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Nyctoporis. — N . carinata is widely distributed in our 

 district, occurring under bark, logs and debris: galeata, 

 cristata and cequicollis occur in the State, but farther 

 north. 



Cryptoglossa. — G. verrucosa is not rare in the Mojave 

 and Colorado deserts; I have seen specimens from An- 

 telope Valley and from Needles, also from other points 

 farther south, along the Colorado River: Icevis occurs at 

 Yuma, " under logs and stones " (Horn). 



Centrioptera. — C. muricata is not rare at Palm 

 Springs, in April. The beetles remain concealed 

 beneath stones and rubbish during the heat of the day, 

 appearing about sundown, when numbers may be seen 

 walking slowly about the dry washes and amid the sage- 

 brush, a custom common to many of the larger Tenebri- 

 onidee of the southwest. G. seriata is found in " So. 

 Cal." according to Horn, and Blaisdell mentions asper- 

 ata as occurring rarely at Poway, San Diego County. 



Schizillus. — S. laticeps, Mojave Desert (Crotch). I do 

 not know of any specimens having been taken by our 

 later collectors. 



Microschatia. — M. inmqiudis, San Diego and River- 

 side in February and March; not rare. Specimens of 

 what appears to be an undescribed species have been 

 taken by Mr. George H. Field in San Diego County. 



Asida. — A. cegrota is recorded by Blaisdell from the 

 desert parts of San Diego County; it is otherwise only 

 reported from Lower California: actuosa, Owens Valley, 

 in winter (Horn); Antelope Valley, Los Angeles 

 County, in early spring: carinata, San Diego County, 

 Colorado Desert: conjiuens, parallela, hirsuta and his- 

 pidula are all from the Colorado Desert: impetrata, San 



