aPiLap ats +iyhinotely rl iatnt tend. acti ee f oe “ iyi , 2b dance rn sci Sea hie paea nye ba I BARU eH acct antec aR i (eT oan the Girt hacen gah ss Ha ietadtnty seiad dak 4 Any ; rae shy, DU ep es itaatetien My oH ha Steinert ’ iy ht a res i iy . sins voles) Pt} ane heletoes, nye niter id D my : yj aha 1 if : Bathe a bree manta Exe i vaya ate és ni Hah bd handy heen eae a fi nates ped ro batigths ty ae hind mt A my) ; RICVPy PUTAS MBAR 24a 4 C ie Sea TA MaMa al at tr vba Ai Al retekcas Bea Tocagiti tia es abst ne Us h fabri Aaiee wan ie oi HY Chkahhs sit ae Hohe ? Balak Nh) iM , 1 nese { f tet aay Tibiedg set stp et ah Rad laa ir dlaeanet tron rnafigt aha on aher a sitet eaten pide? he Rarsvieetre RAYA iy 4 a ‘i 8g 4 h shen pels sate hate a , ’ tr sutaitin sh By Bia Ahh tals we ti i id tal elt, ui ae : i Barea ate nh ut aes iy me eget ae fy ea Mt Pies ae syttig ail wt tieiy# ‘ | ’ ny 3, hath eRe ee Hie 3 J abi " { ra vite ae < daayedene! iit : + phat a Cat ey reat tn SAAN * te Ce ote we Wain Rupee ian PAA i itil riyat's fhe! Hs 2SEtE. CS. & one A wig ue Ti PY ‘flea ey Pay nt Mi a salNy ; ei = —s ts a PROCEEDINGS OF THE Hawaiian Entomological Society VOLUME tI = nian. [nein é . aie “Wgomian ASi z j > Dictyophorodelphax mirabil ar Ufo \. tee es Cow aN i re \ JAN 6 1914 ¥ WAZ EF QO Oo On ra 1908-1912 NYonal Nuss HONOLULU, T. H. wher PROCEEDINGS OF THE HAWAIIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL - SOCIETY. INDEX TO VOLUME II. (*Indicates genera and species new to science.) HYMENOPTERA. Adelencyrtus odonaspidis ....215 Aglaotoma molokaiensis ...... 10 GUtUven tris: ke. seo © ate steistel LO PAL AUIVUUS ea aan STs ceets Lctere ene. scsi 193 *Allotropa thompsoni ........ 284 ANAEVE USMS Dae “socio te ee ae eres @ 215 Anectocleis hawaiiensis ...... 10 PAMAVENSISH s, Netenes oxeveneye’e 10 NAOIMELCOLA: pir aietels syetaie : 10 PLDT CS sist bois), sye! oo ecsuels 4. 10 Aneristus ceroplastae ........ 216 *Apanteles guamensis ........290 Apentelicus kotinskyi ....... 215 Aphanomerus pusillus ...... = WE Aphelinus diaspidus .213, 216, 228 TIVEV Do oe craves aca. we ienetroneie's, ave 216 ApPHidenecyotus® SPs sc. sc aie cree 215 eAphycus) terryl =... .-. 215, 281 SD ames Gee a svetone Stometen eters! cc 215 FADIS PINCUT TELA! a7. \sts veneers se'sve os 282 Aspidiotiphagus citrinus .... 25, 21d, 26 SASHMOCAe DULLENSIES) Nola cies cre ive 289 FANS GUG INES! S Discs sive vevier cits hedaieuep aie e's 216 Banchogastra nigra ..... se. s20d *Blastophaga innumerabilis .286 Blepyrus! -insularis’: 23046). 2.2. 215 SE COM se SD ecpe ccenevsteial reve avele ee aie 228 Camponotus maculatus ...93, 310 Calotelian elezans) —..d-.< ese. 283 Cardiocondyla nuda v. minutior 5 SCE BOS CISEe MENTOR OHO 308 wroughtonii v. hawaiien- SUS eieieietsy seer evoisss a cdevsier otusyere 308 Cerapachys (Silvestril <.......% 306 Geraphron) abnorniS 20.66% 68 18 CeraprerOCeEMuiSiiSDs «.crsceieceeiocts 215 +Chalenuraqpeenis) ices «eee 1.200 Chelodynerus chelifer ..... 37, 38 Chelonus blackburni ....207, 303 *Cirrospiloideus guamensis ...287 Coccophagus citrinus ........ 25 WEGCAMUI. sicvcu. saben ols Susus ore 216 orientalis.. 216,218, 228, 287 @othonaspisSmn as eg se ee cle bose 10 CrabnowTulvierwis, sheseiscs sc +s 218 Cremastozaster’ Spa i assess 310 Cremastus hymeniae ........ 196 DIgeretwis. Tapa sec. sis ce eee 216 Diranchus smonticola “522.26. 10 TUPLPCS Oe See teeielaichensse suas 10 Discoelius smithianus ........ 28 IDAVSorehHoVF ES Bch ooeo anode oco6 6 Echthrodelphax fairchildii ... 20 Echthromorpha continua ....289 fuscator. .159, 162, 192, 198 MACulipEeNnnisyee se eres 192 Hephylopsis’ nigra’ ~-.+2.08e5- 113 Elasmus philippinensis ...... 287 HINCArSIAUSD.. lato 6 crete neon 216 HINCYTtUS) GLU SCUS wm ercmene cise aie 215 SD5 A kate sciete cioerciores 215, 218 Hretmocerus (corni® s,s eee 216 FIUCOOLA. Bera yorerere ciotereiate ie che ces 10 MUCOaAEISDS 5 ofanie coke ee etae nae 216 HUpelmusitSpse ex ie oe tee oes iL Es} Evania appendigaster ....90, 288 Gonatopus perkinsi..113, 159, 162, 213 Haplogonatopus vitiensis .... 18 SHarpasoerytus! wr sss epaciies 34 * GUStraliaey 2) coos ecole aes 34 FVEMEN CYL LIS SDs niene ole stats aie. 215 Hexamerocera konensis ...... 10 Hexaplasta konensis ........ 10 HOckeriavgSpi «6 camiesin os © seins cre 207 PORT Ca Lo wnte au ccere sieve crai's:oceretets 26 Hypodiranchus hawaiiensis ... 10 LANAICNSIS sce «) oom 10 learia, cagayanensis 3. j.<..6 283 IMAL UNA CA i vaner en ateteretser 283 Iridomyrmex humilis ........ 36 FISCHHOCOSILA EG. me cei nciaeretaienete 32 * xanthochroma . ..... sieves OG Leimacis peregrina 3. .aenic sc 193 Leptogenys falcigera v. insula- ris eee asete Stans co meysl sak syere 306 Limnerium blackburni...104, 159, 162, 303 *Lissopimpla nigricans ...... 288 Lithurgus albofimbriatus ....193 SDipse) Sols. cicidenre 6. phaneierevers .180 *Macrocalymma . ....-++-++++es 31 * smithianum . .....e++. 31 *Macrocentrus pallidus ...... 289 Macrotelia manilensis ..,.. ... 283 Megachile palmarum. .17, 193, 201 Melittobia hawaiiensis...17, 193, 194, 200, 201 Mieroterys flavus ......--++-+-> 215 Monomorium destructor BeOS fiery 5 S5qqn0g0c 182, 308 gracillimum . .....-+++++ 308 minutum v. liliuokalani 207, 308 pharaonis .......-- 182, 308 SRHOe G oocanGSe 182, 309 *Montezumia australensis .... 33 NeolelapS SP. ..---++eeceeeres 213 Nesodynerus rudolphi... 21113 160 Nesoprosopis blackburni ..... 303 TUT A ane eis civcictohe elsteteKen sins 198 Odynerus aprepeS .....---- ers oS blackburni . ......:- .. 303 jaenipldeingse< Gg cougcdddod 201 ecamelinusS . ....---2--«s 38 Casienvikes 5 Gancgoausouas 38 deinogaster (7?) ..+-«+«:- 38 erythrostacteS . ...-+-+- 38 WEN g GaoodoopoaGndoo5 38 homoeogaster . ...-++-+-+ 38 Neb 5 oooconuUoDOe 38 insulicola . ..c.-e<« Boo hs omens. 4 agaccccnoddG0 38 bd koolauensis . .....----- 229 laevisulcatusS .°.....+.-> 38 Maui species .......--- oi microdemas . ....-++: 37, 38 molokaiensis . .....-.- 38, 233 TNOUVAS) Mey eee clehelelclevals ohepaire 232 THOMUATIUIS) c) clelelener. 01s 113, 160 raheekohbbeal G GnodoGuoouddD 38 TMLASIGENS wey letevciiorel sts 201, 205 Vaan yy GooGao done ao 231 nigripennis..17, 38, 113, 160 201 Opis 4 GaggoDDODOoO 198 * perkimsi =) fen. ee oes 228 pseudochromoides . 160 pseudochromus . ....---: 160 pseudopterocheiloides 180 purpurifer . ....--.--+.-- 38 sandwichensis . .....-- 38 scoriaceuS . ...--+---«-% 233 simplicornis . .......+-- 201 hosehaeptl Ss, ma goocans 000d 231 IR-pooul- Mey athoapodsocouU me 38 Abikerzhehits} GC nanacoodcctoc 70 xerophilus . ....-..«--- 232 Omphale metallicus. .160, 162, 210 Oreocrabro abnormis il Pachodynerus nasidens. .203, 206 simplicornis..205, 206, 228 *PachyprosopiS . ..+.e+-- ie eA * mirabilis: occeee eee noe *Palacorhiza < seccsccceaes se ea) perviridis . ....eeeeeeee 29 Paniscus latro ........+.-s-:; 289 Paraphelinus xiphidii ........- 21 Parasierola cellularis .......-. 283 SDs ca. cove sishepeueseteustershetemmponate 207 Pentarthron flavum. .160, 162, 209 PerissopteruS SP. ...+-+-+++-+: 216 *Phanerotoma melanocephala..290 Pheidole javana ......+-++-+- 182 megacephala. .....- 178, 308 Phenopria sp. ......+--- Bc eee Philinothrix bicolor .......-+- 10 Pimpla hawaiiensis ......-.-- 106 Pison! NOSDES eee ee eerie ie PX iridipennis . .....----+-. 9 Plagiolepis exigua. .182, 207, 310 mactavishi . .....- 207, 310 *Platyscelio wilcoxi .....---- 283 Pogonomyrmex occidentalis 306 Polistes aurifer ........- 175, 181 hebraeusS . ....--e-- 90, 283 macaensiS . ..+--eeeee 90 semiflavuS . ...-- : 283 Polynema reduvioli .......+--- 57 Pompilus sp...187, 188, 198, 218, 219, 228, 237 Ponera contracta ......+.-+++- 310 gleadowii r. decipiens. 306 kalakauae . ..... ..306, 310 perkinsi . ..... Seo okay Sil Prenolepis bourbonica .....-. 310 longicornis . bo E Naihateiels S10) Nail 4 Gooonooe ate .310 PristomerusS Sp. ...--+-- : 207 Prosopis perviridis .....+..++ 29 PseudobaeuS . ...-+--+e+ Recto ceae Pseudopterocheilus congruus aos Psichacra molokaiensis ....-- 10 SUbDrULaAy eons ele etotenedshe etete 10 Pteroptrichoides perkinsi .... 216 r=) CEI CBSO Gro Fou 2 216 Rhynchium brunneum .....-- 283 Sceliphron caementarium. Baliegs alysis. 194, 200, 201, 202 *Scleroderma duarteanum .. 283 Kkaalae fei icici. co cp erelere Face fle Soh Gow clos c eis ke retenabnreyene 159 Scutellista cyanea ....--+-++ 215 Sierola (SD. esc ete ors sles aroun ker TAS Solenopsis gemmata..... 175, 178, 208, 308 Sa. a « eeclolevers ela eterna 182 Spalangia cameroni ....----- 286. = MEtAlliCal oss clever - ce whee si 286 Stenamma longiceps ......... 306 Strumigenys lewisi .......... 195 Syntomosphyrum esurus 22 Tapinoma melanocephalum 310 Technomyrmex albipes....237, 310 Tetramorium guinense...182, 207, 308 SSDS Gameteiecc esc chs oloioney scssexc @ 182 Tetrastichus hagenowii ....91, 287 MbhwySamMuUs: "SDs Sreccis.cieie: ce sx02 216, 228 Tomocera californica ....216, 286 GCERODIASEIST = bc cmcieteve nt oens 216 ROK EUIN ACS Pie orci e Fucks Gisi'e. cieltsiiese woe 213 MremexeCOlIMmDa) rece c ees w) ers 228 Trybliographa hawaiiensis 10 Trichogramma pretiosa ...... 6 Uscana semifumipennis..210, 218, 219 DIPTERA. Acromyza, Giminwta J... 0. 226 SDF celts vevactve Maleteis ol sueleteers 226 Geratitis: (capitaitay.. > ..'. 182, 218 Chaetogaedia monticola.7, 160, 162 FE CHAGAGTOMUVAA «, — siare sete os sis e's 292 a ADNOTMIS eas sneer 292, 295 * KOLTENCICOLD Shee aie: «« 292 Chironomus hawaiiensis .....291 DACUSH CUCUTDItAG. 0 cee cts «6 92 DIicranomyiay Sa selec. 199, 225 DW SCTULOM VIA) SDs velclec a clsiere 6 che 179 bristalis punctulatus .00..... 91 Leva ee NGS hoo EEG OI OROe 91 Eumerus marginatus ........ 91 WuUxesta, annonae! ss... 2206s. «6 161 ETP DODOSCIG\. siuckercat creneiells 188, 206 TEAC U TA OU Tc sataten.ioveievecliovene) ois 6 wt LV PCLOSIAwAIVTItANS: <. scne siete ers 193 SELMA CA ie vectenstereciele seh sue os 92 Mediterranean fruit-fly ...... 196 IMAISCAMGOMEStICAs: 21-14 rs <)- 12/0 91 UE OMBU Ys peer srtre tees eneys ene ete sve se 206 Pipunculus swezeyi .....160, 162 PSUODUSE SDaetee ec ererersteroMeransrere 218 Sciara molokaiensis ~2......- 161 Stomoxys (caleitrans! 2.) ...5-2. 91 SyMetaeeOCCANIGA, (ys: siene cyclers ee 96 Tanytarsus lacteiclavus ...... 291 Telmatogeton alaskensis 292 SAMCUMAUN cere cleveroKe 292 *Tephritis dubautiae ......... 147 WSN Va ISCLICATIAG, aioe. 5. ses es 8 LEPIDOPTERA. Adenoneura falsifalcellum.93, 142 DLUCAEUIN ems eifoteh spenstoresslcke 142 PUP ENNIUS) 2) cao eee ene oe 142 Adrapsa manifestalis 133 iii Agrotis cinctipennis..7, 133, 208, 234 CTEMAUCA as | crccnehs otanalelcievers 132 CUIMPLSLSA) i seicxe evel siete 133, 234 GISTOGA tA: war ccs alctetatonsteysie 132 SAU CLA as) cele echetamnieie etaherels 132 SOlLETIAS Cem saeksrclesanernelpiie 234 Vi SILOM aye steletene 132, 194, 234 Amorbia emigratella..... 142, 155, 161, 165 Angoumois grain moth........ 145 IANVOSIA) CLIP DUS) sielelelsilelsielsicielarsts 134 DIGKIPDPUS) e crepieleieseus el sis 114 Aphthonetis corticicolor ..... 114 ements 6 Gaoooocedud 139 *Archips fuscocinereus...237, 275 longiplicatus . ..... 4 223i postvittanus..142, 155, 161 * sublichenoides sO hg eile Subsenescens . ....s<-- 237 Aristotelia elegantior nos * falephoceh 6 Golo oocoS> 236, 274 NAVARRE Ge Agaannoo05 138 ravsiolkshe A Sooo nodgco [acdc 221 Migriciliella, 3 \wcieterel <0 138 Autosticha pelodes Re eed Bactra straminea....142, 198, 237 Batrachedra rileyi ..........- 139 sophroniella . ..... TSO oS *Bedellia boehmeriella....143, 185 225 WOO Gg coloocadooK 143, 224 * oplismeniella..143, 184, 225 MOANING, SG oogeocunsac oc 225 somnulentella . 148, 224 struthionella . ........ 225 Blastobasis inana ........... 141 *Capua CaSSIA fo. 2 2c ccasc oon 183 pleonecteS........+4-- 237 * Samtalatay tice cere elee wie 276 Caradrina reclusa ........ 8, 133 Cirphis amblycasis .........-. 234 MACrOSATIS! ~ oacesc os ne 233 PSHE G An epooGuOGOC 234 typhlodes . .....-......- 233 UNUDUNCTA. @ccie1s o's 136 MeCYNA LAUTOLA® sroleieiels laisloie Selo VAITESCENSipes usenet oie eiciede 137 Meliphora grisella ........ eee iG) Mestolobes mesacma .........235 OCIA pcre eicens etrenenemerene 235 Monopis crocicapitella ........ 143 monachellai\;\, cs. se). : 143 Myelois. ceratoniae ............ 135 Neelysia argyresthiella ....... 139 cleodorella: ©). cvercieieinieleste 139 *Nesamiptis newelli ......... 270 ODSOLETA Gg. 2) .is, 75.2 ieee 235 MmeLICHLONa sevice has 137, 235 IMEVIUSUIS! acs evel crckevere 137, 236 MECCALIAS a oieicrarereiscaiens 235 bd nectarioides ....... PB PATE OMMPEOGESHyeaae eel aredsterers 198 parachl Ona. aera cesar 235 DIBEY SCiay eer cteresstcietel eke vere 236 DY USCUCIS cy saerclchekohetonetoners 235 SIGEVING pees «, s.crsrorerere UBS AUR) thyellopisr. 7... citeselereterer eke 235 VETIOSA)) cise oie a erepercusielonye 236 Scotorythra arboricolans ..... 234 AGUEACAS aye cictociociee ke 134, 234 CADHODA aw tier yal efete nial eee 234 GARViODISEM: oflspegekelarete, store's 134 GOLULIGEA) 3 ae + cicsbejercsns e 134 Ny ParChawcuccrsss.s «creretece 234 TOOUMAS ges speieierel stele sels econene 134 VSOSDOLAy cs oteverekst ia.s cleretere 134 OGtN ARCA wate eit iel =o stetonas 234 OXVDNTACt Se.) a5 DMCC EUS eee eels joie, orctiousierelelsis 264 * AITEVETUW Sheen i arcvcicietorercneterone.si'e 264 * Syooylene 6 soagesocseoeo 264 £ConCHrOa IMA OLICA sialic clehelel of>!sye 80 Centrotypus with deformed OMG KOHN SG GoaDdooaGauC 39 Gerataphis lataniae =... 2... 165 Ceroplastes rubens ...... 215, 216 CeroputoraAmbiguay savers <1s . © 16 73 CHiONASPISMCLEDIS..taeie cl ciete «es 128 CHrYSOCORIS, 2rangisi.... «si. 103 Chrysomphalus aonidum..129, 216 GICEVOSDERIMNIN = clelcleisies ce 129 MOSS ecto pete cieterer-velel ols seils,ie\ oe 129 *Cissococcus (?) oahuensis...149, 179 @ixilis Lranciscanus co ..0« cl = > 0 22 Coccus acuminatus ...... 148, 174 MESPCULGUTIN ee = cole cleicretste 192 Cro CUNIES 9S. Gee ciacioao aoc 194 manpiferae <....0..- 147, 148 La soibehat Soy 1h Googe doon 37 punctuliferus . ...°....128 CUDETCWMIALUISIgs ‘cis sjcicie'e ve lll viridis....128, 215, 216, 218 CWoc#hisevapachers. oc). cs clcvecciaeis 239 Coleotichus blackburniae ..... 303 Cylindrococcus spiniferous ...179 vii *Danepteryx artemisiae * barbarae lurida manca . Diaspis bromeliae echinocacti . Dictyophorodelphax PP alr *Hoeurysa . * flavocapitata . *Epelytes . * drapetes . Eriosoma mali *Humetopina calignosa * flavipes . *Fulvius peregrinator Geococeus radicum *Geoneossus . 2 sacchari Harlequin cabbage bug....... Hemichionaspis aspidistrae .. A enteric 128, 213, 216 Notes on Ancestry ODF a wilers, srakoletcuotetexece sirsteue minor . Hemiptera, California list Howardia biclavis Hyalopeplus pellucidus Icerya purchasi Idiopteris nephrolepidis KolaniasspericitiSite ae cneerelenaicne 15, * Vito WO Ca ta eeeueteccnshensene FFCIMMNALA OLUNMCAT cerfercieleleterals 2 EK ALDRICH a ince ao occ Uh Aoaanoooc ood d = Somalis 5 snomoooodscoc -ALGbel oneal, APRN GaginoooaDOC * IMHO Geo odsaoeU oT ON OL Lampromicra leucocyanea .... Lasiochilus decolor....... 158, Lepidosaphes citricola lasianthi . Lophococcus maximus Macrosiphum circumflexum ... rosae . sanborni . trifolii . SDE oS ee eiele ro ie:.cxe's agarose joneks Margarodes trimeri Megarrhamphus hastatus *Melanesia borneoensis Membracid . Metrarga nuda *Mundopa albocacuminis a2 eaiyhifiateree) 5 Es 5qb00n0006 a isfvolene 5 ss aocudococ * lhinee nd Af SS eipiocdicia6 coc = MEOCALIE IME Ae cecis wheel ole! = Myzocallis kahawaluokalani © 0 0 @ ave. « a sie mirabilis.. .2, She lejieie se) wieelee OO ore aioe oS Cho TOE oe eee .128 Myzus citricidus......... 164, 192 DELSICACH le sreteternete 164, 216 *NGOMMAISSUS: 2) scleleie= «ce el eeie 267 * SFOLURMEDIS 6 Cabanon oapaoco’ 268 Nesodryas freycinetiae ....... 13 Nesophrosyne pipturi ...159, 161 ponapona..... 1. 114, 159, 161 *Nesoplias artemesiae....114, 118 Nesosydne ipomoeicola ....... 81 Pipturis ls 159, 160s el: 213 Nysius delectus ...... eespere ray «fs 114 Odonaspis graminis.......129, 215 BECTELUS I .. rrstatcheiseasenslcheta 129 Oechalia consocialis ....... 82, 83 STIUSCAs ose 82, 83, 114, 199 \ishes WRKOUIES sag ncadoc 83 MnO VoNoUKINIY Ao gosaon 83 * IRRIG KN ME G Goocaaoor a Sas Ao8 ZOMALUS \ACACIAC ee letetsnererielatetels 78 * MN DKOKAO ERM Golgog on GOO Odo (url LranciScamuSm. mera eicteee ste 22 * Waleakalaeiiee a. iisle cuelere lols 78 INGNBVOGKER G¢ ooenbaenogooS UF * canary ail e afaherecuciarsiobelions G7 ieehoeicehonbicy Ol 6 Golan sous Rid * KAOMINAN Ee ewtels.< cl eleie 78, 79 * UeKasskelonl 6 gan gopas Merci (ihn cis) * var. voleanicola ...... 78 Ld IKAUWALETISIS scmecrstetenereetelatere 79 LF Layeh ator: We eS OA OOO EO 78, 79 * MA OMUKYIES KF Gaogpocouoeas 78 * MONtIVALUS . «cis cleo) s 78, 199 NOTA: cic shore eieleuer-kele (is 1h Ls MEMOTIGOlAN s salcietselekeloleter 79 * MUWDUE CMUS ven eke ise onerere 78; 199 OLONO Je cerherte seis: 0 oe erebete 79 * var. molokaiensis .... 79 * var. oahuensis ....... (8) * renee! 5 bo oachoooDGc 79 * lO(=) (heater Sina ate Caen OOS 7) ce yarn. Sf Bobosgoosacor 78 * RNG S Boodhasacde 77 jE Siniogloanoob bo oCOdS a9 * SULVESERIS i clseleeacneeeragens 78 * SILVA COLA arse te, oe fo bel cs ells ononetts 78 table of species ........ tt tamehameha. ..... Roped ih CALA ae orion «hs clemeleensrec Tat Ollifiella cristicola........ 149, 179 *Ommatissus chinsanensis ....267 * LOTOUETISIS esterase clea 267 Oronomiris hawaiiensis ...... 60 Orthezia. insienisy 7 cree. ale eal Orthoea Nigriceps i. sweet ors 114 Orthotylus) Lola. epetosietelene 114 VeNUSEA: Ao ierctensbere tere she ets 255 Ossa) LOrmOsa, cota cue cis ele eualel eis 255 viii Pagaronia 13—punctata ..... Rech) * var. octopunctata ...... 70 Parlatoria mytilaspiformis 130 VAtAANIL S Goon ous Ado oO 194 Paropulopa interrupta ........ 70 Pentalonia nigronervosa .....164 */Perlimece Cereal -itsiet , 250 * Faburnxotis unaimanaundocene 251 Perkinsiella saccharicida...20, 37, 51, 268 * thompson) — ce case Torrid 240 *“Phyllodinus macaoensis .....246 Poecilocoris druraei ..... Fidel Os Poecilometis gravis .......... 81 *Psallus swezeyi . ...... 114, 120 Pseudaonidia clavigera .......129 Pseudocoeccus aonidum Aieteteeo Ehohallnokyghisl o Ghades 127, 130 bromeliaees aie ctevecreueeeet 127 Calceolaridel. jae .110 (cihd mw Ee aOeroerIS c 159, 161, 215 NUPAS! <. bro esos Meee sheeerenetees 5 oes sacchari) caacieiats cir <1105. 127 saccharifolii . ...... 215, 281 SPA Popeneue setchete: sioteeetotekersroreae 95 Seba =ehabisi GC Raotoonoonoos 215 *Ptoleria australis ........... 258 * les mbyobeer, G anadooU oUt mc 257 * COMMUNIS) oes sielerelelele erateel Ole . eranwlinerviS) 2 ects «te 256 * INACUWIALA Gs sete eetaletetenetotare 257 * IMAL 6.) eee tereresetalsielelemetens 258 Pulvinaria mammae...... Dore Kao SIGS sieve chert anetetenenateret 215 WH NKCOIE le Seo Aco asso 2127 Cheb oS Lac kodoogouwos F .249 * brunneaye, ccreiocreate A . 250 Purohita cervina ...... S Oe 243 = fuscovenosa . ...... Js aede Reduviolus arrogans ........ . 64 blackburni....49, 50, 51, 52, 60, 114, 303 capsiformis..49, 50, 51, 52, 53, «Dil, 199 GUTtIPENMIS . el sielelels terol 68 ORL SMOL ec arsiciele ioe telsienata 52 JEW ORESH AOE ao ooo Orc OO 51 PeMarngenebls a! Bodo occ oyna z KAOwINANINS icicle seeeets 50, 68 kerasphoros! < -iciene 53, 65 IKOGIENSIS Ai |<< cuss alersketonayere 63 : TOTES: Qty sokteieus ctekeeepeeenels 68 lusciosus...50, 65, 158, 162, 199 MIOMUICOlA | siete ee eketete eete 66 INVOVAI gre #1. ows or atohabeleterens 62 * MESIOLOS es ok crite. oketetene 50, 65 ¥ TAU DLC OLD ay tence om oe hemtedoloee 67 TUPI STAUS) | esse os ctonallatateelone 63 MALWGICOlAy oes eae oe sien s 68 DEE wares a hielo a) oes aneketeleis ¥' 67 * MCOCELIALISE ee ci exe sie ees 67 BUHGLNCUS «ace as ne 65 SNARVIAMUS cn oye cre sreetetels 64 STEVEREDIS” 5 xcs! oro cererenes 67 ii hiakeye) Ch eA eri od Onc 66 SULDIGUIL EU Sis ot ota oct ays 534764, 1:99 * var. melemele ........ 64 table of distribution.... 56 table of species ....,.... 58 CAL le cereeys.« seis. bile 53. GE truculentus...52, 53, 63, 64, 158, 161, 162 V.OlCANICOlAy a tale tetevele se 68 Rhopalosiphum violae ....... 164 HUVTCRENANE, Gieh aopecnccancccot 73 Saissetia hemispherica...159, 161, 215 TUNE Aw esi ayers! sie stels eve: ecko lsc 215 Maria TOStLa Lae... steers levelele cis es 246 Siphanta acuta ....... msde Gas duo ESOSALODSISmsmteikec -seietere = crores 247 * MOA Gieren savas, ccc sl efeko ie «eters 247 *=STObAerTaA AZtCCA, 22... cc sieisie «6 «0 242 Coneimmay 7) 0s ..ctes teres 241 PVAMMLOSA a eers, sielel susetene)> 242 s KKOEHELI. ccershacs s3sie scesls ever 242 GESUACLAU mi ralereneeiecuetoucl eels 243 CTUCAGIN ACA) cee cccetevcishs ole 241 Takahashia japonica ..... 72, 128 ST piniay CONCOLOM=.. «<2 «07 253 LOPTIIOSA eh ve. srcielievs eisieile irs eke 255 * EUSCOCORIA tA wicielcicie sie 254 * NAMA CE 2) docotetatoneterei eles. sive) 254 * MVNA CAGAM A. fecyerciche cielo, 56 253 * (HE CAL SA pec ne Go ceo Core 253 VENUS CAMMY cians Gust sletenedeicrcs 255 Tectocoris diophthalmus ..... 103 Teleonemia lantanae ......... 182 Tettigonia mollipes (?) ...... 217 Tichorhinus iolani ...... 158, 161 RANAKAMU Sie. «cre ieccls alist), al(yal Toxoptera AUTANCIAES \.., <\6.6 2016 6 164 CALICI SM Geeta sc aie tieielel ever 164 Tricentrus albomaculatus 188 *Trichoduchus biermani ...... 255 Mriphnileps: MUON. cis). sts. s)01=\01 121 *Tropidocephala amboinensis. .244 AbD Daa adhere sevens eytke: siisielone ne 244 PEUNNIpennisi: <2; <-).... 246 ; Me SURV ide tors, canemtiece's o-'e te 244 * neoamboinensis........ 246 he neoelegans? % 2.5... <<. os 245 -* MEOLTACIUIS Hac «teers. <0) 243 ix Ti SU eevee cy cuer erin sl sant ellen ehons 246 * SACCHATICOlA, <, «carers castes 245 saccharivorella . ....... 244 *Ugyops amboinensis ........ 251 * TAVOKENISIS. coe. 0 a cieteenets 252 WtunIfrONnS <6 cs wren 251 ORTHOPTERA. Atractomorpha crenaticeps ... 92 Brachymetopa blackburni.199, 303 innGEW Sy yaeeorécudqccdss 195 Bleutheroda dytiscoides....71, 195 Elimaea appendiculata ....... 71 Euthyrrhapha pacifica ....... 145 Gryllotalpa africana....... 92, 194 Holochlora venosa .........-- 71 Loboptera extranea .......... 199 WMantidee Japanesememrreierreit 217 Orai air? Goonlaodopon so .92, 194 Periplaneta australasiae ...... 71 Prognathogryllus sp., eggs of. .213 Rhyparobia maderae ...... (ale able: Tenodera sinensis ...........- 95 Niphidium varipenne’.... 2... 21 NEUROPTERA Agrion amaurodytum..... 180, 181 AGIALEIE 6 owicipoougno cede 181 DLACK DULL Pa. oie) ofeletensie 303 koelense ; ..-...... 180, 181 Calotermes castaneus..... 160, 162 Formicaleo perjurus .......... 228 wavs! 6 SS e55q0ecadanae 228 Nesogonia blackburni ........ 303 Termites with parasites....... 