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have been taken in Pasadena rather early in spring, and 

 I have found the former in the San Bernardino Moun- 

 tains in August. 



Litargus. L. balteatus, common in decomposing vege- 

 table matter; found in many localities. 



Typhcea. T. fumata, plentiful everywhere. 



Berginus. B. pumilus,Yurna, Pomona, Redondo, San 

 Diego, Long Beach; sometimes abundant on certain 

 composite flowers, especially near the coast. 



Myrmechixenis. M . latridioides, taken not rarely 

 about houses and gardens, Riverside, Pomona, Pasa- 

 dena. 



Diploccelus. An undescribed species taken at Yuma 

 (Wickham). 



DERMESTID^E. 



Byturus. B. grisescens has been beaten in numbers 

 from live-oak at Pomona and Santa Barbara, during 

 January and February. 



Dermestes. D. marmoratus, D. mannerheimii and D. 

 vulpinus are everywhere common: talpinus is less com- 

 mon: tristis, rather scarce: carnivorus, not rare, but 

 occurs, so far as I know, only in the southeastern 

 region: rattus, a species quite distinct from caninus, is 

 found in the middle coast region and also in the middle 

 Sierras: lardarius, has been taken at Lake Tahoe by Dr. 

 Fen yes. 



Perimegatoma. P. varieyatum, rare, Pomona and 

 Pasadena: cylindricum and falsum are also Californian, 

 but I do not know from what locality. 



Attagenus. A. piceus, occurs everywhere, in houses 

 and on flowers: varicolor, southeastern region (Horn): 



