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according to Van Dyke depredates on Douglas Spruce: 

 hornii is not rare in the foot-hill canons of the south- 

 ern Sierras and at Santa Monica; I have taken the 

 beetles from their burrows in alder stumps: pectorosa 

 has been taken at Acton, Los Angeles County, by 

 Coquillett (fide Van Dyke). 



Pcecilonota. A specimen referred with some doubt to 

 ferrea was taken by sweeping the herbage along a small 

 brook near Pasadena in August. 



Buprestis. B. gibbsii has been found in San Diego 

 County (fide Van Dyke); specimens in Mr. Rivers' col- 

 lection were taken in Yolo County: Iceviventris, maculi- 

 ventris var., and aurulenta occur in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains in July; the latter is the most common and 

 ranges north to Vancouver: fasciata is represented by a 

 single specimen taken by sweeping beside a brook in 

 the San Bernardino Mountains, at an altitude of 

 5000 feet: connexa occurs in Owens Valley: adjecta is 

 found in the middle Sierras (Lake Tahoe) and north. 



Melanophila. Of M. eonsputa several examples have 

 been taken by Dr. Fenyes and myself about the streets and 

 on windows at Pasadena, September to November: acu- 

 minata, which name is now used for longipes Say, is re- 

 ported from Santa Monica by Van Dyke: gentilis and 

 intrusa may be found in the coniferous belt of the San 

 Bernardino Mountains; the former I have taken from 

 their burrows in pine twigs, and the latter I have beaten 

 from Finns ponderosa. 



Anthaxia. A. aneogaster is widely distributed, but is 

 more common in the mountains; I have taken it on 

 various flowers, from May to August; it is said to breed 

 in white oak (Van Dyke), and in the California walnut, 

 Juglans californica (Coquillett): deleta is less common, 



