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ftabellata, Lake Tahoe and north; crotchii, middle coast 

 region; abnormis, Lake Tahoe; funebris, " widely dif- 

 fused in Cal.;" punctulata, middle and northern; lewisii 

 var. monticola, "Cal.;" vittata, "Cal." 



Formicomus. F. mundus is found under rubbish 

 along the banks of the Colorado River, at Yuma, in 

 July. 



Anthicus. A. tennis is not uncommon at Yuma, in 

 similar situations to the preceding: pinalicus, canon- 

 icu8 t bipartitus, and turgidicollis belong to the genus 

 Lappus of Casey; they are arboreal in habit, canonicus 

 being an especially abundant species in the foot-hills 

 above Pomona, Pasadena, etc., occurring on many trees 

 and shrubs. Specimens taken at Arrowhead Springs 

 are referred with some doubt to pinalicus: bipartitus oc- 

 curs at Yuma: turgidicollis is from "So. Cal.:" cali- 

 fornicus is widely diffused, being known to me from Santa 

 Monica, Long Beach, Riverside, Santa Catalina and San 

 Clemente islands, Bakersfield and San Francisco: con- 

 Jinis is plentiful throughout our district; it is found 

 about the roots of grass, on the borders of lawns, and 

 often comes to light: formicarius is not frequent; I 

 have seen specimens from Pomona and Pasadena, the 

 only specimens taken by me being found in stable 

 refuse: rufulus occurs at San Diego (Le Conte): cribratus, 

 Riverside and Pomona, in May and June; not common: 

 hecate, margins of streams, in the foot-hills near Po- 

 mona: luteolus, common along the Colorado River: 

 pinguescens, common and widely dispersed from South- 

 ern California to the Columbia River: ovicollis, Los An- 

 geles (Casey): biguttulus, Riverside, May and June; also 

 middle California and Vancouver: punctulatus, abun- 

 dant and widely dispersed in the true Pacific region: 

 $eminotatus, Los Angeles and Kern counties: nanus, San 



