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Nitidula. N. ziczac, not very common at Pomona and 

 in the southern Sierras, about dried animal remains, old 

 bones, etc.; more common farther east. 



Omosita. 0. discoidea, not common, in decomposing 

 organic matter, Pomona, San Bernardino Mountains. 



Perthalycra P. murrayi, Sari Francisco and north, 



also at Lake Tahoe (Fenyes). Several specimens taken 

 in the San Bernardino Mountains are not quite typical 

 but doubtless belong here. 



Pocadius. P. dorsalis, "California" (Ulke). 



Meligethes. M. brassicce, common on willows in early 

 spring; Pomona, Pasadena, Ventura, etc. 



Cybocephalus. C. califoruicus is not rare on live-oak, 

 taken by beating; Pomona, Pasadena. 



Cryptarcha. C. concinna, one example, by sweeping 

 near brook at Pasadena, August. 



Ips. /. vitattus and /. cylindricus are northern. 



Pityophagus. P. rufipennis, not common in the 

 Sierras from San Bernardino north. 



Smicrips. 8. hypocoproides, Palm Springs (Hubbard). 



Rhizophagus. R. scalpturatus , Placer County (Van 

 Dyke). 



LATHRIDIIDJC. 



Holoparamecus. H. kunzei, one example taken on 

 the wing in the early evening, at Riverside, July; others 

 have been taken in " Los Angeles County" by Coquil- 

 lett: pacificus, one example, under bark of decaying log 

 at Pomona, April; also taken by Coquillett in " Los 

 Angeles County:" caularum, taken in flight, also under 

 bark, by Dr. Fenyes, at Pasadena in February and again 



