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by sweeping: basalis, not common; Riverside, February 

 to May: simplex occurs at Yuma: flavidus, several ex- 

 amples taken at light, at Palm Springs (Fenyes): trans- 

 fuguSj central and northern California: gracilis, about 

 Lake Tahoe. 



Esthesopus. E. dispersus, " Southern California " 

 (Horn). Unquestionably a desert species. 



Cryptohypnus. C. sgualidus, rare; found by washing 

 the gravelly margins of mountain streams near Pomona: 

 nocturnus, found in the north: funebris, recorded by 

 Horn from " California and western Nevada;" it is 

 probably confined to the middle Sierras in this State. 



Hypnoideus. All the species occur along streams in 

 the mountains and foot-hills. H. striatulus has occurred 

 but once near Pomona, in May: gradarius is not com- 

 mon; Pomona, Riverside, San Bernardino; April and 

 May: ornata, common at times and quite widely dis- 

 persed: pectoralis, plentiful almost everywhere. 



Anchastus. A. cinereipennis, a rather common spe- 

 cies, occurring under sticks and stones, about the roots 

 of grass, at foot of trees, etc., near or within towns and 

 cities, from San Diego to the northern portions of the 

 State: bicolor var. desertus has been taken at Yuma: tan- 

 tillus and regularis are said to be from California, but I 

 have never seen specimens; they are doubtless northern, 

 and one or both may be nothing more than a variety of 

 cinereipennis, which is somewhat variable. 



Elater. E. hepaticus, a single example taken by sweep- 

 ing, near Pomona, June: fastus, "Southern California" 

 (Le Conte); I am unable to ascertain the exact locality 

 of a pair collected by Morrison, but very likely they are 

 from the southeast: cordifer, not common, under bark of 



