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Cremastochilus. — C. vjheeleri, described from Eldo- 

 rado County, but said by Fuchs to have been taken by 

 Dunn in San Diego County: ineptus, Yuma (fide Fuchs): 

 schatimii, San Diego, Pasadena, not frequent: ivestwoodi, 

 Owens Valley: pilosicollis, San Bernardino, April; more 

 common farther north: crinitus, San Diego, collected 

 by Dunn (fide Fuchs): planatus occurs in the Coast 

 Range south of San Francisco: angularis, about San 

 Francisco and in the middle Sierras. 



Valgus. — V. californicus, central and northern por- 

 tions of the State; rare. 



SPONDYLID^. 



Parandra. — I have not yet seen native living speci- 

 mens of brunnea, but once found the remains of several 

 about sycamore stumps at Pasadena. 



Spondylis. — S. upiformis is at times not uncommon 

 about pines in the San Bernardino Mountains. 



CERAMBYCID^. 



Ergates. — E. spiculatus is quite common in the south- 

 ern Sierras above 4,000 feet, where the larva infests the 

 roots and stumps of various coniferous trees; it is occa- 

 sionally taken at light in the valleys. 



Mallodon. — Specimens of mela nopus have been taken 

 under mesquite bark at Indio, and on the wing at Yuma, 

 on July evenings. 



Derobrachys. — One example of geminatus was seen at 

 Palm Springs. 



Prionus. — P. californicus is rather widely diffused; it 

 is not rare at electric lights in the towns, also in the 



