COLEOPTERA OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Ill 



once taken in some numbers at the latter place on 

 flowers of "greasewood," in June: aterrimus, beaten 

 from pines in the San Bernardino Mountains, but 

 not common: elegans, :l occurs in the southern Coast 

 Range" (Horn); Monterey (Rivers): stigmosus, com- 

 mon on pines in the San Bernardino Mountains: nigri- 

 uentris, northern part of the State: 4-mcwulakus and 

 lepidus, central part of the State. 



Ludius. L. lecontei, not common, under bark of logs 

 or stumps; Riverside, Pomona, San Diego, Santa Bar- 

 bara, etc.: ater occurs at Santa Barbara. 



Agriotes. A. imperfectus, " Southern Coast Range" 

 (Le Conte): hispidus, not common; Pasadena, in May, by 

 sweeping; San Bernardino Mountains, July; San Ber- 

 nardino, under bark of eucalyptus within the city, De- 

 cember: fucosus, apicalis, thevenetii and torquatus occur 

 in the mountains from Yosemite Valley north. 



Dolopius. D. lateralis is everywhere abundant and 

 excessively variable. 



Melanotus. M. longulus, San Diego (Le ContQ): fissi- 

 lis, Yuma (Wickham): cribricollis, " Southern California 

 and Arizona:" variolatus, San Pedro andCatalina Island; 

 uncommon. An undescribed species is rather plentiful 

 at times, especially on willows in spring; Pomona, River- 

 side, Pasadena. M. oregonensis appears to be a rather 

 common species from San Francisco north. 



Limonius. L. mirun, San Diego (Le Conte): crotchii, 

 one specimen found crawling on the sidewalk at Pasa- 

 dena, April 4: occidentalis , several specimens obtained 

 by beating, in the foot-hills near Pomona, May. A 

 species once determined for me by Dr. Horn as infu-*- 

 catus, but which on comparison with a typical specimen 



