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lettes, bnt at 7,000 feet this beetle is invariably a dark 



blue all over. 

 Pachyhrachys melano'stictus Suffr. — ^ot common. Found on 



the leaves from 1,000 to 5,000 feet. 

 Pachybraehys lust runs Lee. — Not common. I have found three 



varieties of this at 4,000 feet. 

 Sxxlnls s'lucii L33. — Not comm3n. Like the above, found on 



the leaves, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 

 Luperodes torguatus Lee. — Common at about 5,000 feet, 

 Microrhopala meUheimeri Cr. — Not common j at 4,000 feet. 



Found on the leaves. 

 Odontota californica Horn. Fofind with the above. Not 



common. 

 Stenochidiis gracilis luec. — Common. Found from 1,000 to 4,000 



feet. 

 CisteJo opaca Lee. — C/ommon from 1,000 to 5,000 feet. 

 Isomira discolor Lee. — One of the commonest beetles from 1,000 



to 7,000 feet. 

 Asclera discolor Lee. — Found in limited numbers at 4,000 to 



5,000 feet. 

 Anaspis atra Lee. — Found in great quantities from 1,000 to 



6,000 feet. 

 Anaspis collaris Lee— Eare ; 4,000 feet. 



Mordella scutellaris Fabr. — Common from 1,000 to 3,000 feet. 

 Corphyra punctuJata Lee — Found from 1,000 to 7,000 feet. 



Common. From 1,000 to 4,000 feet this beetle is of a 



straw color, and much smaller than the Alpine variety, 



the elytra of which are a shining black. 

 Cantharis stygica Lee. — Common. At 1,000 feet this is not 



found on Ceanothus, and is a vivid green, but at 3,000 to 



6,000 feet is a uniform dark blue. 

 In the four species where I have noted color variation in the 

 foot-hill and Alpine specimens I have not found any that were 

 intermediate. 



From the number of determinations by Dr. LeConte, his 

 specimens must have been collected on Ceanothus, as many of 

 these species are found nowhere else. 



