COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 185 



Cantharis. Three examples of melcena in my collec- 

 tion are from Southern California, one from Temescal, 

 the other two without definite locality: magister, Colo- 

 rado River, Owens Valley: vulnerata, common at times at 

 Pomona and Pasadena, on flowers, in September; Owens 

 Valley (Horn): childii, near Los Angeles, April (Van 

 Dyke); in Composite; San Diego (Horn): tenebrosa, San 

 Diego; Arrowhead Springs, April: mcerens, Santa Mon- 

 ica, Owens Valley, Tejon, Sacramento: insperata, Mojave 

 Desert and San Diego, in April: occipitalis and incom- 

 moda are recorded from "So. Cal.:" stygica, San Ber- 

 nardino Mountains, at an altitude of 6,000 feet; 

 4 ' Oregon to the borders of the Colorado Desert:" 

 auriculata, Riverside, Pomona, Pasadena, etc., not rare, 

 on low Compositee, in early spring: ceneipennis, found 

 in the same localities and at the same time as the pre- 

 ceding: crotchii, San Diego, March: nitidicollis , Pasa- 

 dena, Riverside, San Diego in May; rare at the former 

 places, more common at San Diego: lugens, not common 

 at Pomona and San Diego in May: compressicornis , 

 Owens Valley; Los Angeles County (Van Dyke): cyani- 

 pennis, refulgens and rathvoni are found in middle Cali- 

 fornia: ulkei is recorded simply from ''Cal." 



Calospasta. C. elegans, Cariso Creek, western part of 

 Colorado Desert, in San Diego County: perpulchra, 

 rather rare on flowers, Pomona, in August and Septem- 

 ber: mirabilis, desert regions of Los Angeles and San 

 Diego counties: mces^a, Southern California, exact local- 

 ity not known: nemognathoides, Owens Valley and Yuma: 

 opaca, desert or semidesert regions near Los Angeles: 

 fulleri is simply reported from "Cal." but is probably, 

 like nearly all the species of the genus, from the deserts 

 of the east or southeast. 



