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Perothops. P. witticki is rare in the central region, 

 and has been taken sparingly at Kaweah, in Tulare 

 County, by Mr. Hopping. 



Cerophytum. G. convexicolle is described from Fort 

 Tejon; it is evidently a very scarce insect. 



THROSCIDJE. 



Aulanothroscus. A. validus occurs in the middle 

 Sierras. 



Throscus. T. sejunctus was described from Mojave; 

 a specimen in my collection from Long Beach is so 

 referred: parvulus is recorded from "Mojave and 

 Yuma " (Horn): sericeus is common and quite widely 

 dispersed: mendax is found in the Sacramento Valley. 



Pactopus. P. hornii has been found in some num- 

 bers flying at twilight about board piles in the San 

 Bernardino Mountains, July. 



BUPRESTID.E. 



Gyascutus. G. planicosta was found in abundance at 

 Needles by Mr. Wickham: obliteratus has occurred at 

 San Bernardino in June (Fenyes), at Banning, on flow- 

 ers of mesquite, July 3 (Van Dyke), and is reported as 

 being plentiful on low willows in Owens Valley (Horn): 

 cuneatus was described from a single specimen taken 

 with the preceding species in Owens Valley. 



Hippomelas. H. calif ornicus, Banning, July 3 (Van 

 Dyke); described from San Joaquin Valley. 



Chalcophora. C. angulicollis is not rare at Lake 

 Tahoe and north. 



Dicerca. D. californica has been found on Echo 

 Mountain and on Mt. Wilson (Los Angeles County), and 