37 MISSCELLANEOUS. Achatinella lymaniana ........180 Birds, introduction of......... 169 Blackburn, Rev. Thomas, letter jG BSBge ces capdb Go Ox 146 GltienAy Oye soo bogoooo- 301 California blackbird .......... 174 Common names of economic in- SC aooeapeuodcap ene 295 Coleopterayn eee sei 298 IDK Koop coe ponecens 297 jaleemhbouereh @ oconboucac- 299 Hymenoptera . ......... 296 Miscellaneous . ........ 300 Craw, Alexander, biography of. 24 Pediculoides ventricosus ...... 206 IMlenchusS: (SDs ioseccoutaccens eco 81 Piptunus) INSCCtSier picid 153 Heliothrips rubricinetus ...... 115 Revised constitution and by- Heteropoda refia et. .cee. | ele 196 laiWiSs gerercto te ccsus ies wtekeie elie 42 Kirkaldy, G. W., obituary of...151 Scorpion from Java........... 73 Neocholax jacobsoni ......... 163 Terry; EF. W., obituary of... 189 New Zealand flycatcher....... 163 MENOS>. 0. «2.0.0 ewan Warne eames acters 181 1etMEhGhoeKewts} SO, woo oopbouosud 73 Page ERRATA AND CORRIGENDA. 9, “Pison iridipennis” mentioned was later identified as Pison argentatum. 12, “Sphingid from Larat” was later identified as Pseu- dosphinx discistriga. 15, line 17, change “Hnarnonia sp.” to “Adenoneura fal- sifalcellum Walsm.” 84, second line from bottom, “Perkins” should not be italics. 112, line 28, for “cyanophyll” read “‘cyanophyll.” 114, line 19, for “Nesoprosyne” read “Nesophrosyne.” 136, line 10, for “euphorbiaceous” read “apocyanaceous.” 138, delete line 7. 138, line 19, for “Trespesia” read “Thespesia.” 142, line 20, for “Tortix” read “Tortrix.” 161, line 18, for “panapona” read “ponapona.” 164, bottom line, for “appaveris’” read “pappveris.”” 165, line 17, for “Hphesia’” read ““Ephestia.” 179, third line from bottom, for “Leucanid” read “Lu- eanid.” 183, line 30, second word, for “epidemis” read “epi- dermis.” 186, line 36, for “1911” read “1910.” 192, line 11, for “Ichnenmonidae” read “Ichneumonidae.” 198, line 4, for “Wailua” read “Waialua.” 198, line 32, for “fusator’” read “fuscator.” 215, footnote for “Aphycus terry” omitted; should read “For description, see page 281.” 216, lines 2 to 5, the columns of the list are reversed. aa line 10, for “coroplastae” read “ceroplastae.” 2, lines 16-20 should go to bottom of page. a lines 17-18, the figures in the table for “Hy posmo- * coma dorsella and Hyposmocoma quinquemaculata” should be interchanged. 937, delete line 10: “Archips lichenoides Walsm.” xl te ee “ec 243, fifth line from bottom, delete ‘“shghtly.” 261, line: 11, for “MasC:’ reader seeac: 268, line26, for “‘vertex” read “ventral.” 269, line 2, for ‘‘second” read “first.” 275, line 27, for “Torticidae” read “Tortricidae.” 281, lines 2 and 3 from bottom, for “saccharifolia” read ee each 293, lines 10-19 should go to the bottom of page. 302, line 19, for “Proterhiuus” read “Proterhinus.” 302, bottom line, for “blackburni” read “blackburni.” 306, line 5 of second column of table, for ‘‘kalakauea”’ read “‘kalakauae.” 306, 308, ¢ 310, line 1 of second column of table; for “Hete- rogina”’ read ‘“‘Heterogyna.” Xii PROCEEDINGS OF THE HAWAIIAN: ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY Wool. IT: HonoLuULU, Hawaltt No. 1 CONTENTS. Swezey—Nymph of Dictyophorodelphax mirabilis. [Hom.]....... 2 Perkins—Notes on Hawaiian Insects.) 22 0 end ee a des 3 Swezey—Life History of Caradrina reclusa. [Lep.] ........... 3 Swezey—Observations on the life history of Chaetogaedia monticola. [EDD Tey GR tae tis oe etnies thane eee crcl gene Gul pe Rar coma beirulan AA ja) ak 0 cae us ane id Perkins—Synonomy of Hawaiian Cynipidae. .................. 10 Kotinsky—History and present status of Orthezia insignis. [Hem.] 11 Muir—On the stridulating organ of a Sphingid from Larat,...... a hy Swezey—The younger stages of Nesodryas freycinetiae. [Hom.] . 13 Swezey—Life history of two variable Tortricids.............6.. 14 Swezey—Further notes on Melittobia hawaiiensis. [Hym.]..... 17 Swezey—On peculiar deviations from uniformity of habit among Chal- GCIDSLAan dP OCOD IAS se [ley eevee dc Guan any a Maaleg la ialsn Wak ey eal 18 Kirkaldy—A brief note on three (two new) California Fulgoroid LET CON we etek se auiesee a oaths Vital coeu Nate Mwah ay Stacia ins ka e ane, (at Lak ee gla 22 Kotinsky—Biography of Alexander Craw. ................2200- 24 Perkins—Some remarkable Australian Hymenoptera,........... 27 JANUARY 2nd, 1908. The thirty-sixth regular meeting was held in the Library of the H. S. P. A. Experiment Station, Mr. Giffard in the chair. MEMBERS ELECTED. G. R. Carter, Henry Holmes. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a large and interesting collection of Chinese Heteroptera. Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens and gave the following description : October, 1908. {' Nymph of Dictyophorodelphax mirabilis Swezey. December 5, 1907, I obtained an adult and 2 nymphs of this species from the same ridge of Konahuanui on which I first collected 4 adult specimens in February, 1906. (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., I, p. 104, 1907). I was unable to determine its food- plant, however, whether it was fern, grass, or sedge, or some- thing else. These being mixed together where I had swept with the net each time when a specimen was obtained. Nymph—whitish with pale brown markings on tegminal-pads, sides of thorax and abdomen. A fuscous streak on side of head pro- longation. Legs white, with 2 black spots on dorsal side of tibiae the one nearer base small, the one nearer apex larger, those on pos- terior tibiae smaller than those on the other tibiae; tips of tarsi black, a black spot at apex of basal joint of hind tarsi. Prolongation of head about as long as head and thorax together. Two short black-tipped spines on outer side of hind tibiae, one near base, the other a little beyond middle. Calcar of hind tibiae with 6-7 tiny black teeth. Dictyophorodelphax mirabilis. full grown nymph; 5 side view of head of nymph, _ Fig. 3, highly enlarged; other figures, x 124. Fig. 1, adult; 2 side view of head; 3, male genitalia; 4, 3 FEBRUARY 138th, 1908. The thirty-seventh regular meeting was held at the usual place, Mr. Giffard in the chair. Dr. Perkins and Mr. Kotinsky were appointed a committee to draw up and submit to the Society a list of popular names of the more common economic insects in order to secure wni- formity of use among the local entomologists. PAPERS. Notes on Hawaiian Insects. BY DR RwCawie PE RIKEN SS. This paper consisted of general remarks on a number of chiefly undescribed insects, the descriptions of which will appear elsewhere. Life History of Caradrina reclusa Walker. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. This Noctuid has become quite numerous in Honolulu and the adjacent mountains within the past two or three years. The first that I noticed it was in Kalihi, Oahu, March, 1906, and Hamakua and Kohala, Hawaii, April, 1906. Dr. Perkins had taken specimens a few years previously. During the summer of 1906 certain black caterpillars were observed by Mr. Giffard and Dr. Perkins very abundant on Mt. Tantalus. These on rearing proved to be the moth under consideration. A few months later the same caterpillars were found abundant at Maunawili, by Messrs. Giffard and Terry. Since that time, the caterpillars and moths have been observed by different ones at different places in the vicinity of Honolulu and the south- east end of the island. The moth has also been taken on Maui.* I recently sent specimens of the moth to Dr. Dyar of the U. 8. Nat. Museum, who identified them as Caradrina reclusa Wik. In Hampson’s “Moths of British India,” the habitat of *In August 1908, caterpillars were found very numerous at Koloa, Kauai. They were in a grove of mountain apple trees (Eugenia malac- censis). They probably had fed on the leaves of the very small trees, which were coming up very numerously, and other herbage: but at the time were feeding largely on the fallen fruit. [O. H. S.] Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 4 this moth is given as Nilgiris, Ceylon, Borneo, Fiji. It evi- dently reached Hawaii from the latter place. In October, 1907, I caught in my house at Kaimuki a female of this moth, which deposited eggs during the night, and I was enabled to make complete observations on the life his- tory. The eggs were not laid in a mass or cluster, but scattered around singly, or two or three together on the surface of leaves; in several places, 5, 7 and 8 respectively, were nearly in rows on the surface of grass leaves; there were also eggs on the cloth covering the jar in which she was retained; in one place, 9 were closely clustered together. There were 216 eggs in all. The moth died the 4th day. The egg is hemispherical, having the flattened surface next to the leaf; ribbed meridionally with about 30 ribs, 10 of which reach the upper pole; slight cross ridges between the ribs; at the upper pole an irregular patch of reddish color, an irregular ring of the same color at about 1-3 the distance from pole to base of egg, remainder of ege pale green, when first laid, entirely pale green, the reddish markings appearing soon after. Eggs hatched in 5 days. Larva: 1st stage—about 2mm. long when first hatched; dull whitish, head black; cervical shield and tubercles nearly black. The hairs in tubercles quite prominent, dark. They crawl by a looping motion, using of the prolegs, only the anal and those on segment 10, the other prolegs are rudimentary. They eat off the surface of leaves, leaving one epidermis. 2nd stage—about 4mm. long, pale mottled reddish green, with a dorsal and on each side a subdorsal stripe, paler, head very pale luteous, eyes black; tubercles small, with a tiny blackish dot at base of hairs; hairs pale, shorter than in first stage. They now use abdominal prolegs of segments 9 and 10 (others rudimentary) and still crawl by a looping motion. They now eat holes thru the tender leaves; but in older leaves, leave one epidermis. 3rd stage—about 6-8mm. long; very much mottled with green- ish, blackish and some times a faint reddish tinge; a dorsal whitish line on each side, darker along ventral side; segment 12 slightly swollen, two whitish spots on dorsal side; segment 6 also has two white spots on dorsal side each in a subdorsal line; tubercles white; hairs very short; head slightly fuscous 5 except the upper and posterior parts which are pale brown where usually withdrawn into segment 2, eyes black; cervical shield darker than rest of body with dorsal white line less prominent than on other segments, the subdorsal lines more prominent. All prolegs now fully developed. 4th stage—15-17mm.; much more mottled and variegated than preceding stage with black, browns, olivaceous, yellowish and whitish, the darker colors predominating; two more or less conspicuous sub-dorsal rows of black spots on segments 7-12, a broad paler region on dorsum between these, in the middle of which is a series of obscure lozenge-shaped darker spots; head mostly black except the periphery (portion covered when re- tracted) which is pale brown; two conspicuous whitish sub- dorsal spots on segment 6; posterior sub-dorsal parts of seg- ment 12 and upper parts of segment 13 yellowish; spiracles black, a yellowish streak below them; tubercles not conspicuous, same color as place where situated, hairs short; 12th segment quite swollen. 5th and 6th stages—very similar to fourth stage, but usually darker, almost black. When full-grown 26-32mm. long. When disturbed the caterpillars drop from the leaf where feeding and mostly lie straight and rigid, feigning death. When smaller they dropped and curled up when disturbed. The caterpillar in breeding-cage ate leaves of sweet potato, bean, Portulaca, grass and “honohono” (Commelina). They did not take readily to sugar-cane. In nature they have not been found injuring any cultivated plant or crop, but it is possible that they might do so later on if they become more abundant. The five molts occur at intervals of 3-9 days, usually about 4 days; and the caterpillars become full-grown in 30-40 days. The pupa is formed in the soil, an inch or two below the sur- face. It is 15-15mm. long; unifcrm medinm brown, eyes black, wing-, leg-, and antenna-cases extend to apex of 4th abdominal segment; articulations between segments 4-7 movable; a row of about 20 pits on dorsal part of basal margin of segments 5, 6 and 7, from the ends of these rows a band of punctures extends around the ventral side; apex of abdomen blunt and rounded, with two dark spines placed near together, their tips converging, slightly ventrally curved. Pupal period 12-14 days. 6 MARCH 5th, 1908. The thirty-eighth regular meeting was held in the usual place, Mr. Giffard in the chair. MEMBERS ELECTED. D. B. Kuhns, J. W. Waldron, A. Waterhouse, H. E. Cooper. NOTES AND EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. Mr. Wilder exhibited a male and female and several inflated larvae of Hypocala andremona (%). He discovered the eater- pillar in large numbers on one of his trees on January 11th, of the present year and brought them to the Board’s entomolo- gists who could not identify it with anything known to them. Upon further study and subsequent breeding by Messrs. Craw, Kotinsky, Swezey and Jordan it proved to be the above named species. All stages of the insect were observed and parasites (Lrichogramma pretiosa) bred from the eggs. Mr. Swezey called attention to the remarkable color variation in the eater- pillars, of which scarcely two were alike, nor was there any apparent relation between colors and sex. Mr. Kotinsky spoke of the peculiar confinement of the insect to a single tree in the vicinity investigated. The identity of the tree could not be ascertained as no flower of it was ever seen. Some insect was known to have injured the tree for the past two or three years, but hitherto undiscovered. Dr. Perkins wished to record the presence on these islands of two parasitic Hymenoptera remarkable for similarity in appearance, yet belonging to what he considers two distinct genera, both of which are new and to be described. Both are common in Honolulu and belong to the family Scelionidae, sub-family Baeimae; one or both of them may be parasitic on eggs of foreign Heteroptera, though from the habits of allied species they would be expected to breed in spiders eggs. The male has 12 antennal segments, the female 7 with a solid club. One of these genera will be named Pseudobaeus, the other Dyscritobaeus. PAPER READ. Observations on the Life-History of Chaetogaedia monticola, Bigot. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. It is but recently that I discovered the method of ego-laying of this Tachina fly. It is usually stated in entomological litera- ture that Tachina flies lay their eggs on the bodies of their hosts ; in fact with certain species the act has been observed, but for far the greater number of them, the act of egg-laying has not been observed , or at any rate not recorded. That Chaetogaedia had a different method of laying eggs was surmised, when in June, 1907, this parasite was reared from more than half of a lot of pupae of Agrotis cinctipennis, one of the less common native eutworms. The eggs of this lot of cutworms were hatched in breeding cage and grew to maturity without the possibility of access of a Tachina fly; hence, considerable of a mystery arose when more Tachinids than moths bred out from the lot. (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soe. I, pp. 163, 164, 1908.) This mystery was not cleared up till in February, 1908, when in watching a female Chaetogaedia, as I supposed hunting for caterpillars amongst grass and weeds, I observed that she was laying eggs on the grass leaves. She would quickly crawl around among the leaves, only stopping momentarily to place an egg here and there on the surface of a leaf, never more than one per leaf. They were placed on the leaves of weeds as well as on the grass. After making this observation, it was easy to ex- plain how the caterpillars previously alluded to, become parasi- tized; for they were daily supplied with food (mostly Sonchus) gathered from outside where Tachinas were common, and had undoubtedly deposited many eggs on the leaves. | The cater- pillars ate the leaves with the eggs thereon, which hatched inside and grew to maturity, not however killing the caterpillars till after the latter had transformed to pupae. IT have since learned that another Tachina fly has similar habits of laying its eggs, the “Uji,” which is very destructive to silk worm caterpillars in Japan. This is the only instance I have found in entomological literature of a Tachinid laying its eggs otherwise than directly on the host (caterpillar, grass- hopper, or whatever it is). Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 8 The egg-laying habits and the life history of the “Ugi” (Ugimya sericartae Rondani) were published in detail by Sasaki, in Journ. Sci. Coll. Imp. Univ. Japan, 1886. The eggs are laid on mulberry leaves, eaten by the silk worms; hatch in the digestive canal in a few hours; the larvae bore thru its walls, feed on the ganglia for a time; later enter the tracheal system and become located in a sort of cup or sac, with the spiracles at the posterior end near a spiracle of the caterpillar and the anterior end with the body cavity where it is convenient to feed on the fat of the silkworm; when fully developed the maggot forces its way out thru the skin of the silkworm (or pupa, if it has pupated); enters the ground to form its pupa- rium, within which it remains thru the winter. Chaetogaedia monticola agrees with this in some parts of its development. The eggs are laid on leaves as before stated. The egy of Chaetogaedia appears as a tiny black dot on a grass leaf. It is .44mm. long by .25mm. broad, quite regularly ovate, shaped like a hen’s egg only somewhat flattened where in contact with the leaf; smooth and shining black. A female dissected was found to have several hundred of them in the ovarian tubes. Another female which bred out in captivity, was dissected when several days old, to count the eggs. The oviduct contained 1066 eggs which were black and apparently ready for oviposi- tion. The ovarian tubes, which are numerous and collected into two ball-like structures, were full of immature ova. Prob- ably the mapority that are laid are not eaten by caterpillars; hence, the provision of such a large number is to insure some of them being eaten. They are so small as to escape being injured by the jaws of the caterpillars in biting off bits of leaf, tho probably some are destroyed. They soon hatch in the alimen- tary canal of the caterpillar and bore thru its walls to the sur- rounding body cavity. If they did not hatch the same day they would probably pass out with the excrement. A caterpillar which had been fed with leaves on which quite a number of Chaetogaedia eggs (dissected from a caught female) had been spread, died after 5 days. It was dissected and 24 maggots of the parasite were found inside. They were about 2mm. long and were mostly located in the head and anterior segments of the caterpillar. Other caterpillars which had been similarly treated and had died, were dissected and fewer maggots found 9 inside. With so many maggots there is not food enough for all, so the caterpillar dies too soon before the parasites can be- come full-erown. Perhaps only those caterpillars which have eaten but one egg, or have had but one egg hatch inside of them, are able to survive till the maggot becomes full-grown, and those having more than one maggot inside die too soon, and thus the maggots themselves die; at any rate, I never have reared more than one parasite per host, nor have I found more than one puparium formed per host. In dissecting caterpillars containing maggots, I never have found maggots feeding on the nerve ganglia, as Sasaki has; but I have found them located, as he says, near a spiracle of the caterpillar, and enclosed in a sort of sac which is apparently an enlarged tracheal tube, the maggot locating in it when small and the tube becoming enlarged as the maggot grew. Usually there is a blackening of the caterpillar externally where one of these is located. When about full-grown the maggot leaves the sac and lies lengthwise in the caterpillar (or pupa, if it has pupated) eating up all or nearly all of the fatty matter of the latter. It may be nearly full-grown at the time the caterpiliar pupates, or it may be still quite small; but I never have known of a case where the puparium of the parasite was formed before the caterpillar had pupated. The puparium is cylindrical, rounded at the anterior end, and rather blunt at the posterior end where it is often somewhat widened. It is of a very dark reddish color, and each of the two spiracular orifices at the posterior end has three black rounded protuberances around 1t. The anterior end is always directed anteriorly in the host pupa. The adult fly emerges in about 10 to 14 days from the time the puparium is formed. APRIL 2nd, 1908. The thirty-ninth regular meeting was held in the usual place, Mr. Giffard in the chair. NOTES AND EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. Referring to recent notes on Pison wridipennis presented to the Society by Mr. Swezey and others, Dr. Perkins stated that after collecting and carefully examining specimens of this sup- posed species, he is certain that it is not ¢idtpennis and in 10 view of the breaking up of the genus it is possibly not even a Pison. Mr. Giffard exhibited a very neatly mounted collection of Aculeate Hymenoptera collected at Summit, California, last summer. PAPERS READ. Synonomy of Hawaiian Cynipidae. BY R. C. L. PERKINS. Those who follow Dalla Torre & Kieffer in the Classification of the Cynipidae, will find the following changes necessary 1n Ashmead’s species enumerated in the Fauna Hawaiiensis. Cothonaspis Hart. Subg. Anectocleis Forst. hawanensis Ashi. —=Hypodiranchis hawaiiensis Ashm. lanavensis Ashm. —Hypodiranchis lanavensis Ashm. monticola Ashm. —=Diranchis monticola Ashm. rubripes D. T. & Kieff. —=Diranchis rufipes Ashm. nom. praeoce. in subg. Cothonasprs. Eucoela Westw. Subg. Psichacra Forst. molokavensts Ashm. ==A glaotoma molokatensis Ashm. subrufa D. T. & Keiff. —=Aglactoma rufiventris Ashm. nom. praeoce. in subg. Hexamerocera. Subg. Hexamerocera. konensis Ashm. —Hexaplasta konensis Ashm. Trybliographa hawatiensis Ashm. I cannot find in Dalla Torre & Kieffer it is deseribed by Ashmead as having a com- pletely closed marginal cell, while in T'rybliographa (—Cotho- naspis) this cell is open. Probably it