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in September; found about grass roots at Palm Springs, 

 and in debris along the Colorado River by Mr. Hubbard. 



Dasycerus. Specimens of angulicollis have been 

 taken by Dr. Fenyes at Monterey, under the fungus- 

 grown bark of a decaying stump. 



Metophthalmus. M. rudis, Ojai Valley, Los Angeles, 

 and Panamint Valley; specimens were taken by me in 

 March at the former locality, occurring in the interior 

 debris of a woody fungus: trux, one specimen taken on 

 the under side of a log in a moist situation in the San 

 Bernardino Mountains, July: parviceps, found in the 

 region about and to the south (San Jose) of San Fran- 

 cisco Bay. 



Lathridius. L. armatulus, a rather common species in 

 Southern California from the foot-hills of the Sierras to 

 the coast and as far north as San Francisco, commonly 

 obtained by beating and sweeping; it is not confined 

 to any one plant, but I have taken it most commonly 

 near Pomona on Solanum nigrum, in October and Novem- 

 ber. L. costicollis is plentiful near San Francisco. 



Coninomus. C. constrictus and G. australicus are not 

 rare in our region and probably occur nearly every- 

 where in the State; the former is a well known cosmo- 

 politan species; the latter was described from Australia. 

 C. nodifer has been taken in some numbers near San 

 Francisco. 



Enicmus. E. suspectus, Pomona; Panamint Moun- 

 tains; not common: desertus, Palm Springs and Yuma 

 (Hubbard): minutus, occurs everywhere, but is not com- 

 mon in Southern California: crenatus, plentiful about 

 the roots of herbage and in vegetable debris through- 

 out Southern California: tenuicornis, Pomona, rare; 



