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Nitidula. — N. ziczac, not very common at Pomona and 

 in the southern Sierras, about dried animal remains, old 

 bones, etc.; more common farther east. 



Omosita. — 0. discoidea, not common, in decomposing 

 organic matter, Pomona, San Bernardino Mountains. 



Perthalycra. — P. murvayi, San Francisco and north, 

 also at Lake Tahoe (Fenyes). Several specimens taken 

 in the San Bernardino Mountains are not quite typical 

 but doubtless belong here. 



Pocadius. — P. dorsalis, "California" (Ulke). 



Meligethes. — M. brasslcce, common on willows in early 

 spring; Pomona, Pasadena, Ventura, etc. 



Cybocephalus. — C. californiciis is not rare on live-oak, 

 taken by beating; Pomona, Pasadena. 



Cryptarcha. — C. concinna, one example, by sweeping 

 near brook at Pasadena, August. 



Ips. — /. vitattiis and /. cylindriciis are northern. 



Pityophagus. — P. rujipennis, not common in the 

 Sierras from San Bernardino north. 



Smicrips. — *S'. hypoco pro ides, Palm Springs (Hubbard). 



Rhizophagus. — R. scalpturattis, Placer County (Van 

 Dyke). 



LATHRIDlIDiE. 



Holoparamecus. — H. kumel, one example taken on 

 the wing in the early evening, at Riverside, July; others 

 have been taken in "Los Angeles County" by Coquil- 

 lett: pacijicus, one example, under bark of decaying log 

 at Pomona, April; also taken by Coquillett in " Los 

 Angeles County:" caulariim, taken in flight, also under 

 bark, by Dr. Fenyes, at Pasadena in February and again 



