JOURNAL OP ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY 139 



Elateridee (Coleoptera) From the Claremont-Laguna 



Region 

 (Preliminary List) 



RAY E. GARDNER 



Plastocerus schaumiil.ee. Length 13 mm., width 3.S mm. Light 

 yellowish brown. Prothorax quite narrow. Claremont. 



P. schaumii hec. Variety. Length 14.5 mm. Somewhat darker 

 brown. Claremont. 



Aplastus speratus Lee. Length 14 mm., width 3 mm. Elon- 

 gate sub-convex. Antennae long. Dark brown, but rows of yellow- 

 ish hairs give It a lighter appearance. 



Aphricus calif oniiciis Lee. Length 6.5 mm., width IV2 mm. 

 Black, roughly punctate antennas very long and moderately serrated. 

 Body elongate, showing suture on back; mandibles long and slender. 

 Claremont. 



Eiithysonius lautus Lee. Length 24 mm., width 6 mm. From 

 a red to a dark brown. Elongate, subconvex. Prothorax pointed 

 on each side behind. Antennae pectinate. Claremont. 



Cardiophorus tenehrasiis Lee. Length 8.6 mm., width 2.5 mm. 

 Body elongate, subconvex, prothorax very convex, body black, legs 

 reddish. Antennae serrate. Slight covering of greenish hairs. 

 Claremont and mountains near. 



C. anus Horn. Length 4 mm., width 1.5 mm. Thorax rounded, 

 shiny. Dark reddish brown elytra slightly lighter than thorax, 

 slightly covered with hair. Antennae longer than thorax. Clare- 

 mont. 



C crinitus (?) Blanch. Very much like C. tenehrasus, only 

 smaller. Length 6.5 mm., width 2 mm. Prothorax broad. 



Ludius lecontei Horn. Length 25 mm., width 6 mm. Elongate, 

 moderately robust, gradually narrower and tapering behind the 

 middle. Black, 



Elater cordatus Horn. Length 1 1 mm., width 3^ mm. Wedge- 

 shaped, elongate, subconvex. ^Elytra orange or light yellowish 



