COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 73 



4epida, puberula, sublesta, cdnsanguinea, contigua, luc- 

 tuosa, retrusa, gregalis, mimula, languida. 



Lithocharis. L. ochracea, not common, Pomona in 

 June, flying at twilight: alutacea is described from 

 Santa Clara County: quadricollis , from Lake County. 



Stilicus. S. occiduus, one example, Los Angeles, 

 August: quadriceps and opaculus are described from 

 "Gal." 



Paederus. P. femoralis, "So. Gal." (teste Horn),* 

 doubtless from the Colorado River region: compotens, 

 common in the vegetable detritus on the shore of Lake 

 Wilson at Pasadena, May: ustus, abundant along the 

 banks of the Colorado at Yuma. 



Sunius. S. calif ornicus, not common: longiusculus , 

 frequent. Both are quite widely distributed. 



Scopaeus. S. truncaticeps , a single example, Pomona, 

 June, so determined by Casey: armiger, a single speci- 

 men, Pomona, December. 



Scopaeodera. A few examples of nitida were taken at 

 Yuma in July. 



Leptorus. L. texanus, Colorado River, Yuma: calif or- 

 nicus, Palm Springs, western border of Colorado Desert: 

 longipennis, one specimen, Pomona. 



Orus. 0. punctatus, common nearly everywhere west 

 of the mountains: fraternus, not rare at Pomona and 

 San Bernardino: montanus, two examples, male and 

 female, San Bernardino Mountains: parallelus, northern 

 (Napa and Sonoma counties). 



Pinophilus. P. densus, valley of Colorado River. 



Palaminus. P. lividus, taken on leaves of Salix, Yuma 

 (Le Conte). 



* " The Coleoptera of Baja California," Proc. Gal. Acad. Sci., 2nd Ser., Vol. IV, 1894, p. 319. 



