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known from the central and northern portions of the 

 State: hirticollis and pubescens from Lake County (Van 

 Dyke) ; cindicornis var. proxima and subtilis, from Marin 

 County; pusilla and einarginata. 



Orsodacna. — 0. atra comes as far south as Lake Tahoe 

 in the more elevated regions of the Sierras. 



Zeugophora. — One example of califomica taken at 

 Pasadena in April (Fenyes): abnormis I found in some 

 numbers on the leaves of aspens, at Lake Tahoe, in 

 July. 



Syneta. — One example of carinata, Lake Tahoe: 

 haviata, northern: albida, occurs as far south as Alameda 

 County. 



Thricolema. — T. anomala, Calaveras County. 



Lema. — L. nigrovitfata depredates in all stages on 

 Datura meteUoides; very common. ' 



Euryscopa. — E. subtilis, E. vittata and E. lecontei are 

 all on record as having been found in Southern Cali- 

 fornia; they are probably found only in the southeast. 



Coscinoptera. — C. canella and C. mucorea are not com- 

 mon in the southeast; I have seen specimens of the 

 latter taken at Yuma, in March, by Mr. Daggett; 

 oineipennis is not rare at Pomona, Pasadena, etc. 



Babia. — B. ^-(/jt/^a/a, var., Needles (Wickham). 



Saxinis. — >b>. saiicia is common nearly everywhere 

 west of the mountains, occurring most plentifully on 

 flowers in May: polHula, Santa Barbara (Horn): specu- 

 lifera, Owens Valley (Horn), San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains, July and August; not common: kornii, one 

 example from San Diego in my collection is so referred; 

 I have seen others from the same locality. 



