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Cremastochilus. C. ivheeleri, described from Eldo- 

 rado County, but said by Fuchs to have been taken by 

 Dunn in San Diego County: ineptus, Yuma (fide Fuchs): 

 schaumii, San Diego, Pasadena, not frequent: westwoodi, 

 Owens Valley: pilosicollis, San Bernardino, April; more 

 common farther north: crinitus, San Diego, collected 

 by Dunn (fide Fuchs): planatus occurs in the Coast 

 Range south of San Francisco: angularis, about San 

 Francisco and in the middle Sierras. 



Valgus. V. calif ornicus, central and northern por- 

 tions of the State; rare. 



SPONDYLID.E. 



Parandra. I have not yet seen native living speci- 

 mens of brunnea, but once found the remains of several 

 about sycamore stumps at Pasadena. 



Spondylis. 8. upiformis is at times not uncommon 

 about pines in the San Bernardino Mountains. 



CERAMBYCID^E. 



Ergates. E. spiculatus is quite common in the south- 

 ern Sierras above 4,000 feet, where the larva infests the 

 roots and stumps of various coniferous trees; it is occa- 

 sionally taken at light in the valleys. 



Mallodon. Specimens of melanopus have been taken 

 under mesquite bark at Indio, and on the wing at Yuma, 

 on July evenings. 



Derobrachys. One example of geminatus was seen at 

 Palm Springs. 



Prionus. P. californicus is rather widely diffused; it 

 is not rare at electric lights in the towns, also in the 



