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remains in concealment under log's, etc., but in the evening may be 

 found running over the ground. I took quite a number of them 

 under some bales of straw which had been left on the river's bank- 

 bv railroad hands. 



Microschatia i7i(sgjialis, is said to be a common species, but I 

 took only one example, at San Diego, under a log. 



Asida and its allies furnish a large number of species, some of 

 them very common, and many extremely variable. Ologlyptiis 

 anastomosis is an interesting form, and is found under logs in the 

 valley of the Little Colorado, in July. Asida opaca I took at Albu 

 querque in clumps of weeds; it lies hidden in the sand at the roots. 

 A. sordida was very common at Luna, N. M., and Winslow, Ariz., 

 under logs or at the roots of plants. It is crepuscular in habit and 

 may be seen running around about dark. At Peach Springs I got 

 a few A. aciuosa, under logs, with three examples of A. parallela, 

 late in August. One specimen of A. confiiiens occurred at the 

 Needles on August 21st. A. convexa is rather common in New 

 Mexico in August and September, and shows considerable variation 

 in the width of thorax and elytral sculpture. A. convexicollis Lee. 

 is another variable species, and the differences between specimens 

 taken at 7000 and at 5000 feet altitude is considerable. In the for- 

 mer the thorax is much broader, the margin wider and more strongly 

 punctured, the disc of the elytra (taken together) more arched, and 

 the surface more coarsely rugose. I should like to consider them 

 as distinct species in fact, but Mr. Linell, to whom I sent specimens, 

 thinks them the same. A. viarginata may be found around the 

 roots of plants in August and September with the var. riniata. 

 They seem to prefer the immediate vicinity of the river, the latter 

 variety being sometimes seen among the rubbish between the banks 

 of the river's bed. My specimens are mostly from Winslow. A. 

 elata is found with it. 



The species of Coniontis seem to be more distinctively Northern 

 and Western, as I took none in New Mexico nor Arizona. Farther 

 North C. obesa may be found as far East as Green Ri\^er, Wyoming, 

 and Helena, Mon., under rubbish of various sorts. C. opaca oc- 

 curred at Barstow, Cal., and Victoria, Vane. I., C affinis in eastern 

 Oregon, and C. ovalis at San Diego. Of these opaca and ova/is 

 were often found near the sea-shore, though not confined to it. 

 Other species were taken at Spokane Falls and North Yakima, but 

 are not yet named. 



Cceliis ciliatus may be found close to the sea, under rubbish 

 along the beach. I got only dead specimens at San Diego, in 

 August, and do not know when it may be found alive. 



