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Diego and Yuma: obsoleta, "Borders of Col. Desert;" 

 San Bernardino Mountains, July; Riverside, Julian, Pas- 

 adena, October: rauricatida , San Diego and Los Angeles: 

 luciata, rare in Owens Valley: angulata, San Diego and 

 Riverside, winter and early spring: lecontei, Kern and 

 Tulare counties: cajMosa, Tulare region and Monterey 

 County: marginata and gabbii, San Diego County (fide 

 Fuchs). 



Coniontis. — The species of this genus occur under 

 stones and rubbish, usually in dry places, though this 

 is not always the case. They are difficult to discrimi- 

 nate, and it is doubtful if all the species named below are 

 well founded; if so, then there are surely several others 

 awaiting description. G. ahdominalis is our largest spe- 

 cies, and one of the rarest; it has been taken at Santa 

 Barbara, Los Angeles, and Pasadena: robusta occurs at 

 Santa Barbara: ellij)tica, specimens so identified by 

 Casey are common at Riverside, Pomona, San Diego, 

 Catalina Island, etc.; it is difficult to separate from 

 robusta, and was not considered distinct by Horn: lata, 

 San Clemente and Santa Barbara islands; var. insularis, 

 Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands: opaca, Owens Val- 

 ley: punctvpes, San Bernardino County: subpubescens , 

 not rare at various localities from Los Angeles to San 

 Diego: globulina, Tehachapi Pass: pallidicornis, "So. 

 Cal.:" parviceps, San Diego, Pomona, Pasadena. 

 Numerous other species are found farther north: 

 incequalis, "Cal.," without definite locality: elongata, 

 genitiva, and parallela are from the northern part of the 

 State: viatica, eschscholtzii and nemoralis are from San 

 Francisco: puncticollis, from San Francisco and the 

 central valley: farallonica, from the Farallon Islands: 

 moniana, from Lake Tahoe. 