should be referred to Eucoela subg. Psichacra. Pilimothriz bicolor Ashm. alone remains unchanged by the authors of the Cynipidae in Wyts- man’s Genera Insectorum. Proc, Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. Jak History and Present Status of Orthezia insignis in Hawaii. BY JACOB KOTINSKY. Orthezia insignis was first discovered at Wailuku, Maui, in 1899 by Mr. G. P. Wilder of Honolulu and Brother Frank of the Catholic Mission and was by the former brought to the government’s attention in November of that year. Mr. Koebele heard of this unpleasant discovery while in Sydney, New South Wales, and forthwith issued instructions to have the pest eradi- eated. It would seem, however, that word had gone forth in the meantime proclaiming the bug as the true savior of the cattle industry from the lantana pest, and cattlemen everywhere eagerly, surreptitiously distributed it over their lantana infested fields. The blackened appearance of the leaves served to ad- vertise the newly discovered remedy and was taken to indicate the doom of the pernicious plant. Despite repeated warnings by Mr. Koebele and other local entomologists the insect was distributed over all the important islands of the group. APPEARANCE ON OAHU. In November, 1904, while crossing the Nuuanu Pali Mr. Giffard drew the attention of Mr. Craw and the writer, who accompanied him, to what was probably the first appearance of the scale on this island—two patches of blackened lantana about one-third the way down the other side of the Pali. By way of the Pali and doubtless also on birds’ feet it has crossed the ridge since and spread to and overrun all of the Kona dis- trict of this island. In this area it has touched an important residential portion of Honolulu, viz.: Manoa, Makiki and Pa- waa districts. In course of its march seaward it was found on a large variety of plants, and actually killing several ornamental plants, like Coleus, Alternanthera, Gardenia, Meyenia and others. It was reported on citrus and banana trees but upon investigation the writer found that it did no more damage to these trees than to the chicken coop which it had also overrun in the same yard—it was merely a case of overflow from lantana on the ad- joining lot. The question confronting us at present is whether the time is ripe for an attempt to check it. Needless to say that viewed Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 12 from our present knowledge the Agromyzid alone would have probably sufficed to check lantana from further distribution. But before the introduction of any of the lantana destroyers this could not have been foreseen and, necessity to check lan- tana being urgent, several other safe species were introduced. These importations did not include Orthezia. But evidently ranchmen were in straightened circumstances, and seized upon Orthezia, whosoever was responsible for its introduction, as a godsend. Moreover they now claim that nothing has done so much toward killing lantana as did Orthezia, and large stretches of dead lantana testify to the correctness of their claims. Considered from the business view point Orthezia has done much material good by killing off large areas of lantana. Yet it is no denying that it is a disgusting scourge once it in- vades a garden. While it kills little perhaps, its presence in- duces growth of the sooty mold and turns black everything it overruns. The situation summarized is as follows: Orthezia is an undoubted blessing to the ranchmen whose best pastures are overrun by lantana; it is a disagreeable pest to the horti- culturist, and, as lantana is the best soil builder we have, the owner of large tracts of arid rocky land is not thankful for its presence there. In commenting upon these notes Dr. Perkins said that while the scale has thus far done more good than harm it is his belief that ultimately it may become injurious and will require control. Mr. Giffard stated that he is convinced the scale, and especially the copious amount of honey-dew it produces, interferes with the efficient work of the Tingid. In addition he said the agricultural and horticultural! interests of the Territory required that the scale bug be placed in control. MAY ‘7th, 1908. The fortieth regular meeting was held in the usual place, Mr. Swezey in the chair. EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. Mr. Swezey exhibited large series of specimens illustrating his papers which follow. On the Stridulating Organ of a Sphingid from Larat. BY F. MUIR. When in Larat my attention was attracted to this Sphingid by the loud noise it made both on the wing and at rest. I only Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 13 succeeded in eatching one, a male, and found that the noise was produced by a rapid lateral movement of the last segment of the body, where a highly specialized organ existed. The elaspers, when closed, are shaped like the stem of a decked boat. On the dorsal surface (the deck) are two groups of highly specialized scales, flat, rough or hard forming a file. Along the posterior edge of the preceding segment the scales are also highly specialized, being stiff and shaped like the teeth of a comb. By a lateral movement of the segment that bears the claspers the files are rubbed against the “teeth” of the “comb” and produces a loud noise that can be distinctly heard ten yards away. The Younger Stages of Nesodryas freycinetiae Kirkaldy. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. This is a delicate pale green little leaf-hopper living on the “Jeie” vine (Mreycinetia arnotti). The eggs are inserted in the younger leaves at the crown of the growing vine, parallel with the fibers of the leaves, one or two together. The young nymphs are very flat, adapted to crawling between the leaves in the crown of the plant. They also may be found exposed on the surfaces of the outer parts of the leaves, where they might not be recognized as young leaf-hoppers at first sight, on account of their flatness; and their coloration as described below allows them to be mistaken for a bit of dirt or debris. The first stage is about 1.25mm. long and about 0.75mm. wide; flattish; head bluntly triangularly produced in front of eyes; pale green; sides and front of head, sides of thorax, two apical segments of abdomen (except median dorsal triangle in penultimate segment), femora, basal portion of tibiae and tips of tarsi, dark fuscous; eyes red; tibial spurs of hind legs have but one tooth, it and the spines at apex of tibiae and tarsal segments, black-tipped. The second stage is about 1.5mm. long; coloration similar to previous stage except that the green portion is not so pale, and has a yellowish tinge. The tibial spurs have two teeth. The third stage is about 3.25mm. long; coloration similar to second stage, except that the legs are less fuscous, and the ventral side has a bluish tinge. The tibial spurs now have three teeth. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 14 The fourth stage is about 8mm. long. The whole insect is now nearly all green, yellowish on thorax, and bluish below; a few pale brownish markings on thorax, wing-pads and dorsum of abdomen; two fuscous spots on prothorax, one on costa of tegminal-pad, near apex, one near inner angle of hind wing- pad, one at lateral margin of apical segment of abdomen; a fuscous spot on lateral margin at apex of second and third abdominal segments; tips of tarsi fuscous; tibial spurs of hind legs have four teeth. The fifth stage is very little larger than the fourth; colora- tion the same; the sensoria on the second segment of antennae are now fuscous. It is worthy of note that the tibial spurs of the hind legs are simple in the first stage, 1. e. have but one tooth and that is at the apex; and that a tooth is added for each stage to the fourth; but the fifth stage has four, the same number as the fourth. In the adult there are five teeth on the tibial spur, sometimes but four, and sometimes there are six. Life History Notes on Two Variable Tortricids. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Cryptophlebia ulepida (Butler). The larvae of this moth may often be found very abundantly in the pods of the Glue-bush (Acacia farnesiana), where they feed upon the seeds and also on the pulp of the pod. They fced in Koa pods and probably also in the pods of several other Leguminous plants; and have been reported from Litchi nuts. ‘The eggs are roundish-oval, about 0.3nim., flat, convex above and finely reticulated. They are whitish, dull purplish, or pinkish in color and somewhat iridescent. They are laid on the surface of the pods, singly, or often several together and slightly overlapping. The full-grown larva is about 15mm. long, plump, dull whitish with a rosy tinge; head strongly bilobed, light brown, eyes in a black dot, another black dot at postero-ventral angle of head; cervical shield slightly tinged with brown; tubercles broadly roundish or oval, somewhat infuscated over their whole surface, those of row “i” notched on the anterior margin Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 15 on segments 6-12; spiracles black, pale-centered ; tubercles pile wider apart dorsally than “i,” “iii” just above spiracle ; ‘Gv-+tv”? below spiracle, farther from it than “iii” is. When ready to pupate the larva eats a hole out through the pod; then spins quite a dense cocoon of whitish silk having one end near the hole in the pod, so that the moth may readily make its exit when ready to mature. The pupa is 6-10mm. long., by about 3mm. wide; medium brown; dorsal surface of abdominal segments, beginning with second, supplied with two transverse rows of very numerous tiny, short, conical spines, those of the anterior row are the larger; those of succeeding segments increase somewhat in size going posteriorly; cremaster obsolete; wing, and antenna- cases extending to apex of 3d abdominal segment, a free tip ex- tending a little farther; articulations between segments 3-7 movable. The pupal period is 10-12 days. Enarmoni sp. In July, 1907, I found a few larvae of this moth eating the growing seeds of Canavalia galeata, a native species of bean with a woody twining vine and very large pods containing 2 to 4 black beans about # inch long. The vine had been planted by a fence in Honolulu and had gotten considerable of a growth, and a few pods had already formed. As vhe vine continued to grow and produce pods these larvae increased in abundance so that finally nearly every pod was attacked by them. They did not confine their attacks to the pods, however; besides feeding in the fleshy walls of the green pod and eating the growing beans within, they also bored the peduncles of the flower clusters, the petioles of the leaves, and the branches of the vine itself; practically attacking all parts of the plant. Quite a series of this moth was bred from the vine during January and February, 1908. There is some little variation in coloration as shown by the specimens exhibited. I find that I have a specimen of this moth collected up Makiki Valley in May, 1908, which is the only one I had previously seen. The eggs are laid on the surface of the bean pod, singly or one or two together in slight unevennesses of the surface. "They are irregularly oval, about half a mm. long; flattened below, slightly convex above and finely reticulate; whitish in color, 16 sometimes iridescent, becoming pinkish a little before hatching. On hatching, the larva bores into the pod, feeding for awhile in its fleshy walls, but when it gets larger, attacks the seeds. One larva may eat several of the large seeds before reaching its full growth. When full-grown, the larva is 18 to 20 mm., plump, yellowish white; head medium brown, strongly bilobed ; cervical shield slightly infuscated; tubercles faintly infus- cated; hairs pale, short; spiracles pale brown. Before pupating the larva constructs a silken gallery where it has been feeding, extending often through one or more beans, and it finally extends this to the outer wall of the pod, through which it eats a circular hole, except a thin layer on the outside, which can easily be broken through when the moth emerges ; then the larva recedes back into the gallery, spins a silken par- tition across about a quarter of an inch from the outer end, and in this place of security pupates. The pupa is 10mm.; light brown; head, thorax and wing cases darker; the latter and antenna-cases extend to apex of 3rd abdominal segment, a free tip extends a little farther. Abdominal segments 3 to 7 have on dorsal side two transverse rows of numerous tiny, very short, conical spines, those of the anterior row larger than those of posterior row; segment 2 has one row of very tiny spines near posterior margin; segment 8 has but one row of few large spines; segment 9 has but two large dorsal spines and a terminal row of 7, there are also several slender hooked bristles at apex of abdomen. This and Cryptophlebia illepida are two very variable species. They illustrate the great variability among the Tortricids of the Hawaiian Islands, as shown by the series of specimens exhibited. This variability has led. to some confusion by Lord Walsingham in his_ recently published “Muicrolepidoptera” (Fauna Hawaiiensis, I, Pt. V). He has apparently often made varieties of some of these vari- ations. Each species and variety is figured; hence, it should be easy to identify any Hawaiian ‘‘Micro”; but on account of such great variation in so many species, one may often not have a specimen of any certain species, which agrees with the particular specimen figured by Lord Walsingham. This makes it very difficult to identify specimens with any certainty, altho from a first glance at the excellent colored plates, it would appear an easy matter. Ma JUNE 4th, 1908. The forty-first regular meeting was held in the usual place, Mr. Swezey in the chair. NOTES AND EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. Mr. Kirkaldy referred to the notable changes that have taken place in the vicinity of Kilauea, Hawaii, as a result of the rail: road running through the “Fern Forest.” A number of ferns and trees have been killed along both sides of it, and on those dead plants he collected some of the best insects. The making of the road around the crater has also killed a lot of scrub ohias upon which a number of good things, particularly Acu- leate Hymenoptera may be collected. In his opinion the ants had spread farther than their limits in December, 1905. Dr. Perkins exhibited his collection of Hawaiian Proterhi- nus; the collection he said was not nearly complete and com- prised about 120 out of 150 known species. Still it is a fairly good working collection and was carefully examined by all present. Further Notes on Meltttobia hawattensis Perkins BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. This little Chalcid was discovered by Mr. Giffard in 1907, bred from the larva of some species of wasp or bee in its nest in decayed branch of tree (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., I, Pt. 4, p. 121, 1907). In the latter part of the same year, I found several nests of the leaf-cutter bee (Megachile palmarum) in which the most of the cells had been parasitized by this Chaleid. I have reared it in the laboratory also, upon the larvae of three different wasps: Odynerus nigripennis, Pison hospes, and Sceliphron caementartum. In March, 1908, I first, discovered them breeding on the larvae of the bud-moth (Hreunetis flavis- triata Wism.) in sugar-cane at the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A. Of a lot of about 50 cocoons of the budworm, collected at one time, 6 of them, or 12%, contained a budworm parasit- ized by Melittobia. Five of them had eggs of Melittobia (7, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 18 9, 11, 20 and 30 respectively per budworm) scattered on the surface. These were allowed to hatch and grow to maturity. The sixth cocoon contained 35 pupae of Melittobia which had consumed a budworm within its cocoon, and were lying in con- tact with its driedup remains. Apparently the female Meltttobta enters the budworm’s co- coon before it is entirely completed, stings the worm and de- posits eggs upon it. Or it may be that after entering the cocoon, she waits till the budworm is assuming the inactive condition previous to the transformation to pupa, and then deposits her eggs upon it; either stinging the budworm to pre- vent further transformation, or else the young larvae hatch and begin eating so quickly that further transformation is pre- vented. The egg is white, cylindrical, slightly curved, ends rounded, 0.3mm. long by 0.12mm. wide. They are laid indiscriminately on the surface of host, singly or several together. They hatch very quickly and the young larvae feed externally upon the budworm, becoming full grown in about a week. ‘They are footless grubs just a little more than 1m. in length, and trans- form to pupae in two or three days. They rest in the pupal stage about two weeks. So many of this parasite develop upon one host, that it should be a very valuable parasite upon the budworm. I have not as yet ascertained whether it is generally distributed throughout the Islands or not. The known hosts of this parasite now include Megachtle, Sceliphron, Pison, Odynerus of Hymenoptera; and Hrewnetis of Lepidoptera. On Peculiar Deviations from Uniformity of Habit Among Chalcids and Proctotrupids. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Ceraphron abnormis Perk. In January, 1908, a single Ceraphronid bred out of a cocoon of Haplogonatopus vitiensis, collected in growing sugar cane at the Experiment Station of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Asso- ciation, Honolulu. At first it was a matter of surprise and considerable doubt as to whether the cocoon from which it Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 1, Oct., 1908. 19 emerged was its own, or that of Haplogonatopus as it was at first supposed to be. To determine this, more cocoons were collected to ascertain whether more of this insect might be bred. From 25 cocoons collected January 28, 5 Ceraphronids emerged between February Ist and February 10th; then ex- amination of remaining cocoons revealed 4 more of them con- taining each a pupa which on rearing proved to be Ceraphronids. This made 9 of the 25, or 836%. One pupa was with the re mains of a pupa of Haplogonatopus, tending to prove that the former is a parasite of the latter. Further observations were immediately undertaken in order to establish proof in regard to this. Many cocoons of Hap- logonatopus were collected at different times and examined. The number which contained either larvae of Ceraphronid feeding upon larvae of Haplogonatopus, pupae of Ceraphronids, or from which adult Ceraphronids had already emerged, varied from 24% to 68%. Ina few instances 2 pupae of Ceraphronid were found in one Haplogonatopus cocoon. In one instance two larvae were found feeding externally on the larva of Haplogonatopus within its cocoon, so it was made evident that the Ceraphronid attacks its host within the cocoon. Fresh cocoons of Haplogonatopus were obtained and a few Ceraphro- nids admitted to them. They were observed apparently ovipo- siting in these cocoons very soon, but the oviposition was not actually seen. The female would traverse the cocoons several times from end to end, all the time vibrating the antennae rapidly and touching all parts of the cocoon, apparently to determine whether the cocoon was an empty one or not, or whether its contents were in the right condition for it to oviposit in. After a few minutes she came to rest in a position which would indicate that oviposition was taking place, even though it could not be actually observed. This position was retained for a minute or two. For further proof of the habits of this Ceraphronid, quite a number of leaf-hoppers which were already attacked by the larva of Haplogonatopus vitiensis, were collected from the cane field, and freshly bred-out Ceraphronids placed with them in breeding cage. None were observed to attack the leaf-hop- pers themselves, nor the Haplogonatopus larvae preying on the leaf-hoppers. The Haplogonatopus larvae were nearly full- 20 grown, and they left their hosts and spun cocoons in a few ee These were undoubtedly attacked by the Ceraphronids, for within 3 weeks from the time the experiment was started, 1 Ceraphronid emerged from a cocoon, and in a few more days 11 more emerged. At the same time another experiment was conducted. A number of leaf-hoppers already parasitized by Haplogonatopus were collected from the field and placed in two breeding cages. In due time the parasites spun their cocoons. Then adult Ceraphronids were admitted to one cage, but not to the other. From the latter cage adult Haplogonatopus emerged from all of the cocoons ; while Ceraphronids emerged ona all of the cocoons of the former cage. This proves that the Ceraphronid attacks its host only after it has made its cocoon. Along with Haplogonatopus vitiensis there were a few Ech- throdelphax fairchildii also breeding upon the cane leaf-hop- pers. To ascertain whether this Ceraphronid was breeding up- on this Dryinid also a number of leaf-hoppers already parasit- ized by it were collected and placed in a breeding cage until the parasites had left the leaf-hoppers and spun cocoons. Ceraphronids were then admitted. In about three weeks Cerap- hronids issued (the first one in 19 days), and it was found that they had parasitized all of the Hchthrodelphax cocoons. The adult Ceraphronids issuing from these cocoons were smalier than those issuing from Haplogonatopus cocoons; the larva of Echthrodelphax being smaller than that of Haplogonatopus accounts for the difference in size of the parasites issuing from them respectively. So far as previous records show Ceraphronids have been bred from Lepidoptera, Aphids, Syrphids, Cecidomyids, Cynipids, Braconids, ants and some Coleoptera. Chiefly, how- ever from Aphids, Cynipids and Cecidomyid galls; but now we have the remarkable case of a species breeding upon members of the closely related family, Dryinidae. Of these two Dry- inids in questions, Ychthrodelphax fairchildu is a native species preying upon the sugar cane leaf-hopper (Perkinstella sac- charicida) and certain native leaf-hoppers of the same family (Asiracidae). The other Dryinid (Haplogonatopus vitiensts) was introduced from Fiji, in 1906, to prey upon the cane leaf- hopper. 