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district so far as I am able to learn, but is not so exceed- 

 ingly rare farther north; it has been bred from the dead 

 wood of Sambucus glaucus (Blaisdell). 



Necydalis. — N. barharce, Santa Barbara; rare (Riv- 

 ers-): IcevicoUis, middle California; taken by Van Dyke 

 and Rivers near San Francisco, where it is found 

 to breed in decayed Quercus agrifolia, and in dead 

 Eucalyptus globulus (Rivers): cavipennis occurs (in the 

 north) at Piedmont, Alameda County, May (Fuchs). 



Ulochsetes. — U. leoninus, San Bernardino Mountains; 

 Glenbrook, Lake County, June (Fuchs); Sisson, Shasta 

 County, June, on yellow pme (Van Dyke). The dried 

 remains of the beetles in their burrows in dead Pinus 

 ponderosa have been seen by the writer; the beetles 

 emerge in July, but are scarce or at least seldom taken. 



Pyrotrichus. — P. vitticollis was taken by Mr. Fuchs 

 at Laundry Farm, Alameda County, in April. 



Leptalia. — L. niacilentu, northern California; Sonoma 

 County (Ricksecker); on willows, in Mill Valley, Marin 

 County, May (Fuchs). 



Rhagium. — R. lineatum is central or northern; not 

 rare about Lake Tahoe. 



Centrodera. — One example of nevadica from Santa 

 Monica is in the collection of Van Dyke. 



Toxotus. — T. vestitus is not uncommon in the south- 

 ern Sierras (Van Dyke): Jiavolimbatus is recorded 

 from " Cal.," nubifer from Tejon, lateralis from near 

 San Francisco. 



Pachyta. — P. spurca, one example from Echo Moun- 

 tain, Los Angeles County: liturata, one example from 

 Mt. Whitney, elevation 8,000 feet (Daggett). 



