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calif ornica : ameus, nitidus, and vulneratus occur in the 

 central and northern parts of the State: obliquus in 

 Santa Clara County. 



Callidium. — C. antennatum, Mt, Wilson, Los Angeles 

 County (Van Dyke): hirtellum, San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains; not very common: v^ie, described from ''Cal.;" 

 it is doubtless from the north. Le Conte mentions a 

 race of janthinuni from California. 



Xylocrius. — A', agassizii and X. cribratus are found in 

 the middle and northern Sierras. 



Malacopterus. — M. lineatin^, Colorado River, above 

 Yuma. 



(Erne. — I have seen one example of gracilis from 

 Ontario (Los Angeles County) and one from Santa 

 Catalina Island; bred from the dead wood of Quercus 

 agrifolia at Poway (Blaisdell): costata. is recorded from 

 "Cal." 



Eucrossus. — One example of villicornls was taken in 

 the San Bernardino Mountains. 



Haplidus. — H. testaceus, " Cal." 



Brothylus. — One example of gemrnulaius was taken 

 on Mt. Wilson (Van Dyke). 



Romaleum. — The only specimen of siraplicicolle seen 

 by me was taken on Santa Catalina Island; it is a 

 widely diffused species and should occur elsewhere: 

 seminitidum, one example in my collection, from the 

 Colorado River. 



Elaphidion. — E. (dbofasciatum, taken in the foot-hills 

 along the southern border of the Mojave Desert (Coquil- 

 lett): imbelle, Poway (San Diego County); bred from 

 the dead wood of live-oak by Dr. Blaisdell, who says 

 that the beetles are common beneath bark in August. 