21 I do not at present know this Ceraphronid from any other place in these islands but Honolulu. Dr. Perkins has a speci- men collected several years ago. He also has a specimen among some California insects. It has undoubtedly become introduced here within recent years. Dr. Perkins has recently described this species as Ceraphron abnormis. The description to be published elsewhere. Paraphelinus atphidii PERKINS. This little Chalcid is parasitic upon the eggs of Xtphtdium vartpenne Swezey, an introduced Locustid which has been present in the Hawaiian Islands for at least 15 years. This parasite on its eggs was discovered in 1905, and subsequent observations shows that it is distributed throughout the islands. Xiphidium eggs, wherever found, are largely parasitized by this species. An account of its habits is given in Bull. H. S. P. A. Div. Ent. I, Pt. 7, p. 214, 1905; description is given op. Git lit. Sp. 2645, 1906. In February, 1908, among a lot of cocoons of Haplogonatopus from which a hyperparasite (Ceraphronid) was breeding out, were some parasitized by this Chalcid. About a dozen bred out from one cocoon. As I had bred this Chaleid only from the eggs of Xtphidium previously, I was quite astonished at now breeding it as a hyperparasite on a Dryinid. Examination of remaining cocoons of this lot, revealed two which contained dried up and blackened remains of the Haplogonatopus larva, within which in one instance were 6 Paraphelinus pupae, and in the other one were 8 Paraphelinus pupae. Further examina- tion of cocoons collected from the field showed an occasional one with either larvae or pupae of Paraphelinus. Xiphidium eggs parasitized by Paraphelinus were found in the same field. An experiment was conducted as follows: Several adult Paraphelinus which had bred from Haplogonatopus cocoons were placed with X7phidium eggs. In these they were observed to oviposit, and in 28 to 30 days the adults emerged. Some of the latter were then placed with cocoons of Haplogonatopus, in some of which they oviposited, and adults emerged in the usual time. 22 Apparently only those cocoons are stung in which the larvae have not yet pupated; for in examination of quite a number of cocoons, wherever larvae or pupae of Paraphelinus were found, they were within a Haplogonatopus larva, or its dried up blackened remains. The length of period from oviposition to emergence of adults is from 20 to 30 days. There are about the same number per host, whether it is Haplogonatopus larva or Xiphidvwm egg. 12 or 13 is a com- mon number per host. From parasitizing Locustid eggs which were hidden behind leaf-sheaths of sugar cane, to parasitizing Dryinid larvae within their cocoons on the cane leaves is quite a wide divergence of habit. Apparently in this case, whichever happens to be most convenient or accessible, or whichever the parasite first happens to find, is what she deposits her eggs in. In discussion following this paper Dr. Perkins said that although Mr. Koebele had collected Dryinids very extensively throughout California, he had never bred a Proctotrupid from them, which made Mr. Swezey’s discovery all the more remark- able. He also related that in course of correspondence with Dr. Howard, the latter insisted that Giard’s report of having bred Aphelininae from eggs of Xtphidiwm was an error. It was however, verified by Mr. Swezey when he bred an allied species (Paraphelinus viphidii) from Xtphidium eggs in Hawaii; but now Mr. Swezey’s discovery that this Chalcid is also parasitic on Haplogonatopus is still more remarkable. Mr. Kotinsky referred to what is already published in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington rela- tive to his breeding Syntomosphyrum esurus as a primary parasite on Chilocorus similis pupae, though it had thitherto been regarded as a secondary parasite. A Brief Note on Three [Two New], Californian fulgoroid hemiptera. BY G. W. KIRKALDY. 1. Oliarus franctscanus (Stal). This species, described by Stal, (1859 Eugenies Resa, Zool. Ins. 273), as Certus franciscanus, is noted by Van Duzee (1908 Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., Il, No: 1, Oct., 1908. 25 Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. for 1907, p. 486), as being un- known to him. 2. 2. Anterior tarsi of male more or less abbreviated, or with one Onn Gotha clawsw absentia. eee aoe. (VIII) LYCAENIDAE. Anterior tarsi of male not abbreviated,claws developed...... eee ran ate y's iy AN Ic hs ras anne e teres casas late ie: « (VI) PIERIDAE. (VI) PIERIDAE. er es See ke enircttara tal el ate clave ilteheletwiieh ehetevensieieilei sho slelevara,te o'ieYa:fe . Pieris. (VII) NYMPHALIDAE [DGS INNA Sono bouoodaubouoUOOD DO coOLOSs Cons One de Gro UC Vanessa. IDNiGEH BRNOKONEK Khodoaosdnoobupu5 Doo DDDO UN OUSUnO HG doo Occ Anosia. (VIII) LYCAENIDAE + a OBA BSN DIG'S BS OO CIRIE CO DIR EIB OOD 0 c ORO CIS Onb.d Glin Din icn oso ici ncciarc . Lycaena. (D) PYRALIDINA. He More: wines SiX-ClOLta ys o).) ee mre ote. ole), 615 0/2 221 (XV) ORNEODIDAH. MOTE ewinecs MOt eSEX-Cle tb ajere ey ssteleloleds cielo a)! le) sions) 2) elele olny iersieicjolsne s 2. 2. Hind wings with defined pecten of hairs on lower margin of Galil Hons WAR Goonabaondpbocococamuader couuuOO DOO Dar 3. Hind wings without such pecten (sometimes with loose scat- ieneol NEMS) \sxoousoucwounbe oboe culoodooduct cub onpoopoOc oon ooE bs 3. Fore wings with 7 absent................--- (IX) PHYCITIDAE. Fore wings with 7 present............-- ese e cece rere cere tess: 4. 4. Maxillary palpi triangularly scaled.......... (XI) CRAMBIDAE. Maxillary palpi not triangularly sealed.....(X) GALLERIADAE. 5. Wings cleft, or entire, 8 and 9 of fore wings separate........ Ne anes Nts Cat Pu ere Aan cutsl Aral el cle, sf e2i's (XIV) PTEROPHORIDAE Wings entire, 8 and 9 of fore wings Talked qateterelcievebevaraits els 6. 6. Fore wings with vein 7 rising out Ons. ey. PYRALIDIDAE. Fore wings with vein 7 separate from ah .(XII) PYRAUSTIDAE. (IX) PHYCITIDAE. 1. Hind wings with 4 and 5 approximated.........-- Cryptoblabes. Hind wings with 5 stalked with 4, or Wi TNELINS eee cyclers ala aleliolehelst= 2. 2. Fore wings with 5 Maree. GNP Nain lity ered a Mp UMb rte De Fore wings with 5 present............ sec ee ese e eee teceees 5. Gl JbPsEN) Gopi Giga Ce, ¢e Bem Arce GO OUMUOm ROI nc mim cic uO fc Ephestia. Labial palpi porrect...........--- cece terse ect e eect eec scene 4, 4. Hind wings with 3 and 4 stalked........--+-----++eeeeeee: Plodia. Hind wings with 3 and 4 separate...........+-+++. _, (mew genus)* * For an unnamed species bred from flower heads of silversword plant (Argyroxiphium) in the crater of Haleakala, Maui. eee 48 Fore. wings witht veins: )) Ae eye seen ae cee ean are ee 6. Fores wings) with 10) veins .:. 0 ey ices renee aah ley a ae a tle Hore wings) with) 4iand) 5) Sseparaten ssn meee dell aaa Genophantis. Foreiwings: with) 4 and: 5 stalked. ei, (meeeus i... eres Myelois. Hind iwingeswaithysv and) 4 sstaliedme eee ee yee Ephestiodes. Hind wings with 3 and 4 approximated or connate.Homoeosoma. (X) GALLERIADAE. Js ives atctlulh alles Guin! hier cite emetic etecl welnshtielia alts stir ets etey Oa tcita Pepe ene DNs asta ine EE . Meliphora. (XI) CRAMBIDAE. Fore wings in male with semitransparent patch in cell hel =selleVolet-Valishietei vole) = lefetaliavon cia fat s//sictela stat die leifel sietlelel sieve fel s)te te) UC MOMS. Hore) wings) inivmale without) such) patchy. sae eee ee 2 Termen of fore wings deeply excavated below middle...-:..... aiheemiee) Graf By a) ea os eH StS) GC RS ee ee RN ee OS Ian ay Be LADS AL nak UD t Prionopteryx. Termen’yot,'fore: winzgs*not ‘excavated... or ene er ~ ooo Vallis. (XII) PYRAUSTIDAE. Male with bladder-like swelling beneath costa of hind wing AU DAS Ue Rr PTA Er aye od, Ra ust Stare Bt ore UU oop Hyperectis. Male without such character. lhe ar ben heise oyarads terete ate icles ke Dea oe ie 2, Fore wing with more or less developed tufts of raised scales DM SCENT ory iis arava kava crete Cad act Came cL hae ce cea aa et Scoparia. Hore) Wines withoutwysuchi itubtss wee one sake tee rarely eet ete 3. Fore wings 4 times as long as wide, legs extremely long.Lineodes. INO Gi BS AD OV. s eee (ir) Shs Oh PS cays et ati Coie ny a 4, Antenna of male with base of shaft excised and a tuft of hair from extremicy OL) PASal wjOMben ascii aelsietee ie eke Hymenia. Antenna Of \ MALS amo ty SOM epelecsha sa ie alae ee eee a Eo ota Call tA erat ene 5E Pal py UPTIME’: eye i ea TG LA ed A 6. Palpi DOLTE CH eee ee ee ee rant ae ara es SPSS tS a 8‘ Maxillary palpi strongly dilated with scales......... Margaronia. Maxillary palpi) fli fOnm a Weise ceneisalete ciate der aetebete dene eos ore cacnerenone {le Outer spurs of hind tibiae about half the length of inner spurs. PASAY eS Men Na NEON) SM RUA NI AL Ceylceran ayia yy ARAN A at aha siete ra (5 Omiodes. Outer spurs of hind tibiae of nearly even length......... Hellula. Palpri wath the snd) TOs ty make di iymaei oi ever snoinielcvaeteneliepetale Evergestis. Falpi with the 3rd joint concealed by hair or scales........... 9: Posterior tibiae in male with outer middle-spur rudimentary.. ae Uae pe AANA RUE AIAN SMT RUDE ATES ANS TEE Let a Phlyctaenia. Posterior tibiae in male with above spur developed.......... 10. Hore wines iiwichy lO risine (Out One Oe eiace tile ssekelate Nymphula. Hore? wings with: LO use parma len c'.: ceicone ay tereuststete ne siede ta stenenelet=tsiletetclielle hile Hace? forming a horny, pLrOmMInNenGe. scr. . +) Bull’ 4, Tech. (Sers Div. Dnt. U.S) DAS pata so6e Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 73 MARCH 4th, 19009. The forty-ninth regular meeting was held in the usual place. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Fullaway exhibited specimens of a new Coccid species, Ceroputo ambigua, found on the salt marsh grass, Salicornia ambigua, in the salt marsh regions of California, and offered some notes on its life-history. The species is small (about 3 mm.) and covered with a white waxy secretion. There are three larval stages before the mature femaie appears. The mature males, which are wingless, develop through the so-called pupal stage from individuals having the characteristics of the second larvae. There is one generation annually. The species, although exceedingly abundant in spite of predaceous and parasitic ene- mies, is without economic importance, the salt marsh grass its only known host plant—not beine fit for consumption. Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a new Mirideous Heteropteron from Borneo, and two boxes of Homoptera & Cimicidae (Pentato- midae) from New Zealand. Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens illustrating his paper on “Another Banana Leaf-roller.” Mr. Kotinsky exhibited a huge scorpion (Palamnacus sp.) a pair of which were brought alive from South Java by Mr. Terry and which he was obliged to kill in order to prevent their possible escape. The incident emphatically demonstrates the usefulness of an inspection service. Mr. Terry called attention to the absence in the Board of Agriculture laws or regulations preventing the importation of pests of this character. Mr. Kotinsky told of a mealy bug that he had been collecting on the roots of Koa and other plants on Tantalus ever since 1905. From its apparent confinement to higher elevations, he was inclined to bélieve it to be endemic, especially since it was undoubtedly a new species to science. A few days ago, Mr. Fullaway brought specimens of a mealy bug collected on the roots of a pot-grown mango tree in the city in which he recog- nized his interesting Tantalus Coccid. Closer study with Mr. Fullaway showed it to be an undescribed Ripersiella. Shortly it is contemplated to publish a description jointly by Messrs. Fullaway and Kotinsky. 74 PAPER READ. Another Banana Leaf-roller [Lep.]. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Omiodes maia n, sp. Male, female, 28-30mm.; head, thorax and abdomen dark fuscous much mixed with ferruginous scales, especially on the abdomen; api- cal margins of abdominal segments ochreous; antennae fuscous above, pale beneath, basal joint fuscous; palpi fuscous, whitish below with a slight ferruginous tinge anteriorly; femora and tibiae fuscous large- ly suffused with ferruginous; tarsi ochreous. Forewings dark fuscous suffused with ferruginous on costa, and less densely so near termen, a few ferruginous scales scattered in some other parts of wing; a whitish ochreous dash in middle near base; first line ochreous, angu- lated outwardly (nearly at right angles) at middle, upper portion in- distinct, lower portion very distinct; roundish black orbicular; two blackish discal spots transversely placed (mostly contiguous) fol- lowed by a few ochreous scales; second line ochreous, sinuate out- wardly beneath costa, below middle forming an acute triangular pro- jection outwards; both lines often ferruginous mixed; veins marked with ochreous or ferruginous ochreous; cilia fuscous, darker at base. Hind wings medium fuscous, a darker discal spot and terminal dark fuscous line; a paler postmedian line with acute projection outwardly below middle, a few pale ferruginous scales in its dorsal part, a few also just before terminal dark fuscous line, which is usually inter- rupted by pale ferruginous scales on the veins; cilia as in fore wings. Very similar to O. musicola, but the latter is paler fuscous. and has ochreous suffusions and markings where mata is fer- ruginous. I bred a series of moths on three different occasions, from caterpillars found on bananas growing in two different gulches at the head of Manoa Valley: Jan. 23, March 10* and May 2%, 1909, respectively. In one of the gulches, I found the caterpil- lars quite numerous, Full-grown caterpillars are just like those of musicola, Some have darker markings than others: markings of head quite black, and wider black margins to cervical shield, the longitudinal black bar joining it in front and behind, which gives the cervical shield a very blackish appearance. Caterpillars just hatched have heads entirely black; those one-third gsawn have most of the tubercles black. Pupa similar to musicola. * These observations were made after paper was presented to So- ciety. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 75 This makes four species of Omiodes now known to feed on banana: blackburni on all the islands, meyricki on Hawaii, musi- cola on Maui, maia on Oahu. They are closely related, all hav- ing similar pattern on wings and no doubt have evolved from a common ancestor. In a previous article I have mentioned dif- ferences in color and degree of angulation of first line of fore- wings. [I have measured this angle in several specimens of each species with the following results: In blackburni it is 52°, in meyrickt 56°, in musicola 85°, and in maia 80°. ALRITE ISt 1900: The fiftieth meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. On account of his removal to accept a position in the Bureau of Entomology at Washington, D. C., Mr. D. L. Van Dine tend- ered his resignation as Vice-President. It was accepted, and Mr. F. W. Terry was elected to fill the office vacated. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS, Mr. Terry presented notes on the Insects of Hong Kong and exhibited specimens. PAPER READ. A Conspectus of the Fulgoridae of the Hawaiian Hemiptera. BY G. W. KIRKALDY. The Fulgoridae are all apparently endemic, and belong to two genera, Jolania and Oliarus, both belonging to the tribe of Cixiini, Three longitudinal keels on the mesonotum; costal margin of teg- Min age StLONelyaeoTANUTALC i, tei aerctelere.s cise ocuais ehei sieterntererel er Aetece ete _,lolania Five longitudinal keels on the mesonotum; costal margin of teg- RUN ae Otfen (OLMODSCUTELY;)) ee raMmMatelsrs lar.) cyelesreieeiyece ee) « _,-+--Oliarus Tolamia Kirkaldy. fOOZ mua naw. Li ris. Pl. 5, f.2. A reexamination of this genus presents only one species, per- kinst; the ground colour of the male tegmina is much yellower than in the other sex. I separate off, as a variety (notata), the form with a large brown blotch at the base of the tegmina of the male. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 76 Oliarus Stal. So far as concerns the structure of the legs, the Hawaiian forms all belong to the typical subgenus, but I separate them off under the name Nesoliarws, on account of the great plasticity of those characters which are of specific value in the exotic forms, and on account of the sexual dimorphism, which is more or less apparent—mostly considerably so—in the pattern and colouring of the tegmina. As it would not be possible to include these Hawaiian forms in a general table of species, owing to the above-mentioned plasticity, it is convenient to group them under a special subgeneric name (type ftamehamceha). In the europaean fauna, the male genitalia have been exten- sively used in the differentiation of species. I have, however, not been able to do this with the Hawaiian species. The form of the parts is not very evident without dissection, and T have not had sufficient material.except in a few species. Moreover, the form of the genital stvles (the “claspers” of Scott), appears to be much the same in all, being not very dissimilar to those of Cixius stigmaticus when viewed from below (cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., VII, fig. I. p. 2903), except that the stalks are straighter. With more material. T mav be able in the future to investigate further. The venation. which in the Australian and Fijian species I found so characteristic. is highly variable in the Hawaiian forms. The place of forking of the radial and brachial veins, and the place of un‘on of the two claval veins, which characters seem to be of specific value in exotic forms, are inconstant and of no value here. The tabular form under which T now proceed to describe the Hawaiian forms is. T think, sufficient for the present—till T can obtain more material in certain of them—to differentiate them apart from one another; at the same time, it is, in most cases probably, not sufficient to distinguish them from the species of other countries. As, however, the endemic forms here are not at all likely to occur elsewhere, this will be of little account. The Hawatian species are usually found among Ferns, Sad- leria, Cibotium, Gleichenia, etc. Swezey (1) has described the nymphs of O. kaonohi (2), which he found in “decaying leaf- hases and fibrous matter of tree-fern trunks.” (G1) ET LS Ofte Eouindawe Ea Suess (2). I identified this for Mr. Swezey as my koanoa, but the species seem to be different. 77 The following is a preliminary arrangement of the Hawaiian forms :(®). 1(2). 2(1). 3(8). 4(5). 5(4). GCA: 7(6). 8(3). 9(36). 10(29). 11(14). 12(13). 13(12). £4(11). 15(18). 16 (17). 17(16). 18(15). 19(24). 20(23). 21(22). (3). Tegmina short’ and broad, costal margin thickened and arched at the base; apical and margin of wings fuliginous. LANAI; HAWAII, (Kona). F. H. 120 and 122, Pl. 4, £. 6... FORO COU DOOR DN UCU OID Diao iee yet.) WNeVANe Val Winall dy, Tegmina not specially thickened, nor arched at the base; more elongate, at least in the larger species. Expanse of tegmina more than 17% mill. Mesonotum brownish testaceous; tegmina immaculate (male), somewhat maculate (female); wings apically not roll lireahavanbtshy |; TROANT ONT WT EMe Os GS oa {0 27 PY LZ Eta ial EA NN ai i PsP a SiCNS GSH GOTO GEAR RCRA TEREU ELEN TETAS 1. tamehameha Kirkaidy. Mesonotum black; wings apically fuliginous. Tegmina hyaline, immaculate (male), a narrow median transverse stripe, often faint, (female). OAHU, (Tantalus); MOLOKAIT, 4000 ft., (a fragment); MAUI, (Haleakala); HA- WAI GaianvcasandsOlaa). on. Ee 120 sande lz PIS ate be Seon eee iterates ciate: iaiyoeteieilie tetas ce KanaKanus © Kirkaldy, Clavus, inner 2-5 of corium, and apical 1%, of tegmina, suf- fused with fuliginous. Otherwise as in kanakanus. MO- TE OGAT RCA OO OME opereteccteretetciersis)cielspereteislere 3. kahavalu, Sp. nov. Expense of tegmina less than 17% mill. Males. Tegmina immaculate, except the veins. Teegemina, with at least one-third suffused with fuliginous or yellowish-fuliginous. Basal and apical thirds of the tegmina fuliginous, middle third hyaline. [Rarely the tegimna are partly hyaline api- cally, cf. F. H., Pl. 4, f. 8.] OAHU, (Koolau and Waianae ranges); MOLOKAI, (4000 ft.); HAWAII, (Olaa and Kohala Mountains) = 2)50)5 0. MRT SA ARs BRERA 5. tarai Kirkaldy. Tegmina entirely dark fuliginous (sometimes a very little dilute). MOLOKAIT, (4000 ft.); MAUI, (Haleakala, 5000 ft.). RE p12 Se oie Sia eee ieyett corgi cone 6. morai Kirkaldy. Tegmina only dark (if at all) on veins, though sometimes partly tinged with yellowish. Mesonotum pale castaneous; veins on basal two-thirds of tegmina pale. Veins on basal 24 minutely, but distinctly granulated with brown. Differs from koanoa by the longer and narrower teg- mina and pale mesonotum. Length, 6 mill. OAHU, (Koo- lau ranges, all over); HAWATITI, (Kilauea, on tree-ferns; EEN wands EneYCiIMetial)rcves crayelcic) becca wero 7. kaonohi, sp. nov. Veins on basal %, not, or very obsolete, granulated; other- wise like kaonohi. HAWAII, (Naalehu, on fern, O. H. S.) Meche Spars raed ralakel as sve ietohapeus ies sia louelle: @celaleneheuar sue 8. filicicola, sp. nov. Mesonotum black. [In some examples, the keels are dark castaneous J. Veins on basal %, black, or largely so. Veins partly pale. Tegmina shorter and broader. Length, 6 mill. OAHU, (Ko- mA OL Isler) Seo oopoqemoucuecer 9. procellaris, sp. nov. “RF. H.”=Fauna Hawaiiensis, III. The “length” is taken from apex of vertex to apex of closed tegmina. 22(21). 23(20). 24(19). 25(28). 26(27). 27(26). 33 (30). 34(35). 35 (34). 36(9). 37(42). 38 (441. 39 (40). 41(388). 42(37). 43 (50). 44(47). 45 (46). 78 Tegmina elongate. Length, 8% mill. KAUAT, (2000-3000 bE UL eae Cape Peirce Cy a amePN E ioe od 10. pluvialis, sp. nov. Veins black, or at least the median brachial, and apical ones). Length, 7 mill. KAUAT, (Halemanu, 4000 ft.)...... ACID O 8 Sie re ee or do chs dora I1. nubigenus, sp. nov. Veins on basal 7% pale, sometimes with dark granules. Costal margins of tegmina more parallel. Exterior keels of mesonotum subparallel with the interior pair. Length, 5 mill. OAHU, (Konahuanui, O. H. §.)