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according to Van Dyke depredates on Douglas Spruce: 

 hornii is not rare in the foot-hill canons of the south- 

 ern Sierras and at Santa Monica; I have taken the 

 beetles from their burrows in alder stumps: pectorosa 

 lias been taken at Acton, Los Angeles County, by 

 Coquillett (fide Van Dyke). 



Pcecilonota. — A specimen referred with some doubt to 

 ferrea was taken by sweeping the herbage along a small 

 brook near Pasadena in August. 



Buprestis. — B. gibbsii has been found in San Diego 

 County (fide Van Dyke); specimens in Mr. Rivers' col- 

 lection were taken in Yolo County: Iceviventris, maculi- 

 ventris var., and aurulenta occur in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains in July; the latter is the most common and 

 ranges north to Vancouver: fasciaia is represented by a 

 single specimen taken by sweeping beside a brook in 

 the San Bernardino Mountains, at an altitude of 

 5000 feet: connexa occurs in Owens Valley: adjecta is 

 found in the middle Sierras (Lake Tahoe) and north. 



Melanophila. — Of M. arasputa several examples have 

 been taken by Dr. Fenyes and myself about the streets and 

 on windows at Pasadena, September to November: acu- 

 minata, which name is now used for longipes Say, is re- 

 ported from Santa Monica by Van Dyke: gentilis and 

 intrusa may be found in the coniferous belt of the San 

 Bernardino Mountains; the former I have taken from 

 their burrows in pine twigs, and the latter I have beaten 

 from Pinus ponderosa. 



Anthaxia. — A. a-neogaster is widely distributed, but is 

 more common in the mountains; I have taken it on 

 various flowers, from May to August; it is said to breed 

 ill white oak (Van Dyke), and in the California walnut, 

 Juglans californica (Coquillett): deleta is less common, 



