COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Ill 



once taken in some numbers at the latter place on 

 flowers of " greasevvood," in June: aterrimus, beaten 

 from pines in the San Bernardino Mountains, but 

 not common: elegans, "'occurs in the southern Coast 

 Range" (Horn); Monterey (Rivers): stiginosua, com- 

 mon on pines in the San Bernardino Mountains: nigri- 

 ventris, northern part of the State: 4-maculatits and 

 lepidus, central part of the State. 



Ludius. — L. lecontei, not common, under bark of logs 

 or stumps; Riverside, Pomona, San Diego, Santa Bar- 

 bara, etc.: ater occurs at Santa Barbara. 



Agriotes. — A. imperfectus, "Southern Coast Range" 

 (LeConte): hispidus, not common; Pasadena, in May, by 

 sweeping; San Bernardino Mountains, July; San Ber- 

 nardino, under bark of eucalyptus within the city, De- 

 cember: fiicosus, apicalis, thevenetii and torquatus occur 

 in the mountains from Yosemite Valley north, 



Dolopius. — D. lateralis is everywhere abundant and 

 excessively variable. 



Melanotus. — M. longulus, San Diego (Le Gowie) : jissi- ^ 

 lis, Yuma (Wickham): cribricollis, " Southern California 

 and Arizona:" variolatus, San Pedro and Catalina Island ; 

 uncommon. An undescribed species is rather plentiful 

 at times, especially on willows in spring; Pomona, River- 

 side, Pasadena. M. oregonensis appears to be a rather 

 common species from San Francisco north. 



Limonius. — L. mirus, San Diego (Le Conte): crutchli, 

 one specimen found crawling on the sidewalk at Pasa- 

 dena, April 4: occidentalis, several specimens obtained 

 by beating, in the foot-hills near Pomona, May. A 

 species once determined for me by Dr. Horn as infu^- 

 catus, but which on comparison with a typical specimen 