...... sgolshatere ois peireietel pokey oie rs everonersl cea re ene oases 12. silvicola, sp. nov. Exterior keels of mesonotum straight, angulate basally. Length, 6-7 mill. HAWAII, (Kilauea and Olaa); MAUI, (Wahainamcodst) cries) elaine 13. montivagus, sp. nov. Costal margins of tegmina well rounded. Length, 7 mill. OAHU, (Kawailoa gulch); MOLOK'‘AS, (400014500 ft.); HA- WAII, )Hualalai, 5000 ft, Olaa, Kilauea). F. H., 120 and g U2 ae EI eh oe La leh eee hah ih coat Fee 14. koanoa Kirkaldy. Tegmina maculate. Vertex truncate apically. Mesonotal keels castaneous; tegmina scarcely more than twice longer than wide, hyaline, veins on basal % pale, granules pale brown, tegmina sparingly spotted with pale brown. Length, 5 mill. OAHU, (Kaala, 3500 ft., on Acacia KOA) ii cleteve cee st rotoln) ele neler cichovoreietersneisenee Meretare 15. acaciae, sp. nov. Mesonotal keels black. Tegminal veins almost entirely black! clavus with 3 black spots, rest of tegmen spotted with yellow fuliginous. Length, 9 mill. MAUI, (Haleakala, OOO phb i raerereauercstalcts eke sete coperetelete eheeuans 16. haleakalae, sp. nov. Vertex rounded or subangular apically. Costal margins pale brown; tegminal veins particolored on basal half; tegmina scarcely more than twice as long as broad, on* basal half; tegmina scarcely more than twice as long as broad. Length, 6 mill. MAUI, (Haleakala, 5000 ft.) BRET RIO O OD Ged Bia co cnchoc tea Oi:c'5 5 17. monticola, sp. nov. Tegmina about 2% times as long as broad; costal margins black and -white alternately (also radial, etc.) Length 8 mille) O AGI Ws (Ram tals) ny. ceiererieele 18. kaohinani, sp. nov. Females. Tegmina more or less fuliginous, or at least strongly yel- lowish; not speckled. Mesonotum at least dark castaneous, generally blackish. Teemina dark fuliginous, except a small part of the costal AUCH hee oie ys ere CSCVER cis tiara wicteeks come eee 6. morai Kirkaldy. Mesonotum pale castaneous; tegmina varying from yetiow- ish ‘to’ dark. fuligimoOus) os so-so ce eee ets ates aiersis ole hele eneiole ols 1ounlO ah etso atv 13. montivagus, sp. nov., and 7. kaonohi, sp. nov.* Tegmina not fuliginous, or only spottedly so. Tegmina immaculate. Length not less than 7 mill. Veins on basal % of tegmffia pale brown, granules dark. KeAUAT C4 OOO REG Ri creietete cretetete eicnereianere 19. silvestris, sp. Nov. * At Kilauea (of Hawaii) there is a similarly coloured form, 7% mill, long; vertex shorter and broader, of which I do not know the male. It may be called var. voleanicola nov. (of kaonohi). 79 46(45). Veins on basal % alternately dark and pale; HAWAII, (Ki- “evo: Oe SPiCAe Eom PASS ICIS DOS CON cL CEE ae 20. pele, sp. nov. 47(44). Length not more than 6 mill. 48(49). Cross veins on tegmina near the apex not suffused BBO G0 6 OC IEE DS CISCO TIO DEMO Der enCae creer 14. koanoa Kirkaldy. 49(48). Cross veins suffused. KAUAT, (2000-3000 ft. and Maka- WSLS 2000) TES) Keates icsrae crore cracker es eo oie 21. kauaiensis, sp. NOV. 50(48). Tegmina maculate. 51(52). Length less than 6% mill. Vertex truncate apically, broad and short. HAWAII, (Kilauea), F. H., 120 and 122) Pl. 4, f. 7. atelaivelcy Pete chs Eira slap sieregsesrasile lucie tence tush eters 22. puna Kirkaldy. 52(51). Length more than 7 mill. 53(56). Apical third of tegming not spotted. 54(55). Tegminal veins particoloured. MOLOKAT, (4000 ft.); KA- UAI, (Halemanu, 4000 ft.); HAWAII, (Kona, 4000 ft.)...... ndoooonondon OpOoOnCOUS OE OOHOOddadoaroSOb Uso EOOK 20. pele, var? 55(54). Tegmfnal veins black. 56(53). Apical third of tegmina more or less spotted, or at least some of the apical veins strongly ‘suffused. 57(58). (a). Face black, lateral margins narrowly castanéous, a pale wedge at the base of the clypeus laterally; vertex scarcely extending beyond the eyes, broad, lateral marging converging towards the apex which is slightly rounded; about twice as broad at base as at apex, and about % longer than wide at base. Tegmina hyaline, heavily spotted, at least 4 black spots on the costal area; veins on the basal %/, of tegmen particiloured. Sterna, abdomen, femora, etc., mostly dark piceous or black- ish. Length, 10% mill. MOLOKAT....23. paludicola, sp. nov. (b). Face as in the last, but the pale area large vertex narrower, nearly twice as long as broad. Tegmina yellowish hyaline, veins black, except the radial which is partly white; apical third spotted. Underside, legs, ete., dull piceous. Length, 8% mfil. HAWAII, (Hilo, 2000 ft.)..24, nemoricola, sp. nov. (c). Face as in the last: vertex short and broad, much as in paludi- cola. Tegmina hyaline, tinged with yellow, slightly spotted, veins particoloured. Legs brownish-yellow. K'AUAT, (4000 Oo 1 18h, WeAOvennGl eee IPL te ae eae as 25. oreno Kirkaldy. [var. molokaiensis has tegmina not yellowish more heav- ily spotted; face blackish. MOLOKAT.] [var. oahuensis is like molokaiensis, but the tegmina are obliquely banded, the pale area on the face larger than in the type. OAHU, Koolau range]. (d). Vertex narrow, longer, slightly wider basally than apically. Tegmina not strongly spotted, sometimes scarcely so apical- ly, with yellowish fuliginous transverse stripes (sometimes little apparent). Legs yellowish........ 8. kaohinani, sp. nov. * Perhaps also from OAHU, (Waianae, 3000 ft.)) MAUI, (Kipahulu, O. H. S., and Haleakala, 5000 ft.). 80 I have to thank Mr. W. M. Giffard for the generous gift of his collections, and Messrs. O. H. Swezey and F. W. Terry for allowing me the loan of their specimens for examination. The foundation of this paper has been the balance of the collections made by Dr. Perkins for the “Sandwich Islands Committee.” The following new forms have been described in this paper: Tolania perkinsi var. notata. Oliarus kahavalu, kaonohi, filicicola, procellaris, pluvialis, nubigenus, silvicola, montivagus, acaciae, haleakalae, monticola, kaohinant, silvestris, pele, kauaiensis, paludicola: nemoricola, spp., and kaonohi var. volcanicola; and orono var. molokaiensis and oahuensis, On a new Derbid Homopteron from New Zealand and Notes on other Hemiptera. BY G. W. KIRKALDY. The genus Cenchrea was described by Westwood, as a sub genus of Derbe (1841 Ann. Mag. Hist., vi, 479; and 1842 T. Linn. Soc., London, xix, 15), with a single species, dorsalis, from St. Vincent in the Lesser Antilles. Since then, Uhler has de- scribed exquisita from the same Island (1895, P. Z. S., Lon- don), and Ball has added uhleri and heidemanni from the United states: (1902) (Can Hote 260): As the only genus of Derbidae that was known to inhabit both New and Old Worlds, is Lamenia Stal (which has g species in America, one 1n Tahiti—a possibly wrong habitat however—2 in Queensland, and one in Larat of the Malay Archipelago), I was surprised to find among some Maorian Hemiptera sent me by my friends Mr. A. Hamilton (Director of the Dominion Museum) and Mr. G. Howes (Govt. Entomologist), from Well- ington, two examples of a species of this genus. It must be noted, however, that it is very probably not endemic there. In his figure of C. dorsalis, (1842 Trans cit., Pl. 19, f. 8), Westwood has evidently incorrectly represented the pronotum, which he has shown as having a truncate basal margin; a char- acter found in no Derbid, in which family it is always emargin- ate, very often deeply so. C. maorica, sp. nov. The type example is pale yellowish-brown, the frons having a large inverted fuscous Y, the clypeus also partly suffused with the same tint. The tegmina are bronzy yellow, the costal area and the greater Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 81 part of the apical third blackish, the latter so suffused as to make apparent 3 bronzy-yellowish spots, one at each corner of the rough triangle. The veins are partly (and probably very varyingly) orange- brown, and there are several small yellow spots scattered over the tegmen. Wings fuliginous. Legs pale yellow. Abdomen black, the incisures sanguineous. The scutellum has 3 paler longitudinal lines. The other specimen is probably not quite mature, the whole colour- ing being pale, the small spots on the tegmina -whitish, and the veins concolorous with the ground colour. The tegminal venation is very similar to that of CG. dorsalis, but the brachial vein is forked much nearer to the base. Length, 4 mill.; expanse of tegmina, 15 mill. Hab. New Zealand, Wellington (Hamilton and Howes). I have recently received from Mr. Hamilton, a specimen of the Homopteron Siphanta acuta from Auckland, This is, I be- lieve, the first record of its occurrence in New Zealand. It is of course, not endemic, but immigrant (probably introduced with ornamental shrubs) from Australia. In my recent “List of the Hemiptera of the Maorian Region” (Group. slirans WIN.) 2... Insts.) x1) 2270)" 1 iomitted) Poecilometis gravis (Fabricius), a Halyine Cimicid. This was described in 1781 from New Zealand, but has since been found in New South Wales. As this genus of 12 species is entirely Australian, and gravis has never been found since in New Zealand, it is probable that the latter habitat was incorrect in the first place. In the same list, “syn.” between 14 and 15 should be deleted; there should be a “h’’ before the second “enicocephaius” on line 29 of p. 26 ;and on p. 28, line 9 from botton, “specimens” should be “species.” MAY 6th, 19009. The 51st regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Fy Mr. Giffard exhibited specimens of a stylops (Elenchus sp.), and leaf-hoppers (Nesosydne ipomoeicola Kirk.) from which they had bred. The leaf-hoppers were collected by him on Tan- talus, and the stylops bred out in Jan, and Feb., 1906. Mr. Giffard also wished to record the finding recently of Orthezia msignis infesting a Clermontia bush on Schmidt's Ridge, Tantalus. 82 JUNE 3rd, 1909. The fifty-second regular meeting was held in the usual place. PAPERS READ. Notes on the Hemipterous genus QOechalia. RY G. W. KIRKALDY. The genus Oechalia is a typical Cimicine, restricted to Aus- tralia, New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands. It may be divid- ed into two subgenera, the typical, containing only O. consocialis, from Australia and New Zealand, and Hawaiicola (nov.) with grisea (the type) and kaonohi, sp. nov., confined to these islands, the prosternum (1) in these two last having a little lobe on ao side in front. The australo-maorian consocialis is, like the hawaiian grisea, exceedingly variable in colour; in all the few specimens that I have seen, the pronotal angles are acute and prominent, perhaps a little more so than in any grisea. The male pygophor is very similar to that of the other species, but I have only one male which is perhaps not quite mature. O. consocialis is carnivorous. Bergroth cites a correspondent as authority that it “se nourrit des cadavres de divers animaux” (1891, Rev. Ent., x, 202). Froggatt states that it feels on larvae of the Lepidopteron Phalaenides (Agarista) glycine, which it finds on Vines, etc., and of the Coleopteron Galerucella semipul- lata which defoliates garden Fig-trees, ornamental trees, etc. “On a warm summer day, where the caterpillars are plentiful on the Vines, these bugs may be observed running about with the remains of a caterpillar hanging on their beak, or else quietly at work sucking up the juice of a freshly attacked victim” (1902, Agr. Gaz., N. S. Wales,.321). This carnivorous habit is well known in the Cimicinae, and T have only recently received some nymphs of the closely allied New Zealand species Cermatulus nasalis with caterpillars of Asaphodes megaspilata (on Leptos- permum scopariunr), attached to their beaks, from my friend Mr. George Howes of Wellington. O. consocialis (also known as schellembergii )is apparently well distributed over Australia and Tasmania, as well as New Zealand. The record from the Philippines is probably erroneous, (1) Schouteden, (1907), Gen. Ins., LII, 75, incorrectly says ‘“prono- tum.” Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soe. II. Plate 2. Kirkaldy—On the genus Oechalia. 1. O. kaonohi. 2. O. grisea. 3. O. grisea var. pacified. ee 5 ote 2 vo? why 83 The subgenus Hawaticola now contains at least two species; whether the new one now described is the “new species”? of my paper of the Proc. Haw. E. S., I, 141, I do not know. As yet, I have seen only a single male taken at Naalehu, Hawaii, by Mr. Swezey, in a sugar-cane field. Stal’s two species, Arma patruelis and pacifica evidently refer to the two forms of O. grisea, pacifica being the same as typical grisea. The following table will distinguish these three species: 1(2). Prosternum simple; abdominal basal spine of the urosternites rather short, scarcely extending beyond the hind coxae; male pygophor pale, with pale styles.................. Rode Sao Peraey as totat iota slane senelsiets [Oechalia typical] consocialis Boisduval. 2(1). Prosternum lobulate in front on each side; urosternital spine reaching well beyond the middle coxae or nearly to the fore GODEIGe S00, L once ane doo ons onsaobModer [subg. Hawaiicola, nov.] 3(4). Broader form, pronotum very distinctly transverse; uros- ternital spine shorter. Male styles blackish; posterolateral spinelet on 7th urosternite more distinct.2. grissq Burmeister. (a). Pronotal spines blunt—grisea typical. (b). Pronotal acute, prominent=var. patruelis. 4(3). Longer and narrower form, pronotum scarcely transverse, urosternital spine longer, male styles pale; posterolateral spinelet on 7th urosternite scarcely distinct.3. kaonohi, sp. nov. Oechalia kaonohi, sp. nov. Male very similar to grisea, but as may be seen from the dimen- sions, much longer and at the same time narrower. Both head and anterior part of pronotum are distinctly less declivous and the head is distinctly longer. In typical grisea the proportion of the length of the pronotum to its width is 2:1, while in kaonohi it is 2%:1. The pronotal angles are roundedly obtuse and scarcely prominent. Ag stated in the table, the abdominal spine is distinctly shorter and the 7th urosternite is scarcely spinose laterally. The male pygophor is pale and the papillae on the semicircular plate are less in numker, while the crenulations on the ventral margin of the same are less in number and feebler. The colouring is similar to that of light-coloured grisea, and the new species will be found, probably, to vary like the latter. Length, 12 mill., breadth between lateral angles of pronotum, 4% mill. Hab. Hawaii, Naalehu, and other places. Ry In no way is typical grisea a link between its var. patruelis and kaonohi, as apart from the development of the pronotal spines, the first two are identical in form. (a) Oechalia grisea, male pygophor; (b) O.kaonohi, the same. N. B.—In both, the ventral surface of the pygophor is uppermost. I have not seen any females of kaonohi, but that of grisea 1s sufficiently distinct from consocialis, its 7th urosternite being more deeply emarginate apically, and the apilolateral plate of the pygophor is distinctly longer and more prominent. Note on the Synonomy of two Hawaiian Beetles. BY G. W. KIRKALDY. In Mr. Champion’s notice in the Ent. Mo. Mag (2), xx, 103-4, (May, 1909), “Notes on Cossonidae,’ it is stated that the beetle Thalattodora insignis Perkins (1900) found in a log on the beach at Kauai [Kanai! Champion] is a synonym of Dryotribus mimeticus Horn, 1873, from South Florida. This beetle is also recorded from N. W. Australia; ““Nyew-tew” Isl., China; by Champion (Ent. Mo. Mag., (2), xx, 123, June, 1909). The Australian examples “were found under driftwood on a sandy beach.” In the latter paper, Champion also synonymizes Halo.x- enus Perkins, (1900), from Molokai and Lanai, with the Flori- dan Macrancylus Leconte (1876). 85 Notes on Hypocala andremona and Hypocala velans \(Lep.1. BY OTTO H, SWEZEY. | Specimens exhibited |. As reported on page 6, Vol. Il of the Proceedings of the Ha- waiian Entomological Society, Mr. G. P. Wilder discovered the caterpillars of Hypocala andremona on a tree in his yard. At the time the tree was supposed to be a Capota, but it could not be determined with certainty as the tree had never borne fruit. Recently Mr. Wilder has informed me that this tree has borne fruit, and it proves to be Sapota, On a trip up Niu ridge by several of the members of our So- ciety, May 16, 1909, caterpillars of this same species of moth were discovered feeding quite numerously on Hawaiian ebony trees (Maba sandwicensis). They showed the same variation in coloration as those which infested Mr. Wilder’s Sapota tree. Among them were a few that were sligntly different and not so slender as the others, these on rearing proved to be H. velans. May 31, on a trip into the Koolau Kange above Wahiawa, I again found caterpillars of H. velens feeding on an ebony tree. The caterpillars of this moth were heretofore unknown; now its native food plant is made known as well as that of H. andremona. I now present descriptions of larva and pupa of each. Hypocala andremona Cramer. Full-grown larva is about 45 mm.; cylindrical, slightly nar- rowed in front of 5th segment. Green form—Nearly uniform bright green with a yellowish tinge, more yellowish on dorsum of 5th segment. A pale yellow subdorsal line and a pale yellow line just below spiracles; three crinkled faint lines between these two, a similar line on each side of dorsal vessel; spiracles white, black margined, a black spot above and enclosing the upper part of each, often a forward pro- jection from the upper part of the spot, more particularly on the spot above the posterior spiracle. Tubercles concolorous, incon- spicuous; hairs slender; 12th segment slightly enlarged dorsally. Head concolorous, with two vertical black bars in front very wide apart. The black spots on the spiracles are larger in dif- ferent specimens, varying till in some there is a continuous stripe enclosing the spiracles, pinkish on the lower part. The cater- pillar turns rosy dorsally when about ready to pupate. An intermediate form has head mostly black, and much black- ish mottling on dorsal part; cervical shield mostly black-marked ; the black spiracular stripe incomplete. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 86 Another intermediate form has a complete subdorsal black stripe, spiracular stripe incomplete, several fine much-interrupted black lines between these two stripes; an interrupted subspira- cular black stripe; a few short black lines on dorsum of seg- ments 2 to 6; conspicuous yellowish-white transverse dorsal mark on segment 5; head blackish on periphery, or nearly all blackish. Black form—Almost entirely black, less intense below; head entirely black; a white line each side of dorsal vessel, a subdorsal white line and a fainter line between it and the preceeding; sev- eral crinkled white lines on sides; more or less whitish or pinkish between segments on line of spiracles, large white patch below spiracle making an interrupted white subspiracular stripe; spira- cles white; two subdorsal white spots on segment 5, often pink- ish; segment 12 slightly enlarged dorsally and some whitish or pinkish on this enlargement. Two specimens had orange-yellow on middle of cervical shield, on 5th segment and on hump of 12th segment. Pupa—22 mm.; medium dark brown; wing- antenna- and leg- cases terminate roundly on apex of 4th abdominal segment; in- cisures between segments 4-7 movable; fine punctures scattered over surface of abdomen above and below, more numerous at base of segments; spiracles situated in smooth oval darker areas; cremaster inconspicuous, with four slightly diverging, ventrally curved, hooked spines, the two inner -ones larger. Pupation takes place in a cell in the soil, or beneath trash on the surface. The cell is supplied with a few fibers of silk. The pupal period 13-17 days. Hypocala velans Walker. Full-grown caterpillar—4o mm.; shorter and thicker than andremona; of a fuscous-brown color which is nearly uniform, but on close examination is found to be made up of dark fus- cous or black with numerous crinkled longitudinal lines of a lavender color; two distinct lines border the dorsal vessel and have outward angulations in the segments; just at inner margin of tubercle i in segments 5-11 is a small black spot, a larger spot in front of tubercle ii in segments 7-10; a spot of yellow and lavender mixed lies outwards from tubercle i in segments 5 and 12; a pale yellowish spiracular line; tubercles pale lavender with a black dot at base of setae; spiracles oval, very pale yellow- ish with black margin; cervical shield has a black longitudinal subdorsal band on each side; head mostly black, a few pale lavender spots in front and on upper part, paraclypeus pale, with two black spots. Two specimens were light green with the lines which were lavender in the other specimens white instead; spiracular stripe 87 with upper half black and lavender mixed, lower half white; one has black tubercles, in the other they are concolorous. Head green with black vertical band in middle of each lobe; one has almost whole side of head black. Pupa—23-25 mm.; similar to H. andremona, except that it has the cremaster slightly produced (spines the same) and there is a black dorsal protuberance on posterior margin of meso- thorax; the metathorax is longitudinally striate, whereas in andremona it is smooth. Pupa formed in cell in the soil. Meyrick in “Macrolepidoptera” of the “Fauna Hawaiiensis” considers velans to be a native race of andremona, which is an American species, and that the typical specimens caught by Dr. Perkins were recent immigrants. Be that as it may, the differ- ences shown above for the larvae and pupae taken in connection with the differences in the adults, seems to me to be sufficient to consider them as distinct species; i. e., if velans is derived from andremona, it has become sufficiently modified as to be consid- ered a species. Note on Plagithmysus perkinsi Sharp (Col.]. BY W. M. GIFFARD. (Presented by O. H. Swezey). I have just been fortunate enough to breed this beetle from a larva I brought back with me from the neighborhood of the Vol- cano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, June 6, 1908. On that date, | took a finely matured specimen on a “naieo” tree (Myoporum sandwicense) and noticing signs of decay on the tree, as well as traces of the larva of this insect, I cut a section of the trunk and brought the same with me to Honolulu. Ever since that time, I have been watching and following up the boring of the larva beneath the bark, having on two occasions come onto the larva, fortunately however, not damaging it. For the period between June 6, 1908, and the emergence of the imago, I have had the section of wood enclosed in a sack at my Tantalus home. The sack and all have been dipped twice per week in pure rain water, and besides the wood has been exposed to sunshine at various intervals. The imago emerged May 25, 1909. The larva had bored about 8 inches in a zigzag manner, during the 11 months I had it in my possession. Plagithmysus perkinsi is one of the rarer species and difficult at present to obtain unless under the most favorable circumstan- ces. So far as I know, it has not before been bred from the larva. