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Diego and Yuma: obsoleta, "Borders of Col. Desert;" 

 San Bernardino Mountains, July; Riverside, Julian, Pas- 

 adena, October: muricatula, San Diego and Los Angeles: 

 luctata, rare in Owens Valley: angulata, San Diego and 

 Riverside, winter and early spring: lecontei, Kern and 

 Tulare counties: captiosa, Tulare region and Monterey 

 County: marginata and gabbii, San Diego County (fide 

 Fuchs). 



Coniontis. The species of this genus occur under 

 stones and rubbish, usually in dry places, though this 

 is not always the case. They are difficult to discrimi- 

 nate, and it is doubtful if all the species named below are 

 well founded; if so, then there are surely several others 

 awaiting description. C. abdominalis is our largest spe- 

 cies, and one of the rarest; it has been taken at Santa 

 Barbara, Los Angeles, and Pasadena: robusta occurs at 

 Santa Barbara: elliptica, specimens so identified by 

 Casey are common at Riverside, Pomona, San Diego, 

 Catalina Island, etc.; it is difficult to separate from 

 robusta, and was not considered distinct by Horn: lata, 

 San Clemente and Santa Barbara islands; var. insularis, 

 Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands: opaca, Owens Val- 

 ley: punctipes, San Bernardino County: subpubescens , 

 not rare at va.rious localities from Los Angeles to San 

 Diego: globvMna, Tehachapi Pass: pallidicornis , "So. 

 Cal.:' ; parviceps, San Diego, Pomona, Pasadena. 

 Numerous other species are found farther north: 

 incequalis, "Cal.," without definite locality: elongata, 

 genitiva, and parallela are from the northern part of the 

 State: viatica, eschscholtzii and nemoralis are from San 

 Francisco: puncticollis , from San Francisco and the 

 central valley: farallonica, from the Farallon Islands: 

 montana, from Lake Tahoe. 



