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especially abundant at the latter place in March. Two 

 or three undescribed species are in my collection. All 

 the species are obtained, and usually in numbers, by 

 sweeping flowers in spring and early summer. Of the 

 following, also from the State, seriatus was originally 

 from Mariposa, while perplexus, tardus, resplendens, 

 pusio, scalator, and ornatipennis are not definitely 

 located. 



Synertha. — S. imbricata, Mojave; San Bernardino 

 Mountains, on pines. 



Promecotarsus. — P. maritimus, San Diego. 



Phyllotrox. — P. nubifer, Santa Barbara, February; 

 Lake Tahoe, July. 



Endalus. — One example of limatulus from Los Ange- 

 les County (Van Dyke): ovalis, Pomona; found about 

 the roots of grasses in swampy places in winter: ceratus, 

 Yuba County. 



Stenopelmus. — S. rn^finasus, Santa Monica and Ven- 

 tura, February and March; not common, San Diego 

 (Crotch and Le Conte). 



Bagous. — B. calif ornicus , San Diego (Crotch). 



Phycoccetes. — P. testaceus is common at times under 

 seaweed, from Santa Barbara to San Diego. 



Schizonotus. — S. caucus, San Francisco. The species 

 was discovered by Mr. Fuchs, by sifting mouldy earth 

 among the redwoods north of the Bay. 



Otidocephalus. — 0. vittatus, Owens Valley (Horn). 



Magdalis. — M. cuneiformis and M. lecontei may be 

 beaten from coniferous trees along the higher portions 

 of the southern Sierras. The former is comparatively 