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. CONTENTS OF VOL. II, No. 2: Constitution and) By-laws; (TevVision)).. ss. cnet eee 42 Giffard, W. M.—Notes on a Collection of Odynerus from Maui Et Bag 00 Ua] | MSMR Sn ey UTR aN ame Ne 37 Note on Plagithmysus perkinsi [Col.]............. 87 Kirkaldy, G. W.—Note on.a Cimicid Hemipteron with deformed head, and on a Membracid with deformed PTO O GUI ob olen Braye) Sera leuer oh, aileron ce Sie eae 39 A revision of the Hemipterous family Nabidae. found. in the Hawatians Islands. 220-22 s2.2% 49 Note on a genus of Californian Tetigoniidae PERC sc rahe i ee ere ok RA cee oe eto letore ete 70 A conspectus of the Fulgoridae of the Hawaii- AN ELE MIEPLO MAS ails rruetwrc Haier aerate ete atm cy ase Reais ts) A new Derbid Homopteron from New Zealand and Notes on other Hemiptera.............. 80 Notes on the genus Oechalia [Hem.]......... 82 Note on the synonomy of two Hawaiian beetles $84 Kotinsky,, J:-——A. Goecidsnew tO awa ie Sailers) sleleye) slslisiter oleic ebetetonets 72 Swezey, O. H—Banana Leaf-rollers of the genus Omiodes [Lep.].. 40 Generic Synopsis of Hawaiian Macrolepidoptera. 44 Another Banana Leaf-roller [Lep.].............. 74 Notes on Hypocala andremona and Hypocala velaus PROD eT Prices ees os io oinicie tere w stake lelmtarmpiol an npa!a) stats sto telatt 85 —— -- MOI Ll, ANGy 3s May 1910. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HAWAIIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR July—December 1909 { with 2 Plates) a area unato§e panne ee HONOLULU, HAWAII. PRICE, 50 CENTS. PURVIS OLDIE INGD Sy cron sensv ac agree eee VICE-PRESIDENT i snin tee anes * Resigned in April. ** 'To fill vacancy. MEMBERSHIP 1909. Austin, Ce J. *Blackburn, .T. Bryan, W. A. Carter, G. R. Cooke, J. P. Cooper, H. E. Davies, T. C. Deering, C. W. C. Eckart, C. F. Ebrhorn, HK. M. Fullaway, D. T. Giffard, W. M. Holmes, H. Jordan, G. A. Kirkaldy, G. W. *Koebele, A. Kotinsky, J. Kuhns, D. B. Muir, F. * Honorary. Munro, Jas. *Newell, Bro. Matthias Paxton, E. E. *Perkins, R. C. L. Pfotenhauer, W. Potter, W. R. R. Reed, Miss M. Rock, Jos. *Sharp, D. Swezey, O. H. Swezey, Mrs. O. H. Tenney, E. D. Terry, F. W. Van Dine, D. L. Waldron, J. W. Waterhouse, A. Wilcox, E. V. Wilder, G. P. All correspondence to be addressed to the Secretary, at the Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, Honolulu, Hawaii, from whom copies of- the Proceedings may be purchased. Volume I of the Proceedings, for 1905-07 (in 5 numbers), contains 210 pages, 4 plates, and 5 text figures. Volume II, No. 1, contains 35 pages, 1 cut and one portrait. contains 53 pages, 2 plates and 3 cuts. Price of any $2.00. Volume II, No. 2, single number 50 cents. Price of the complete volume x - <9 2 q : 23 . o IS ot Rao O aE OTTO H. SWEZEY — \ F. W. TERRY** ( D. L. VAN DINE* ee ee Menitey SaaS. eRe Se D. B. KUHNS sv aby Pie + 87 with upper half black and lavender mixed, lower half white; one has black tubercles, in the other they are concolorous. Head green with black vertical band in middle of each lobe; one has almost whole side of head black. Pupa—23-25 mm.; similar to H. andremona, except that it has the cremaster slightly produced (spines the same) and’ there is a black dorsal protuberance on posterior margin of meso- thorax; the metathorax is longitudinally striate, whereas in andremona it is smooth. Pupa formed in cell in the soil. Meyrick in “Macrolepidoptera” of the “Fauna Hawaiien- sis” considers velans to be a native race of andremona, which is an American species, and that the typical specimens caught by Dr. Perkins were recent immigrants. Be that as it may, the differences shown above for the larvee and pupee taken in con- nection with the differences in the adults, seems to me to be sufficient to consider them as distinct species; i. e., if velans is derived from andremona, it has become sufficiently modified as . to be considered a species. Note on Plagithmysus perkinsi Sharp [Col.] BY W. M. GIFFARD. (Presented by O. H. Swezey.) I have just been fortunate enough to breed this beetle from a larva I brought back with me from the neighborhood of the Vol- eano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, June 6, 1908. On that date, I took a finely matured specimen on a “naieo” tree (Myoporum sandwicense) and noticing signs of decay on the tree, as well as traces of the larva of this insect, I cut a section of the trunk and brought the same with me to Honolulu. Ever since that time, I have been watching and following up the boring of the larva beneath the bark, having on two occasions come onto the larva, fortunately however, not damaging it. For the period between June 6, 1908, and the emergence of the imago, I have had the section of wood enclosed in a sack at my Tantalus home. The sack and all have been dipped twice per week in pure rain water, and besides the wood has been exposed to sunshine at various intervals. The imago emerged May 25, 1909. The larva had bored about 8 inches in a zigzag manner, during the 11 months I had it in my possession. Plagithmysus perkinsi is one of the rarer species and difficult at present to obtain unless under the most favorable cireum- stances. So far as I know, it has not before been bred from the larva. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 88 JULY. Isr, 1909. The fifty-third regular meeting was held in the usual place, Mr. Swezey in the chair. PAPERS READ. The Ebony Leaf-miner (Gracilaria mabaella) [Lep., n. sp.] BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. On a trip to Niu Ridge, towards the southeastern end of the Koolau Range of mountains on Oahu, May 16th, 1909, in a grove of native ebony trees (Maba sandwicensis and M. hille- brandii) it was observed that a great many of the leaves had been mined by some insect. They were mostly old mines in old leaves, the trees at the time just putting forth a new growth, and the new leaves were yet unmined. Search was made for leaves containing the miner, to ascertain its identity, but noth- ing was found in any of the leaves. However, Mr. Jacob Kotin- sky, who was one of the party, found on a leaf a cocoon which he turned over to me for rearing. The moth which emerged in a few days was a (Gracilaria of a species different from those already described from these islands. May 31st, while in the forest of the Koolau mountains above the Wahiawa homesteads, I came upon a small ebony tree, and its leaves were similarly mined. I also found one cocoon, from which a moth of the same species of Gracilaria emerged in a few days. June 27th, I made another trip to Niu Ridge. This time I was so successful as to find a few new leaves of ebony that were mined, and in some of them were nearly full-grown larvee which I succeeded in rearing to maturity. I also succeeded in catching a few moths by sweeping the foliage of the lower branches of the trees. All were of the same species reared from the cocoons previously mentioned. In Microlepidoptera of the Fauna Hawaiiensis, two species of Gracilaria are described. One, Marginestrigata, mines the leaves of Sida, Xanthium and Datura, and is very abundant on the lowlands of Oahu. The other, epibathra, is rare, and its Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 89 habits are unknown.* This one mining leaves of the native ebony is very different from the other two species. I have named it for its foodplant. Gracilaria mabaella n. sp. [Fam. Tineidae]}. (Plate 3, fig. 6.) Antennae dark fuscous, longer than fore wing. Palpi slender, ascending, dark fuscous, white above near apex of second segment and at base and apex of terminal segment. Maxillary palpi filiform, white inside, fuscous outside. Head purplish fuscous, some whitish scales in front. Thorax purple. Forewings purple with a few scatter- jing whitish ochreous scales, an ill-defined whitish ochreous patch near base and a wide costal streak of the same color, beginning at about one-fourth and extending to near apex with two extensions dorsally to the fold; several dark dots on costa; cilia fuscous. Hindwings and cilia uniform fuscous. Abdomen fuscous above, pale yellowish below. Fore and hind femora and tibiae brownish fuscous; tarsi white, fus- cous at apex of segments. Hind femora white with a fuscous spot on outer side near apex; tibiae and tarsi light fuscous above, whitish below. Full-grown larva—About 7mm., pale yellowish-white; head concol- orous, eyes dark; head and following segment a little wider than the rest of the body; abdominal prolegs on segments 7 to 9. Pupa—4-6 mm., very slender; pale greenish-white, eyes dark brown; head with a pointed projection in front; wing-cases extend to near apex of 6th abdominal segment, free beyond 4th segment; pos- terior leg-cases extend slightly beyond apex of abdomen, antenna-cases extend a little farther; cremaster unarmed; dorsum of abdomen cov- ered with minute, short, backward-projecting spines, probably for assist- ance in emergence; abdominal segments beyond 4th movable. Pupa becomes darker as time for emergence approaches. The usual form of mine begins near margin of leaf towards base, approaches the margin, then follows it to near apex, thence to midrib which it follows downward, soon widening quite regu- larly te a broad blotch extending nearly or quite to the base of the leaf. On the old leaves these blotches are conspicuous by their having become blackened after the emergence of the larva. The larva emerges from the mine to construct its cocoon, which is rounded-oval, white and parchment-like, about 7 mm. long by 4 mm. wide, and is made on the surface of the leaf in a depression, or a slight fold at the margin. The resting position of the moth is with the anterior end of *]I have more recently ascertained that this species mines the leaves of Dubautia. 90 the body raised at an angle of 45°, supported by the fore and middle legs which are placed together, the hind legs being extended backward beneath the body and concealed by the wings, whose tips touch the surface of the leaf. The antennae are folded on the back. Notes on Some Insects Observed in South China Which Are Also Common in Hawaii. BY F. W. TERRY. The following brief notes‘may be of interest in showing the possible source of some of our commoner insect introductions ; especially when one considers the early date at which vegetable and other products commenced to be imported from South China to Honolulu and other ports on these islands. LEPIDOPTERA. Zinckenia fascialis Cram. (Hymenia recurvalis Fab.). This little pyralid, which has a wide distribution throughout the Neo- tropical and Oriental regions, was observed commonly around Hong Kong and Kowloon, the larvee feeding upon Amaranta- ceous and Chonopodiaceous weeds, as they do here. HyMENOPTERA. VESPIDAE. Polistes hebracus Fab. and P. macaensis Feb. were both fairly common around Hong Kong and Kowloon, although not so much in evidence as they are here. EVANIIDAE. Several species were observed, but Hvania appendigaster Linn. was the most abundant around Hong Kong and Kowloon, and also at Macao; a high percentage of Blattid oothece being infested by this species. The following observations were made on its life-history : A 2 was observed ovipositing Aug. 20th, the process of pierc- ing the oothecal wall and depositing the egg occupying about Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. on 15 minutes. From this ootheca a 2 parasite emerged Sept. 29th. The period thus occupied from oviposition to the adult being 40 days. CHALCIDIDAE. The little chaleid, Tetrastichus hagenowti Ratzeb., was also common in Blattid oothece. CoLEOPTERA. MELOLONTHIDAE. Adoretus umbrosus Waterh. A few specimens of this beetle were collected both at Hong Kong and Macao, but it was far from common, and is probably controlled by parasites or preda- tors. ELATERIDAE. Melanoxanthus melanocephalus Thunb., fairly common around Hong Kong. Die TERA. SYRPHIDAE. Eristalis tenax L. and FE. punctulatus Maeq. both common around Hong Kong and Kowloon, the latter species also from Macao. Eumerus marginatus Grims., not collected by me, but a 2 was taken by Mr. F. Muir at Howlik, South C hina, 1907. Alsoa 6 collected by him at Amboina, Moluccas, May, 1909. These rec- ords are interesting, since the species was originally described by Grimshaw from specimens collected by Dr. Perkins in Hono- lulu, 1900.* At the time, however, Mr. Grimshaw expressed doubt as to the endemic claims of this syrphid. MUSCIDAE. As one might expect, Musca domestica Linn. and Stomoxys calcitrans Linn. were abundant. Lucilia dux Esch.** was also eommon, both at Macao and Hong Kong, in dead animal matter * Fauna Hawaiiensis III, pt. 1, p. 82. ** Specimens identified as this species, I suspect to belong to the genus Pycnosoma. 92 and refuse. A small blood-sucking muscid, closely allied to Lyperosia, but quite distinct from our introduced L. serrata, | was observed commonly on cattle; being especially partial to water-buffaloes. An attempt was made to breed it in cattle- manure, but with practically negative results, only one larva feeding up, which suggests that this is not its normal food, for both fresh and old material were used. Several small Acalyptratae and Ortalidae, also common here, were collected, but have not been identified. TRYPETIDAE. Dacus cucurbitae Coq. was found to be fairly common in native gardens at Kowloon. Several infested cucurbits were collected, with the hope that parasites might be bred out, but without results. ORTHOPTERA. ACIIETIDAR. Gryllotalpa africana Fab., a specimen taken in a moist field in Kowloon. ACRIDHDAE. Oxya velox Fab., fairly numerous near Macao. Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanch., rather common around Hong Kong and Kowloon. AUGUST 5tn, 1909. The fifty-fourth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Wember electedime cei cies ciieieiien tele oi tenei cree tneanne We Ro Re LORTEE NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Swezey exhibited some ears of corn from Hamakuapoko, Maui, which had been attacked by the sugar cane borer (Spheno- phorus obscurus). The larvee had in some instances bored wp through the stem of the ear from the stalk and formed a cocoon for pupation within the cob. Some had eaten amongst the ker- 93 nels more or less. He was of the opinion that this was the first record of this weevil attacking corn. Mr. Rock reported having observed a good deal of dead Hawaiian sumach at Kailua, Hawai. He thought it had appar- ently been killed by some insect, but did not discover what. Notes on Maui Insects. BY D. B. KUHNS. Following are a few observations on insects during a recent trip to Maui: At the hotel in Wailuku, I was astonished at the number of eee batches of Siphanta acuta Walk. that were attached to the veranda post, sides of the walls and leaves of the bird’s-nest fern, Asplenium nidas L. Upon examination almost every batch of eggs showed the exit holes of a parasite, probably Aphanomerus pusillus Perk. A papaya tree in Judge Kings- bury’s yard was riddled by larve and adults of Pseudolus lon- gulus Boh. In company with Mr. A. Hayselden at Lahaina, I observed Epitragus diremptus Karsch. feeding on the leaves of an orange tree, which seems contrary to the general opinion that this insect does not feed on green leaves. A large Araucaria tree in a yard was the home of thousands of ants of the species Camponotus maculatus var. hawaiiensis Forel. They had eaten large galleries underneath the bark of the tree, and if they had not been disturbed they would have soon killed the tree. The cocoanut leafroller Oniiodes blackburni Butl. had stripped the leaves of all the cocoanut trees in Wailuku, but at Lahaina the damage was not noticeable, although the imsects were present. Adenoneura falsifalcellum Wlsm. (A Correction). BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. The moth whose habits are given under the name Hnarmonia sp. on page 15 of Vol. II, No. 1, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., I have- recently ascertained to be Adenoneura falsifalcellum Wlsm. Recently, the Microlepidoptera and the Coleoptera of the fam- Proce. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 94 ilies Elateride, Staphylinide and miscellaneous other families, collected for the ‘Fauna Hawaiiensis,” have been received at the Bishop Museum (i. e. the Bishop Museum’s share) worked- out and labelled. It was by comparing my specimens of this moth with those in the collection that I have learned its true identity. Those in the Museum collection were collected by Dr. Perkins at Olaa, Hawaii. Notes on Dromaeolus arduus Sharp [Col.] BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. On July 5th, 1909, while Mr. Fullaway and myself were collecting insects on one of the ridges of Palolo Valley, Oahu, we found a large number of the larvee of what proved to be this species of Eucnemini. They were in the wet, soft, rotten wood of dead stems of Scaevola chamissoniana. Many were full- grown and had formed elongate oval cells in the wood for pupa- tion, and were lying therein folded in a loop with the two extremities near together. A few cells were found with pupz in, and from these adults emerged beginning July 19th and for a tew days following. The larvee of this subfamily of Elateride are quite remark- able in structure. They have no legs, and it is very difficult to find any mouth-opening in some of them. The mandibles are peculiar in that they open outward instead of closing together, as is the usual way. The head is usually armed with saw-like teeth, which assist in burrowing in wood by free movements of the head. They have been but little studied. Dr. Sharp figures the larva of an Hawaiian species in The Cambridge Natural History, Insects, Part II, p. 260. It does not give all the details present in the larva of arduwus. Full-grown larva of arduus—17-18 mm.; pale yellowish, head mostly brown, also a little brown at posterior extremity ; nearly cylindrical, somewhat compressed, especially at the ex- tremities; moderately constricted between segments; head strongly compressed to a sharp margin, narrower than succeed- ing segments, front margin nearly straight for a short distance, then evenly curved around each side, which is armed with 7 slightly backward-projecting teeth or serrations; mandibles ob- Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 95 scure, perhaps obsolete, Segment 2 strongly compressed in front thickening posteriorly, with some brown chitinized patches both dorsally and ventrally; a median elongate somewhat roughened patch both dorsally and ventrally. Similar roughened patehes anteriorly on the other segments, those of segments 3 and 4 somewhat horseshoe-shaped; those of segments 5-12 round or roundish-oval; a median-round or oval ring near posterior mar- gin of segments 4-12 both dorsally and ventrally. Segment 15 has a patch of short, conical, backwardly-directed spines on ven- tral side, in front of it a curved line of similar spines; probably these and the roughened patches on the segments are concerned with locomotion, assisting the larva in working its way through the soft, rotten wood; this segment is thickened, somewhat com- pressed, blunt and rounded posteriorly, punctuate all over pos- terior portion. Spiracles circular, brown, situated on segments 3, 5-12. The pupa is pale yellowish white; 7-8 mm. SEPTEMBER 9ru, 1909. The fifty-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Fullaway exhibited a collection of insects recently made on Molokai and gave notes on the same. Mr. Kirkaldy reported that the mantid (T’enodera sinensis) formerly reported only from Hamakua and [Hilo districts of Hawaii, was now present in Kohala, Hawaii. Mr. Kotinsky exhibited a peculiar Psewdoccus, possibly a new species, recently collected on Straussia on Tantalus. Mr. Kotinsky reported having several times recognized Pseudococcus nipae on green-house palms (/Kentia sp.) coming from Springfield, Ohio. 96 PAPERS READ. Life-History of Syritta oceanica Macq. [Dipt.] BY F. W. TERRY. This little svrphid was originally described from the collec- tion of M. Bigot by Macquart in 1854. The habitat given for the type (a female) is rather vague and suggests a wide distribu- tion, being stated as “De ’Oceanie, Otaiti et Nouvelle Zelande.” Although so common in the plains and lower elevations, hover- ing around flowers, especially Compositae, its life-history had remained obseure until a 2 was observed ovipositing under the partially detached bark of a small twig upon the ground in a damp location, Panoa, near Honolulu, on May 30th, 1909. Rot- ten guavas were lying in abundance in the vicinity, but although several female adults hovered around them, no further oviposi- tion was observed. Upon examination, 33 eggs were found loosely inserted. These hatched four days later (8, vi, 09), and the larvee were placed in media similar to that surrounding the place of oviposition, and consisting of wet, decayed Hepaticae and guavas. These larve fed up readily, remaining invariably immersed in their pabulum, with merely the respiratory tube visible. They commenced to pupate June 22nd; adults emerg- ing July 2nd to 5th. The life-cycle is approximately thus: In- cubation period, 4 days; larval period about 19 days; pupal period about 11 days. Total about 34 days. Eeg.— White, narrowly ovoid; .6 x .2 mm.; the entire sur- face uniformly covered with minute elongate thickenings of the chorion, giving it that reticulated appearance so characteristic of many Dipterous ova. Larva.—Upon emergence the minute larva is very transluc- ent and difficult to distinguish from its moist food-material. The adult larva is about 14 x 3 mm., pale testaceous and amphipneus- tie, and bears a very general Pcoublane to that of Volucella obesa Fab. (a common non-indigenous species) but the stigmatic tubes are relatively more slender and longer. The integument is uniformly covered with short whitish hairs. . Head.—Completely retracted and hidden, buccal cavity con- spicnous, mouth-hooklets hidden. Antennae arise from a raised Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. of common base, basal segment large and swollen, bearing an ex- tero-lateral prolongation which somewhat resembles in size and appearance the small cylindrical 2nd and minute papilliform 5rd segments. Thorax.