COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 83 



COCCINELLID^;. 



Since the following notes were written there has come 

 to hand a Revision of the American Coccinellidse by 

 Captain Casey. Among the large number of new species 

 are many that are accredited to California, but as not a 

 few appear to me to be merely slight color variations of 

 old forms, I have thought it best to exclude them till 

 the matter could be more carefully investigated. Except 

 in the case of Exochomus, no reference will be made 

 to this paper. 



Anisosticta. A. seriata, plentiful in September, along 

 the shore of San Diego Bay (Blaisdell). 



Nsemia. N. episcopalis, one specimen, swept in marshy 

 spot at Tallac, Lake Tahoe (Fenyes). 



Megilla. M. maculata, Colorado River and Palm 

 Springs; I have not seen specimens from the maritime 

 slope as yet: vittiyera, not uncommon, especially 011 

 weeds or low herbage, in river bottoms. 



Eriopis. E. connexa, " California" (Mulsant). 



Hippodamia. H. ambigua and H. convergens are exceed- 

 ingly abundant at nearly all seasons throughout Southern 

 California, and intermediates are common: parenthesis, 

 very rare, on squash vines, at Poway (Blaisdell): 5-sig- 

 nata, an example in Mr. Fuch's collection from Los 

 Angeles County, and bearing the label lecontei, is scarcely 

 distinguishable from eastern specimens of 5-signata; it 

 is more than likely that lecontei is only a slight variety 

 of Kirby's species: spuria, San Diego County (Fuch's 

 collection). 



Coccinella. Blaisdell records 9-notatafrom San Diego 

 County, but I have not yet seen typical specimens from 



