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CALANDRID^. 



Scyphophorus. — S. acupunetatus is not rare in San 

 Diego County: robust ior is also reported from San 

 Diego County (Horn^): yuccce is abundant in the vicin- 

 ity of Los Angeles. All depredate on yucca. 



Metamasius. — M. sericeus is said to liave been col- 

 lected by Gabb in the southern Coast Range. 



Cactophagus. — C. validus, San Diego, under decom- 

 posing Opuntia; rare. 



Rhodobsenus. — R. tredeciinpiinctaius, Riverside, May 

 and June; not common. 



Sphenophorus. — 8. simplex is moderately common and 

 generally dispersed throughout our district from Yuma 

 to the coast: vomerinus, Yuma, July; San Diego, Feb- 

 ruary: pictus, Santa Monica, Vallecito; not common: 

 pertinax, Riverside, May; Santa Monica; abundant 

 about the roots of grass or reeds in low ground: sayi, 

 one example at Long Beach in May: placidus, speci- 

 mens from Santa Monica are so referred: gentilis, 

 Pomona; one example: tardus, not rare at San 

 Bernardino. 



Calandra. — G. granaria and C. oryzm are both occa- 

 sionally found in Los Angeles County depredating on 

 cereals. 



Yuccaborus. — Y. frontcdis, Antelope Valley (Los An- 

 geles County); on yucca. 



Dryophthorus. — D. bituberculatus is said by Boheman 

 to occur in California. 



Metopotoma. — M. repens is northern. 



* "The Coleoptera of Baja California," Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 2ucl Ser., Vol. IV, 1894, p. 359. 