—The thoracic segments are much coalesced and ill- defined; the ventral tubercles of the 1st approximate to the mouth, folding around the latter; dorsally this segment bears a pair of small papilliform stigmata, the ventral tubercles of 2na and 3rd segments are well-developed and bear numerous sete and hooklets. Abdomen.-—A slight constriction separates the thoracic and abdominal regions, the latter consists of 9 segments, many of the ventral tubercles are so well developed as to function as pseudo- pods. Ist-5th segments, pseudopods well developed, bearing nu- merous setee and hooklets; 6th-7th segments, pseudopods and hooklets less developed ; 8th segment bears a pair of small, point- ed ventral and two pairs of large lateral pointed tubercles, pseu- dopods absent. 9th segment bears a pair of lateral pointed tuber- cles and is terminated by the strongly chitinized stigmatie tubes. Puparium.—6 x 3 mm., dark, dull testaceous, thoracic stig- matic tubes shining testaceous one-eighth the total length of pu- parium, apices rather swollen. Posterior stigmatic tubes shining testaceous one-sixth total length, apex fringed. The three pairs of postero-lateral tubereles distinetly visible, as in the larva. The puparium bears a strong general resemblance to that of Volucella obesa but both thoracie and posterior stigmatic tubes are much longer relatively in Syritta. The various stages in the life-history of this fly are figured on Plate 4, as below: Fig. 5. Ege of Syritta oceanica Macq. — x 100. Fig. 6. Portion of chorion showing thickened areas of the membrane. — x 400. Fig. 7. Adult larva of S. oceanica (dorsal view): a, thoracic stigma; b, antenna; c, posterior stigmatic tube. Fig. 8. Anterior extremity of larva (ventral view); a, basal antennal segment; a’, lateral process of same; a”, 2nd antennal segment; a”, minute 3rd seg- ment; b, buceal cavity; e¢, 1st thoracic pseudo- pod; d, 2nd thoracic pseudopod. — x 30. Puparium; a, thoracic stigmatic tube. — x 12. a 2 we) 98 Generic Synopsis of Hawaiian Microlepidoptera (Tineina of Walsingham). BY OTTO HW. SWEZEY. These synoptic tables are formulated for a help in the use of “Microlepidoptera” of the Fauna Hawaitiensis. The families are given the same as therein, and all genera included which are treated of there. Though imperfect, yet the author considers that these tables will be useful in distinguishing genera, by anyone studying Hawaiian ‘“Micros..” Six families are repre- sented, with 57 genera. i) bo eo TABLE OF FAMILIES. Labial palpi mostly short and obtuse........ (V) TORTRICIDAE. Eabial palpi mostly long, slender and acute ~ 5...) 4-1-1 creer 2. Upper surface of forewings with tufts of raised scales........ Re ee SOIC IN hd Oe ed oon F (IV) CARPOSINIDAE. Upper surface of forewings without tufts of raised scales (sometimes present in Hyposmocoma; present in Diplosara)..3. Maxillary “palpi, nudimentany gaan oc cei sci oc rie ieee 4, Maxillary palpi developed (absent in Philodoria)...............5. Hindwings with 8 more or less distinctly connected with cell, Lermen uSsvalllyaSimUate epicure cies (1) GELECHIADAE. Hindwings with 8 not connected with cell, termen not sinu- GtG ga. fiat eens ciara ee le eee (I) OECOPHORIDAE. Forewings with 7 and 8 usually stalked (coincident in Ba- trachedra, separate in Plutella)....(I1) HYPONOMEUTIDAE. Forewings with 7 and 8 usually separate (coincident in Hreu- netis, 8 out of 7 in Opogona, 7 and 8 stalked in Setomorpha, sometimes stalked in Jinea and Monopis)....(VI) TINEIDAE. (I) GELECHIADAE. Wings much Teduced: is. «cits orc-8 cs ceueyc ei release Hodegia. Wings normal ®-< is Syste orc cere Seen oO Ri ce eee Palpi of g with strong brush of long hair-scales.. Stoeberhinus. Palpi of @ not as above .... 2.002206 - 2. eee ee eee eee 3\, Hindwings with apex pointed) produGed) eevee elec nena 4, Hindwings with apex rounded, not produced ........:.........95. Cell of “hindwine abouts 32 s4c-ne wee raeereneienoee Aristotelia. Cell of hindwing little more than %............... Phthorimaea. @ with tuft of hair in costal fold of hindwing .................. 6. @ without above tuft ..........-.. ee cee e eee sees w en enr ences Ue Antennae bipectinatelie aemiemincieie cerita ie ieketeen einen Ptychothrix. Antennae. filiform) sPUbDESGCENI accent tener ierteneter Thyrocopa. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 10. oe) Palpi short, projecting scarcely more than length of head OSNOMKEl TE G66 GowdoocuooonmooodamE UnucaoobUnO”d Eo om DS Psychra. PalpieneCurviedwaWOVervielLlexga ee elele eles cle (lel sleelelisjeis > s)ele «ie aieialiee 8. Horewines) witha veins. (7, and ss coincident) <<... 2... ce. ee 9. Intorrey VALATS, yale al} SOMOS: diane onic cUnGmOmOG COD Om ood con moon: 10. Fore wings with 2 and 3 Bialive Ueetreee « ote danse we Autosticha. HOLeWwANSSmWwilthezeandsc. SCPANALC caleleleis « cle. * «1-6 Merimnetria. Antennae strongly serrate anteriorly .............. Catamempsis. JNTUGIIOIAE MOE OR HOOK sao0baoooo ons Fou CouodUdnODOUUOes Gelechia.. (II) OECOPHORIDAE. (Oink bine FNE)) Gouccgeodgoaddedos By REO ED OES Ethmia.. (Il) HYPONOMEUTIDAE. Forewings with 10 veins; hindwings with 6 veins....Batrachedra. Forewings with 11 or 12 veins; hindwings with 7 or 8 veins..... 2. One wins Siawilchis (ler VETS ieee ralels «/ciet cleteiey else ferchs re olen lola) ehelerciie op Relais ay. HOKE MANS With TZMV.CIMSKpejerotsjcreeie e+ 6 eyes levers erleilat'ei shells) «'e'lcie) 018 oer=ileselis 6. Eline S| swithiy a BOSC. cicre cle oie che cece sevele/e (clei els) s) sieve lees Elachista.. Hindwings with all veins present..........-.5..2eccessnsccocce 4, Horewineswithe7 COs verme4ne a. ere ees slejetsi elles sysisie sere Mapsidius. ORE Wall = Shawl Glide COM aD © Xe peices cers oitel o's) tiene leneis\'ss0l le ello Rhinomactrum. Mone wanes witha tOwcOstay its stor eet ks aickolelens ote ia over st oeneteiencia Oe Forewings with 6 out of 7; hindwings with 6 and 7 stalked.... SARIS GIO EEG E 4 OOO RID DOE COO DORIS OD Olen ptiao Gare Seno Aphthonetus. Forewings with 6 and 7 separate; hindwings with all veins SCD AVAL Cw etetcueta crsierstereia ie re tena -echoteval sterotetefor eerie: svclemenerenclons Neelysia. INOS VAUD) Ayataay {/ Wo) WEAVING oocne ood oano dodo oun doo Gomodano oC Ue HOE wine SewithieCOmORyn Cals AP CXe eer s crcrcclelsl oy elebeloheselsi's eh eps) eis iel «le 8. HOGS WANES wawiltlieancOMmCOStalarrcas . 4 oid GOO eon Oro rReanan Ereunetis. Forewings with 11 veins, 10 absent..................... Opogona. MOTE Wi Se wiltMe ler VCMT ratte er atci'a! ane ve euenepenslele © ( lelelloie) «lee! sia lee telelleifer so fe on 2., Horewings with 3 and 4 stalked..... 2.5.2.2... 2 ewe eect eens 4. Forewings with : Ande4enOt Stalked wtiiserec.s clote ote = eeueen eno AmeONe WAINS'S me WiltloN (LO BY OX a oicl oo 0) oon e/eite in celietlostslotrelcileliele) ei sile: ole Setomorpha. Forewings with 7 [HOY (ON Bats o moan Hoodoo audconaDUD OOo Monopis. He MOTE wAMe's! within CO GOS 21. itctere ciclo > oc else «cle oles llele see miele eee) 6. Horewanes) with) 7 lO) CEGMeM. oop. Or on) “I * In the absence of the author, this paper has been somewhat revised by the editor; since more recently some of the determinations have been found incorrect. A few that were indicated (mostly doubtfully) as new species, but unnamed, have been omitted from the list.__[Ed.] Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 10 at 14 128 corded as Takahashia japonica (Proce. Haw. Ent. Soe., IT, No. 2, Sept., 1909,). I am indebted to Prof. Cockerell for calling my attention to the erroneous identification. I have also seen since specimens of Takahashia japonica, sustaining Prof. Cockerell’s correction. The antennal form- ula of our material, however, does not at all agree with that given by the author, so that our species remains indefinitely identified. (61) Coceus viridis Green. on Lime at Kona, Hawaii, imported from Fiji. This species is also believed to have been exterminated. (62) Coccus punctuliferus (Green). on Lime; Makaha, Oahu (Van Dine). Det. by Sanders. (63) Chionaspis citri Comst. on Orange trees. Honolulu. Observed in Mr. MeStocker’s yard on Lunalilo Street only. (64) Diaspis echinocacti Douche. on Opuntia, Cereus and related species. (65) Hemichionaspis aspidistrae (Sign.). Unless this is identical with the following it also occurs on these islands, especially in Honolulu. (66) Hemichionasps minor Mask. on Mango, Asparagus officinalis, Antigonon lep- topis, Poinciana pulcherrima, “Ti? (Cordyline terminalis), Wistaria, Verschaffeltia splendida, Waltheria americana, and a variety of other plants. (67) Aspidiotus cyanophylli Sign. on Mango (Hilo): sugar cane, ‘Tou-tou,” Wistaria, Persea gratissima and Hugenia jambulina (THo- nolulu). (68) Aspidiotus destructor Sign. on Pritchardia; Wailuku, Maui. That this species, so destructive to cocoanuts in the Society Islands, has never attacked cocoanuts here is rather re- markable, though the variety of Aphelinus here may account for the scareity of the bug. 129 17 (69) Aspidiotus lataniae (Sign.). on Guava. So identified by Mr. Sanders for Van Dine. I always called it eydoniae, but the syn- onymy of this group is in a bad state of confusion. 18 (70) Pseudaonidia clavigera Ckll. on Chinese banyan, fig, Bombay mango, Macadamia ternifolia, Satine freycinetianum, citrus; Ho- nolulu. A well distributed tho obscure species about Honolulu. Thanks to Mr. Marlatt’s fine table of this genus in Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., the identification of this species was made easy and certain. Pity we lack such tables for Psendo- eoecus and other Coccid genera. 19 (71) Chrysomphalus aonidum Linn. on Bread fruit, Cerasus, mango, citrus, cycas, co- coanut, ete, 20 (72) Chrysomphalus dictyospermi Morg. on Verschaffeltia splendida, almond ; Honolulu. 91 (73) Chrysomphalus rossi Mask. on Araucaria bidwilli; Honolulu. 92 (74) Odonaspis secretus Ckll. on Bamboo; Honolulu. 23 (75) Odonaspis gramims Bremn. Common on Bermuda or “Manienie” grass (Cynodon dactylon) on underground portion of stem, Never on Roots. Honolulu and Kona. I append a description of the 2nd stage drawn up some time ago. 2nd stage: % scale:—snow white, circular, flat, about 1.5 mm. diameter; exuvium pale yellow, subcentral, in comparison with seales large, when fresh, scale is soft; strong ventral scale, so that insect lies within a cireular flat sack. 2nd stage: ? :—Pinkish, almost circular; after boil- ing im ay and fixing in Canada balsam 432 u long, 368 u wide; transparent, except last segment and - borders of 2 penultimate segments amber yellow ; no ventral pores; dorsal pores numerous, especially near posterior margin; anus 64 u from posterior extremity ; vaginal opening a little cephalad of anus; 130 lobes very indistinct, one centrally located very narrow-rod-like, 2 laterals broad, dull pointed, one gland interiorly on each. 24 (76) Lepidosaphes lasianthi Green. on Croton; Honolulu. Very common. In a letter Mr. Green advises me that our species is distinct from his lasianthi and justities description of the species under a new name. 25 (77) Parlatoria mytilaspiformis Green. on Orchid (Vanda tricolor) Moanalua greenhouses. Also on croton (Ainahan) but this has not yet been definitely determined. Jxcept where otherwise indicated the writer is responsible for identifications. He is indebted to Mr. Fullaway for access to the collection and records in the Hawaii Experiment Station. The first number (53) is a continuation of Mr. Kirkaldy’s list in the 1904 Forester.* This list as compared with Mr. Kirk- aldy’s, shows the substantial increase of 25 species, distributed among no less than 15 genera. This would be very significant had they been arrivals since the last list was published, As a matter of fact, however, Mr. Kirkaldy’s lists were but com- pilations of available records and Mr. Koebele, whose reports are the chief source of information, has not made a complete survey of this group since 1897. Even then it is doubtful whether Mr. Koebele recorded other than those of greater or lesser economic importance. That of Pseudococcus aurilanatus, in 1906, is the only definite record we have of a pest coming in during the “rigid regime,” i. e., since the late Mr. Craw as- sumed inspection in 1904. The various mango Coccids that were apparently imported shortly before the advent of Mr. Craw, could not have gained admission during his regime. Un- less surreptitiously done no Coccid could be brought into Hono- lulu, and only through the mails to the other post offices. It must be admitted that the post offices are an available and doubtless serious leak in the quarantine against Coccids. But even then they could only come to us from the U. S., and in this instance a federal quarantine law prohibiting interstate * Haw. For. & Agr. I, pp. 152-159, 1904. 131 traffic of insect pests could alone deliver these islands from the lurking danger. Thus Prof. Woodworth’s stigma against the usefulness of inspection as a protection to agriculture does not hold good in our case, at least not thus far. The writer is quite convinced that, excepting the species indicated, all the Coccids herein enumerated were here prior to the inauguration of quarantine inspection. With the possible exception of one or two none of the species here listed is of economic consequence. In some eases because the plants attacked have no economie worth, but in the majority because they are kept in check by a variety of Chaleid parasites, the list of which will also be materially increased, if published, as compared with the late Dr. Ash- mead’s in the Fauna Hawaiiensis. The Feeding Habits of Hawaiian Lepidoptera. | Presidential Address | BY OTTO II. SWEZEY. In the Lepidoptera Parts of the Fauna Hawaiiensis, very little is given of the habits or biology of Hawaiian butterflies and moths. Only an occasional instance is given of the food- plants of the different species. During the past five years I have made observations along this line which I consider well worth recording. To know a moth when vou eatch it, to know how, when and under what conditions to eateh it, and how to classify it, is knowing a good deal about it; but it is knowing a great deal more if you know the same moth in its younger stages, and how and where these are passed. When a moth is known only in the adult stage, its interest lies mainly in structural features and whether its coloration makes it an object of beauty; but when its life history is known, there are the additional items of interest its position with respect to the economy of nature, also its economic aspect as to whether friend or foe to human interests. Among the native trees, shrubs and plants of the Hawaiian islands, are some which are especially subject to the attacks of lepidopterous larvee, while there are others almost if not entirely Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 3, May, 1910. 132 free from them, and again others with but one species at most preying upon them. A striking feature of Hawaiian Lepidoptera is the almost complete absence of gregarous feeding in the caterpillars. Per- haps there are none strictly gregarious, but some, as the cocoa- nut leafroller (Omiodes blackburn), are gregarious when quite young. Another feature is that the greater number of the species are hidden feeders either in rolled or spun-together leaves, in cases, in silken galleries in trash, in stems of living plants, or in dead stems and rotten wood. They have not com- plete protection, however, as special parasites have become dey- eloped to reach them in their hiding places. In this paper, an attempt is made to give the feeding habits of all species so. far as known or previously recorded. The authority is given where the observation is not my own. In- troduced species are included along with the others. The order of families taken up is the same as that given in the ‘‘Fauna Hawaiiensis,’ and the nomenclature there given is followed. There are quite a number of genera, some of them large ones, of which as yet the larvee are entirely unknown. On the other hand, for a few of the large genera, I have discovered the larve and food-plants of a majority of the species. At the present time there are some 770 odd known species of Lepidop- tera in the Hawaiian islands, and as will be seen by this paper, something is known of the habits of nearly one-fourth of these species. CARADRINIDAE. Leucania euclidias Meyr.—The caterpillars of this variable species feed on various species of ferns, particularly on Acrosti- chum spp., and Aspidium cyatheoides, though on a number of others as well. LZ. pyrrhias Meyr.—The caterpillars feed chiet- ly on sedges, particularly Baumea meyenii, also on grasses. and sugar cane. L. amblycasis Meyr.—Grasses and sugar cane. L. unipuncta Haw.—The cosmopolitan army worm, feeds on grasses, cereals and sugar cane. Agrotis ypsilon Rott.—Cosmopolitan, feeds on garden and farm crops, sugar cane and weeds. A saucia Hub.—Cosmopo- litan, garden and field crops, sugar cane and weeds. A dis- locata-(Walk.)—Garden crops, grasses and sugar cane. A. cre- 133 mata (Butl.)—Feeds on a marine plant on sand-hills on Maui, hiding under the sand by day (Blackburn). A. erinigera (Butl.) —Garden crops (especially legumes), grasses, sugar cane, also weeds. A. cinctipennis (Butl.)—Grasses and other plants. I once found a brood of young caterpillars feeding on a kukui leaf, and fed them to maturity on these leaves, but I think that this was very unusual for the species. /Zeliothis armigera Hub.— The cotton boll-worm, does not seem to be very injurious to cot- ton here. It is mostly on the buds and blossoms of Hibiscus, Malva and Sida. I have also found them abundant on flowers of a garden marigold. Spodoptera mauritia Boisd.—The grass army worm, feeds on various kinds of grasses and on sugar cane. S. exigua (Hub. )—Feeds on Buxolus, Ricinus, Nicotiana, beans, peas, etc. The young larvee are somewhat gregarious, feeding together beneath a common web; but later on separate and produce no web for protection. Caradrina reclusa (Walk. )— Feeds on Portulaca, Commelina, and probably grasses and other herbaceous plants. A somewhat recent introduction; but ap- parently not going to become a pest. Where I have found them in the mountains, they are amongst the decaying vegetation on the ground. PLUSIADAE. Simplicia robustalis Guen. and Adrapsa manifestalis (Walk. ) —On grass and weeds. Hypenodes altivolans (Butl.) and Ne- samiptis obsoleta (Butl).—On grasses, particularly Hilo grass (Paspalum conjugatum). Cosmophila noctivolans (Butl.) —Hibiscus and Sida. C. sabulifera (Guen.)—Abundant on the “Hau”? tree (Paritium tiliaceum), also on Hibiscus. Hypocala andremona Cram., and EH. velans Walk.—Both on the native ebony (Maba sandwicensis and M. hillebrandii). Plusia chalcites —A general feeder on all kinds of garden and orna- mental plants and shrubs, also weeds, and many native species of plants and shrub in the mountains. HyprIoMENIDAE. Of this family, I know none of the caterpillars or their habits. 134 a SELIDOSEMIDAE. Scotorythra syngonopa Meyr.—I have collected caterpillars from sandal trees, and native ebony (aba sandwicensis). 8. caryops Meyr.—Feeds on koa trees on Oahu. 8. isospora Meyr., on Kauai, corticea (Butl.) on Maui and aruraea Meyr., on Hawaii are closely related to caryopis, and I suspect that they may feed on koa on their respective islands. S. idolias Meyr.—Defoliates koa trees (Perkins). S. rava (Butl.)—The most common species of the genus. The caterpillars often oc- curring in large numbers, defoliating guavas, koa trees, Sapin- dus, Pipturus, and occuring on many other forest trees, as Straussia, Pelea, Cyrtandra, Elocarpus, and also often abundant on tree ferns of various species. SpHINGIDAR. Deilephila wilsont (Roths.) and calida (Butl.)-—Live on na- tive trees as Pelea, Straussia, ete.* I have several times collected one or two of the caterpillars, but failed to rear them, so do not know which species I had, or whether I have had both. D. lineata (Fab. )—Feeds on Portulacca chietly, but I have also seen them on four o’clock, Fuchsia and on Boerhaavia. Sphinx con- volvuli (Linn. )—Feeds on various species of [pomoea vines in- eluding the sweet potato. NYMPHALIDAE. Anosia erippus Cram.—Feeds on milkweed (Asclepias curas- savica). Vanessa atalanta Linn.—OnPipturus and probably related trees. V. tammeamea Esch.—On Pipturus and related trees, but chiefly on Prpturus. The young caterpillar folds over a piece of the leaf at the margin to form a hiding place, going out to eat and returning for protection, or it may eat what it ean reach of the adjacent leaf without crawling out. As it grows in size it deserts its retreat and makes a larger one from time to time. They may be found by searching for these retreats on the leaves. V. cardui Linn.—Feeds in a web on Malva rotundifolia. I have also taken an occasional caterpillar on: * Calida__Polyphagus: MJMetrosideros, Gardenia and various shrubs; wwilsoni__polyphagus: Acacia koa, Metrosideros Bobea, Huphorbia, ete.” [Perkins in MSS.] 135 eocklebur (Yanthium) ; and have seen them on thistles on ITale- akala, Maui. Once I found a few on Nicotiana in Honolulu. V. huntera Fab.—Feeds in a web on leaves of Gnaphalium. LYCAENIDAE. Lycaena baetica Linn.—In the pods of various leguminous plants, feeding on the growing seeds. Croflalaria salliana is most attacked by them, but garden peas and beans are also somewhat attacked. L. blackburni (Tuely )—Feeds similarly on koa pods, also on the capsules of Dodonea. Two species of Lycaena have been purposely introduced from Mexico to prey upon lantana. The larvee feed on the flower clusters; on the leaves also, more or less. PYERIDAE. Pontia rapae (Linn.)—On cabbage and various other crucit- erous plants. PHYCITIDAE. Genophantis iodora Meyr.—Larve in webbed leaves of Euphorbia clusiaefolia and E. celastroides. (. leahi Sw.—In webbed leaves of Huphorbia cordata, and FE. pilulifera. Plodia interpunctella (Hub.)—The Indian meal moth, in all kinds of cereal products, dried fruits and other foods. Hphestia elutella (Hub. )—Quite similar habits to the above. It is more of a pest than Plodia. Homoeosoma humeralis (Butl.)-—The larvee feed in the flower-heads of Bidens, dahlia, marigold and other composite plants; also bore in the stem. I have found them most numerous boring the stems of Ageratwm conyzoides, a common weed in sane fields. Myclois ceratoniae Z. Larvee in pods of Ceratonia, Acacia farnesiana and similar legumes. They feed on the seeds and also on the pulpy matter inside the pods. Cryptoblabes aliena Sw. Larvee on various plants, feeding where there has been infestation by mealy bugs, aphids, or something similar. Thus often found on orange trees, lantana, cotton, sorghum and sugar cane. They are also numerous among the flower clusters of algaroba and mango. An unrecorded species of Phycitid breeds in the flower-heads of the silversword plant (Argyroxiphium sandwicense) in the crater of Haleakala. 