County, and bearing the label lecontei, is scarcely 

 distinguishable from eastern specimens of 5-signata; it 

 is more than likely that lecontei is only a slight variety 

 of Kirby's species: spuria, San Diego County (Fuch's 

 collection). 



Coccinella. — Blaisdell records 9-notatahon\ San Diego 

 County, but I have not yet seen typical specimens from 



