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GUIDE TO CALIFORNIA INSECTS. 



carinipennis Lee. 



contigua Lee. 



euprascens Lee. 



eyanella Horn. 



debilis Lee. 



deleta Lee. 



deserta Horn. 



dolata Horn. 



errans Gory. 



femorata Fabr. 



ludificata Horn. 



mali Horn. 



merkeleii Horn. 



montieola FalL 



nixa Horn. 



oetocola Lee. 



prasina Horn. 



pubescens Fall. 



purpurifrons Mots. 



scabripennis L,& G. 



semisculpta Lee. 



sylvania Fall. 



texana Lee. 



viridicyanea Horn.) 



vulcanica — ealifornlea. 

 Chrysophana plaeida Lee. 

 Dicera callfornica Cr. 



hornit Cr. 



pectorosa Lee. 



prolongata Lee. 



sexualis Or. 

 Dystaxia murrayi Lee. 

 Clyposceiimorpha marmorata Horn. 

 Gyascutus californicus — Hippomelas. 



coelatus — Hippomelas. 



cuneatus Horn. 



obliteratus Lee. 



planieosta (Lee.) 

 Hippomelas ealifornieus '(Horn.) 



ecelatus Lee. 



appendieulata Fabr. 



consputa Lee. 



fulvoguttata (Har.) 



gentilis Lee. 



gultulata Gebl. 



intrusa Horn. 



longipes Say. 

 Polycesta carifornica Lee. 



velasco L.& G. 

 Ptosima walshii Lee. 

 Sehizopus l^tus Lee. 



sallei Horn. 

 Taphroeerus gracilis Say. 



THROSCID>E. 



Aulanothroseus validus (Lee.) 

 Drapetes plagiatus (Boh.) 

 Llssomus plagiatus — Drapetes. 

 Paetopus hornii Lee. 

 Throscus mendax Horn. 



parvulus Lee. 

 sejunctus Horn, 

 serieieus Lee. 

 validus — Aulanothroseus. 



ELATERID/C. 



The larvae of the Elateridee are known as wire worms and the species 

 living In the ground feed on the roots of plants and are very injurious. Many 

 of the members of this family live in rotten wood. 



hispidus Lee. 

 imperfeetus Lee. 

 inversus Cand. 

 nevadensis Lee. 

 opaculus Lee. 

 protractus — Leptosehema. 

 sparsus Lee. 



subustus — Dolopius lateralis, 

 thevenetii Horn, 

 torquatus Lee. 

 Alaus melanops Lee. 

 Anamesus convexicollis — Aplastus op- 



tatus. 

 Anehastus bicolor Lee. 

 cinereipennis Man. 



Figure 189. 

 Elaterid. 



Wire worm, the larva of an 



Adelocera cavicollis — profusa. 



profusa Cand. 



sparsa Cand. 



rorulenta Lee. 

 Agriotes apiealis Lee. 



californicus — Do I opus. 



ferrugineipennis Lee. 



fuccsus Lee. 



