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Luperodes. L. bivittatus is moderately common at 

 San Diego, less so at Pomona; May and June: transitus, 

 Santa Barbara: laticeps, occasionally common at Pomona, 

 April and May: torquatus, quite common at Pomona, 

 San Diego and Los Angeles: smaragdinus, Pasadena and 

 Pomona, April and May; not very common: varipes, 

 rather rare in the San Bernardino Mountains, more 

 common farther north. 



Androlyperus. A. fulvus, "Coast region south of San 

 Francisco." 



Malocorhinus. M. maculatus, "So. Gal." 



(Edionychis. (E. violascens is exceedingly rare; I have 

 only once met with it, a series of about a dozen speci- 

 mens having been found beneath stones along the mar- 

 gin of a small stream in the foot-hills near Pomona in 

 November. 



Disonycha. D. 5-vittata is abundant everywhere on 

 willows, near water; April to July: maritima, one exam- 

 ple taken at Pomona in October. I have seen specimens 

 of p^nnsylvanica from Lake County, and Mr. Fuchs 

 writes me that it has been found near Los Angeles. 



Haltica. H. bimarginata is widely diffused and com- 

 mon, at times being so abundant as to nearly strip the 

 alders of their foliage: carinata is sometimes numerous, 

 especially on grape-vines, and widely diffused: calif or- 

 nica. not common at Pomona and Pasadena, June to 

 October: airuginosa, Pasadena, August; Long Beach 

 (Daggett): obolina, common along the western and 

 southern base of the Sierras, in Los Angeles County, 

 May to September: punctipennis , specimens so referred 

 are quite common at Redoiido in spring, on low plants 

 above the beach. A single specimen of an apparently 

 undescribed species has been taken in the San Ber- 

 nardino Mountains. 



