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Luperodes. L. bivittatus is moderately common at 

 San Diego, less so at Pomona; May and June: transitus, 

 Santa Barbara: laticeps, occasionally common at Pomona, 

 April and May: torquatus, quite common at Pomona, 

 San Diego and Los Angeles: smaragdinus, Pasadena and 

 Pomona, April and May; not very common: varipes, 

 rather rare in the San Bernardino Mountains, more 

 common farther north. 



Androlyperus. A. fulvus, "Coast region south of San 

 Francisco." 



Malocorhinus. M. maculatus, " So. Cal." 



(Edionychis. CE. violascens is exceedingly rare; I have 

 only once met with it, a series of about a dozen speci- 

 mens having been found beneath stones along the mar- 

 gin of a small stream in the foot-hills near Pomona in 

 November. 



Disonycha. D. 5-vittata is abundant everywhere on 

 willows, near water; April to July: maritima, one exam- 

 ple taken at Pomona in October. I have seen specimens 

 of p^nnsylvanica from Lake County, and Mr. Fuchs 

 writes me that it has been found near Los Angeles. 



Haltica. H. bimarginata is widely diffused and com- 

 mon, at times being so abundant as to nearly strip the 

 alders of their foliage: carinata is sometimes numerous, 

 especially on grape-vines, and widely diffused : calif or- 

 nica. not common at Pomona and Pasadena, June to 

 October: aruginosa, Pasadena, August; Long Beach 

 (Daggett): obolina, common along the western and 

 southern base of the Sierras, in Los Angeles County, 

 May to September: punctipennis , specimens so referred 

 are quite common at Redondo in spring, on low plants 

 above the beach. A single specimen of an apparently 

 undescribed species has been taken in the San Ber- 

 nardino Mountains. 



