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Anthidium bernardiimm v. fragariellum, n. v. 



Male; length 91/2 mm.; dorsal pubescence white; antennae en- 

 tirely black; spots above eyes oval, not pointed mesad; 

 marginal yellow of mesothoras and scutellnm rather well 

 developed; wings decidedly reddish; middle and anterior 

 femora with broad yellow stripes beneath, hind femora 

 with the apical half striped above and beneath, middle 

 femora with a yellow apical patch above, but anterior fe- 

 mora all black above : apical lobes of abdomen more curved 

 inwards than in bernardiniim ; venter of abdomen brown 

 black; last ventral segment with median process ferrugi- 

 nous, broad and subtruncate, not emarginate, the lateral 

 processes pointed black spines. 



Hab. — Strawberry Valley, California, collected by Dr. David- 

 son. A female from the same place appears to belong here ; 

 it has two cuneiform black marks on the clypeus ; femora 

 black, the anterior and middle ones with a yellow apical 

 mark behind: scopa white. It is of the same size as the 

 male. 



Anthidium bernardinum v. aridum, n. v. 



Male; like v. fragariellum, but a little larger; scape yellow in 

 front : face less hairy : axillar spots absent ; only the first 

 abdominal band interrupted in the middle (the second and 

 third are interrupted in fragariellum) ; yellow stripe on 

 middle femora not extending beyond apical half; lateral 

 apical lobes of abdomen more triangular, less rounded; 

 venter black. 



Hab. — Rock Creek, California, collected by Dr. Davidson. 

 I rather expect that Avhen more is known about these in- 

 sects wilsoni and fragariellum will stand as valid species, 

 and aridum as a variation cf the latter. 



Flora of San Clemente Island. 



BY BLANCHE TRASK. 



For many years San Clemente has lifted its amethystine 

 lieights, as I have followed the trails of Santa Catalina Island; 

 a day's trip to the "West End" and a week's camping at the 

 "East End," with a long tramp over the crest-line, made me 

 doubt the common assertion that "San Clemente is only a tree- 

 less waste of sand." 



Visits to the more northern of the Channel Islands— Santa 

 Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel and the little Anacapas— claimed 

 my attention; and a three months' sojourn at San Nicolas 