136 (FAT.LERIADAF. Meliphora grisella (Fab.)—Feeds in combs of bee-hives, but T have not observed. it myself. CRAMBIDAE. T have not seen the caterpillars of any of this family; but I am under the impression that Dr. Perkins reports the genus Talis as feeding in grass. PyYRAUSTIDAE. Margaronia exaula (Meyr.)—-Dr. Perkins informs me that the caterpillars feed on some euphorbiaceous plant; but I have not yet seen them. Omiodes.—The larve of this genus are leaf- rollers, feeding on leaves of grasses and other monocotyle- donous plants; rolling the leaves to form a tube in which to hide, or foiding over the edge of leaves, or feeding between spun- together leaves. O. blackburni (Butl.)—Feeds chiefly on cocoa- nut leaves ;but also to some extent on other palms and on bananas. O. meyrickt Sw., O. musicola Sw., and O. maia Sw.—Feed only on bananas. O. asaphombra Meyr.--On Joinvillea adscendens. O. iridias Meyr.—On Astelia veratroides. O. anastrepta Meyr. On Carex oahuensis. O. antidova Meyr.—On Rhyncospora thyrsoides. O. accepta (Butl.), continuatalis (Wall.), demara- talis (Walk.) and localis (Butl.)—On grasses; accepta on sugar eane also. O. monogramma Meyr.—On Dianella odorata, a lilia- eeous plant. O. monogona Meyr.—On the ‘‘wiliwili” tree and various bean vines. This is the only one feeding on a dicotyle- donous plant. Hymema recurvalis (Fab.)—Feeds on Huvxolus, Portulacea, garden beets, coxcomb, and other amarantaceous plants, also on chenopodious weeds, spinning a shght web. The larve of the genus Phlyctaenia are also leaf-rollers, or mostly feed in a depression or groove of a leaf beneath a web, or between spun-together leaves. P. calliastra Meyr.—On Peperomia membranacea; chytropa Meyr.—On hibiscus; mon- ticolans (Butl.)—On Ipomoea bona-nox; nigrescens (Butl.)— On Abutilon and Sida; iocrossa Meyr.—On various species of Cyrtandra; eucrena (Meyr.)—On a labiate (Fullaway) ; Platy- Ieuca Meyr., and chalcophanes Meyr.—On Touchardia latifolia; 137 metasema Meyr.—On Phyllostegia glabra, a mint; ommatias Meyr.—On Dubautia lava and plantaginia; stellata (Butl.)— On Pipturus albidus ; despecta (Butl.)—On Ipomoea bona-nox, sweet potato and also other species of Ipomoea; ennychioides (Butl.)—On a tree which I have not poistively identified, but may be bobea ; pyranthes Meyr.—On Vaccinium penduliflorum. I have also reared moths from caterpillars found on Campylo- theca, Lipochaeta and Adenostema, which I have not been able to separate from despecta though the caterpillars are differ- ent, and also different from each other according to their food plant. Pyrausta dryadopa Meyr.—I have reared from larvee in spun leaves of Scaevola glabra. P. constricta (Butl.)—Very abundant usually on Scaevola chamisoniana. Mecyna aurora (Butl.)—Larvee feed in spun leaves on Cam- pylotheca and Bidens. M. virescens Butl.—On “‘mamani” trees (Sophora chrysophylla) (Perkins). HBvergestis anastamosalis (Guen.)—Larvie bore in sweet po- tato vines also into the tubers; and [ have found them boring in the stems of an ornamented [pomoea.Nomophila noctuella Schitt. —Feeds on clover and grass (Felt); Polygonum aviculare (Leach). Hellula undalis (Fab.)—Feeds on cabbage and other cruciferous plants. The larvee mine the leaves, bore the stems, and also feed on the surface more or less, well protected by a silken tunnel. They often penetrate to the terminal bud of the young cabbage plant and thus destroy it for heading. Promylea pyropa Meyr.—Mines the leaves of Peperomia. One larva requires several leaves. After eating out all the mesophyll of one leaf it migrates to another, and so on. Mestolobes is a large genus of which no one has yet discovered the larvee, although some of the species are very common. The same may be said for Orthomecyna. Scoparia is a large genus, the larvee of which are said to feed in silken tunnels in mosses. I have often found them; but melichiora Meyr., is the only species I have succeeded in rear- ing from moss. Mr. Fullaway has reared meristis Meyr., and siderina from larvee found in moss. S. lycopodiae Sw., which I have recently described, bores in the stems of Lycopodium cernuum. 4 138 PYRALIDIDAE. Pyralis mauritialis Boisd.—Larvee feed in old Polistes nests. PreEROPHORIDAE. Trichoptilus oxydactylus (Walk.)—Larvie on Boerhaavia diffusa. A species of Platyptilia purposely introduced from Mexico, feeds on flower clusters of lantana. 16—Entomological. ORNEODIDAE. Orneodes objurgatella Walsm.—‘Bred from seeds of forest trees” (Perkins). GELECHIADAR. Aristotelia nigriciliella Walsm.—Mines the leaves of Gouldia macrocarpa. A. ichthyochroa Walsm.—Produces galls on stems of Gouldia macrocarpa. A. elegantior Walsm.—Feeds in fruits of Gouldia macrocarpa. Phthorimaea operculella Z.— Mines leaves, and bores in stems and fruits of tomato, potato, tobacco, Datura and Nicandra; im potato it bores into tubers also. Gelechia gossypiella (Sand.)—In seeds of cotton and T'respe- sia populnea. Sitotroga cerealella (Oliv.)—A pest on corn, the larvee feeding inside the kernels, especially in bins, cribs or warehouses; also in rice standing in the field and in stored rice in the paddy. Stoeberhinus testaceous Butl.—tLarva feeds in silken tunnel amongst dead leaves of grass in turf. Autosticha pelodes (Meyr. ) Larvee in dead sticks of lantana, castor oil plant, ete., amongst fibrous matter at base of palm leaves, on dead or partially dead twigs of Araucarian pine, and beneath dead leaf sheaths of sugar cane. Thyrocopa albonubila Walsm.— Larvee in dead branch of koa. T. argentea (Butl.)—On leaves of Sapindus, when nearly full- erown hiding in a webbed together mass of two or three leaves. T. indecora (Butl.)—‘‘Larve in rotten wood” (Blackburn). 7. pulverulenta Walsm. Larvee in base of grass tufts, also in rot- ten wood. 7. fraudulentella Walsm.—Larvee in silken tunnels in and beneath dried cow dung. Probably normally a dead-wood 139 feeder. 7. abusa Walsm.—Larve on bark and in dead twigs on many species of plants as lantana, ieie vine, Cyrlandra, [pomoca, Ricinus, guava, koa; also often feeding on the living twigs; always protected by silken web or tunnel. OECOPTIORIDAE. Ethmia colonella Walsm.—The larve protected by webs on the leaves of the Kou tree (Cordia subcordata), which they keep in a constant state of defoliation. HyproNoMEUTIDAR. Jatrachedra sophroniella Walsm.—Larvee very abundant on a fern (Aspidium cyatheoides), feeding on wnder surface of frond, each covered by a white silken web. B. riley Walsm.— Larve are general feeders amongst dry decaying plant sub- stances, and often feeding on living plant tissues also. They are usually to be found where plants have heen infested with Aphids or mealy bugs, and often associated with other lepi- dopterous larve, as in pods, capsules or other fruits of various plants, viz.: pods of glue-bush, cotton-bolls, ears of corn, bunches of bananas, tamarind and many leguminous pods, castor-oil seeds and capsules. Stagmatophora incertulella Walk.——Larvee feed in large num- bers in the male infloresence of Pandanus. S. quadrifasciata Walsm. out regularly oblong oval pieces of the epidermis between which it pupates. Aphthonetus is quite a large genus of which I have reared but one species (kauaiensis Walsm.), which feeds on koa leaves. The larva feeds at apex of leaf on upper surface where it is Larva feeds inside dead leaves of Pandanus, cutting hidden by a sort of median fold which it has produced on the leaf. Neelysia is another large genus of which but few of the larvee are known. Mr. Fullaway has reared N. cleodorella Walsmn., from Cyrtandra. N. argyresthiella Walsm.—Larve in silken tunnels in moss. Hyposmocoma is the largest genus of all Hawaiian Lepidop- tera. Walsingham reconizes 177 species and several varieties. The larvee presumably live in cases (many are known to do so) ; 140 many styles of these cases are to be found on rocks, bark of trees, beneath the bark of dead trees, and in dead and decaying stems and trunks of trees. Some feed on lichens, ethers on bark and wood, so far as known. There may be other habits by many of them. I give the habits of the few that are known. H. discella Walsm.—‘Larvee in an irregular case of silk and grass encrusted with miscellaneous fragments (some of them apparently insect remains). On Cheirodendron, Metrosideros, ete., probably lichenivorous” (Perkins). //. notabilis Walsm.— Larva in a nearly smooth, subeylindrical case bulged in the mid- dle. Among fibrous matter at base of palm leaves. H. partita Walsm.—I bred a specimen from a pupa in a dead twig. There was no ease. H. abjecta (Butl.)—Larvee in a regular elongate oblong-oval, brown case covered with frass and bits of rotten wood, in dead ieie vine and other sticks. H. blackburnit Butl.— ‘On more or less decayed koa trunks” (Perkins). “I think it is connected with dead wood” (Blackburn). /7. alliterata Walsm. —TLarvie in a broad flat, rounded-oval case coming to a point in front. The case really is not so broad, but has a broad ex- tension on sides and rear made of a single layer of round bits of epidermis from the bark, forming a mosaic of the color- ation of the bark of the tree on which it lives, and thus not seen by the casual observer. I have found them on the trunks of living koa, kukui, Boehmeria and ceara rubber trees. H. trimaculata Walsm.—Larvee in a short subcylindrical case, constricted near each end, covered with minute bits of lichen ; on and beneath bark of koa trees. H. bacillella Walsm.—* Larvee on Metrosideros polymorpha and other trees” (Perkins). H. canella Walsm.—‘Larvee on rocks’? (Perkins). /H. saccophora Walsm.—‘ Larva in ease on rocks, no doubt lichenivorous” (Per- kins). HZ. vicina Walsm.—‘On more or less decayed koa trees” (Perkins). I. metrosiderella Walsm.—‘Larvee on Metrosideros”’ (Perkins). /7. montivolans (Butl.)—‘‘Larva in case on rocks” (Perkins). /7. liturata Walsm.—Larva in lichen-covered case on rocks, Lchenivorous. 7. parda (Butl.)—‘‘Apparently con- nected with dead wood” (Blackburn). H. subcitrella Walsm.— “Larva in case on Cheirodendron, Metrosideros, ete.” (licheniv- orous?) (Perkins). 1. chilonella Walsm.—Larva elongate, white, boring in dead Pipturus stems; without a case. H. Larva feeds on under surface of fronds of birds-nest ekaha Sw. fern, in a silken frass-covered tunnel, also bores the rachis. 141 Hyperdasys cryptogamiellus Walsm.—‘Pupa in dead koa stick” (Fullaway). Huperissus cristatus Butl.—Larva large elon gate, white, bores in dead “‘ieie” vines. Semnoprepia fulvogrisea Walsm.—Larva white, elongate, feeding in dead wood. I have reared it from dead flower stalk of native palm, and from leaf- sheaths on dead bamboo. S. petroptilota Walsm.—Larva elon- gate, white, in rotten wood. The larvee of these two species, Buperissus cristatus, and Hyposmocoma chilonella, are quite similar. Diplosara lignivora (Butl.)—‘Larva feeding on rot- ten wood” (Blackburn) (Perkins). Case large, brown, elongate oblong. Blastobasis inana (Butl.)—‘Bred from yam; introduced” (Perkins, Koebele). I bred two specimens from garden beans ; found a pupa in dead sugar cane. Hndrosis lactella (Schiff. )— “Larva on seeds, dry refuse, ete.” (Meyrick). Oececia maculata Walsm.—Larva in flat oval case on walls of buildings. J/apsi- Larva in dense white silken tunnel on dius auspicata Walsm. leaves of Charpentaria. Prays fulvocanellus Walsm.—Larva in buds of Pelea and Platydesmia. Plutella maculipennis (Curt.)—Larva on cabbage and other cruciferous plants. CARPOSINIDAE. Heterocrossa olivaceoniteus Walsm.—Larva in fruit of Sider- oxrylon, and buds and fruit of Clermontia. IH. gemmata Walsm. —TLarva in flowers and fruit of Rollandia. HH. subumbrata Walsm.—Larva in gall on stem of Scaevola chamisoniana. HH. divaricata Walsm.—Larva in young fruit of Hleocarpus. H. in- scripta Walsm.—Larva in “Ohelo” berries (Vaccinium reticu- latum). H. gracillima Walsm.—‘Larva in berries of Cyathodes”’ (Fullaway). /7. distincta Walsm.—Larva in buds of “Ohia” (Metrosideros plymorpha). TORTRICIDAE. OLETHREUTINAE. Hecoptocera foetorivorans (Butl.)—Larva spins together the leaves at the growing tip of twigs of Metrosideros polymorpha; also between guava leaves. Crocidosema plebiana Z.—Larva feeds in flower buds of Sida and Abutilon; C. lantana Busek— Flower clusters and fruit of lantana (purposely introduced). 142 Adenoneura falsifalcellum Walsm.—Larva in pods and seeds, and also boring in stems of a bean vine which I have identified as Canavalia galeata in a previous paper before this Society ; but at present there is some doubt as to the identity of the plant. A. rufipennis (Butl.)—Larva feeds in pods of koa, on the grow- ine seeds. A. plicatum Walsm.— ‘Larva in seeds of native aca- cias” (Perkins). Crypltophlebia illepida (Butl.) Larva in pods of koa and Acacia farnesiana, feeding on growing seeds; also in litehi nuts (Fullaway). Enarmonia walsinghami (Butl.)—Larva in dead twigs of koa. Bactra straminea (Butl.)—Larva bores in stems of sedges at base. TORTRICINAE. Archips postvittanus (Walk.)—Larvee on many kinds of plants, shrubs and trees; roll the edges of leaves or spin leaves Lar- va in leaf-buds and between leaves of Myrsine. Amorbia emi- gratella Busck—Larvie with similar habits to Archips postvit- fanus. Dipterina fulvosericea Walsm.—Larva between spun leaves of XNylosma. Tortix metallurgica Walsm. together for hiding-place. Archips longiplicatus Walsm. Larva be- tween spun leaves of Phyllanthus. Epagoge infaustana Walsm. —TLarva between leaves and boring in tips of twigs of Pipturus. TINEIDAE. Opogona aurisquamosa (Butl.) Larvee are scavengers, feed- ine on dead vegetable substances in many situations, viz.: decay- ine fruits, decaying leaves of bananas and palms, rotten wood, dead stems of bamboo, castor oil plant, sugar cane, Pipturus, Clermontia and other native trees. O. apicalis Sw.—Similar habits to above. Ereunetis simulans (Butl.)—Larve in and beneath bark of dead trees, also in the wood itself. EH. minuscula Walsm.—Lar- vie in dead stems, also in decaying pods of various legumes, and on dead leaves of banana, papaia, palm, Pandanus, pmeapple, ete. FH. flavistriata Walsm.—Larve on sugar cane, feeding on inside of dead-leaf-sheaths, also on the buds, and frequently eat- ine off large patches of epidermis of the stem. Besides they have the general habits of minuscula. E. penicillata Sw.—Dead Pandanus leaves. 143 Philodoria auromagnifica Walsm.—Larva mines leaves of Myrsine. P. micropetala Walsm.—Larva mines leaves of Pip- turus. P. splendida Walsm.—*‘Leaf-miner in Ohia, Metrosider- os polymorpha” (Perkins). Gracilaria marginestrigata Walsm.—‘Larva mines leaves of ‘Kikania’” (Perkins). They also mine leaves of Sida and Xanthium. G. epibathra Walsm.—Larve mine the leaves of Dubautia. G. mabaella Sw.—Larvee mine the leaves of Maba. G. hauicola Sw.—Larvie mine the leaves of the “hau” tree. A purposely introduced species of Lithocoletis mines the leaves of lantana. Bedellia somnulentella (Z.) and B. minor Busck—Larvee mine the leaves of Ipomoea. B. oplismeniella Sw. (MSS.)— Larva mines the leaves of a grass, Oplismenus compositus. B. boehmericlla Sw. (MSS.)—Larva mines the leaves of Boehme- ria stipularis. Setomorpha dryas (Butl.)—Larva feeding in corn on the ear. Monopis monachella (Hub.)—“Larva among rubbish; in bird’s nests; in skins” (Walsingham). MM. crocicapitella (Clem. )—‘Larva in textile stuffs” (Walsingham). Tinea fus- cipunctella Haw.— ‘Larva in a case, feeds on dry refuse” (Mey- rick). Cyane terpsichorella Busck—Larva on dead leaves of banana, pineapple, Pandanus, ete., and beneath leaf-sheaths of sugar cane. ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR: [POSTE | ea ne G. W. KrrKaLpy PaCS CSCO CT Pa es A es F. W. Terry SEG PERINEUM RAWSON ees ae eee D. B. Kunys Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., II. PLATE 3: WR RPoner Fic. 1—Genophantis leaht, x5. Fic. 2—Scoparia lycopodiae, x5. Fic. 3—Hyposmocoma ekaha, x5. Fic. 4—Ayposmocoma ekaha, \abial palpus, highly enlarged. Fic. 5—Gractlaria hautcola, x5. Fic. 6—Gracilaria mabaella, x5. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soce., II. PLATE 4 x 8x15 Fics. 1-4b—Geococcus radicum. F1Gs. 5-9—Syritta oceantca. ~ CONTENTS OF VOL. II, No. 3. d Page _ Fullaway, D. T.: 4 Geococcus -radicum Green in Hawaii 0... 2.8. eee te eee 108 Kirkaldy, G. W.: q PeeNOMmINnacion-OL “NOnOrary; MEM DESIS) sake ciske worse, « oun hot ets wei see, heels 101 Notes on the Ancestry of Hemiptera ..... teks BRST on tthe ei ase ot 116 Further notes on Hemiptera, chiefly Hawaiian ............... 118 : A Preliminary List of the Hemiptera of California, Pt. 1....... 123 3 Kotinsky, J.: ‘ MH Suear-Canes Mealy sBUSS ait + kennels ithe bo ue seareee rN a 110 : - Aspidiotus cyanophyll on sugcar-Cane (Coccidac)? saancs.. 0: ee 112 z Coccidae Not Hitherto Recorded from These Islands ........... 127 ~ Kuhns, D. B.: INOUESS ONS MAUI G OC C@ES Ha i Seerrrars cs dew areca ant Saka onal ens als prover gover ede eh ajle te 93 Swezey, O. H.: The Ebony Leaf-miner (Gracilaria mabaella) [Lep. n. sp.J..... 88 : Adenoneura falsifatcellum CA..Correction) ~~... 3.0.2.2 .2 tee 93 INOLESLOM TD EGOIUCMCOUULS CUES © OLY oo ccse erases sos eltaeee oS epriczene ge eee a 94 Generic Synopsis of Hawaiian Microlepidoptera ............... 98 Some New Species of Hawaiian Lepidoptera .................. 103 Notes on a Day’s Insect-Coilecting in the Waianae Mountains.. 113 ANote- on’ Riyparou1d maderde= LOTTA 5 ea.) On. erate wole ya's ole 114 The Feeding Habits of Hawaiian Lepidoptera [Presidential ING eH eee a cence att rac. eee oan CIDP Te Cane ort ial i Terry, F. 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Price of any single number, 50 cents. al at) ae 145 JANUARY 6ru, 1910. The fifty-ninth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Prember ClECted 2.0... et ewe net ete eect ete e eens L. Lewis ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Swezey exhibited an ear of corn infested by the Angou- mois grain moth and read the following notes thereon: This moth, which is a bad pest on corn and wheat, occurring in Southern Europe, the southern part of United States, im Australia and India, has recently been reported in these islands. This infested ear of corn, which I am exhibiting, was recently sent to the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A., from Maui Agri- cultural Company’s Plantation on Maui. This sugar planta- tion is lately planting more or less corn. From this sample sent (from which several moths have bred out since its receipt) it appears that this pestis well established there, though so far as I know, its presence las not previously come to the attention of any of the entomologists. The person sending this sample was under the impression that the injury was done by weevils, the rice weevil, Calandra oryzae, being also present in the corn infested by these moths. This pest was no doubt introduced from Louisiana, as seed corn was obtained from there the previous year.* Mr. Ehrhorn had also recently received a sample of corn infested with this pest, from the same district of Maui, with inquiries in regard to it. Mr. Terry exhibited a specimen of the small roach, Huthyrr- hapha pacifica, and one of its egg capsules from which the young had emerged. He called special attention to the fact that instead of emerging in the usual way for roaches the young of this species gnaw a hole through the capsule resembling that made by parasites, for which it might be mistaken. The remainder of the time was taken up with general con- versational entomological discussion. *An investigation of the pest was made later on by Mr. Swezey. He found evidence of the pest having existed for quite a number of years in a corn-growing region of Kula, Maui, at an elevation of 4000- 6000, on the slope of Mount Haleakala, where it usually did no ap- preciable damage unless the corn was stored too long after being gathered.—[Ed. ] 146 FEBRUARY 3xp, 1910. The sixtieth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Vice President Terry read a very interesting letter from the Rev. Thos. Blackburn, and it was voted to incorporate it in the proceedings of the Society. He also informed the members of the death of Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy, and, upon motion of Mr. Ehrhorn that a committee of three be appointed by the chair, including the Chairman as a member, to draft proper resolu- tions on the death of Mr. Kirkaldy, he appointed Messrs. Ehrhorn and Fullaway on the committee. Mr. Blackburn’s Letter. Rectory, Woodville, Adelaide, S. Australia, December 13 1909. D. B. Kuhns, Esq., Secretary Hawaiian Entomological Society : Dear Sir:—I have to thank you for your letter of 12th ultimo, informing me that the Hawaiian Entomological So- ciety has elected me an Honorary Member of the said Society, and in accepting that membership I beg you to assure the So- ciety that I am very sensible of the distinguished honour I have received through its vote. I have also to thank you for the receipt of a set of copies of the Proceedings, which I am reading with keen interest. I look upon my entomological work on the Hawaiian Islands as the most interesting work that has fallen to my lot in scientific pursuits, and my thoughts often go back to it with no little re- egret that it is ended. Had there been in my time such a band of scientific workers as now compose your Society it would of course have given no little additional zest to my exploration. I notice in your Proceedngs occasional reference to the fact of there being species which have not been met with since my time—at any rate not in localities that were visited by me. It may perhaps be useful in view of the fact if I mention the lo- eality which I found most prolific in Coleoptera at the time I was collecting on Oahu. The lapse of twenty-seven years has perhaps somewhat dulled my memory of the country and of the names of particular valleys, but I think I am right im say- Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 147 ing that I reached the locality referred to above by proceeding up the Pauoa Valley to its upper extremity, where it came upon something of the nature of an area of tableland, one part of which lying to one’s right as one entered it from the Pauoa Valley overlooks the Manoa V alley. From. somewhere in the region just above the Manoa Valley a narrow ridge runs up from this flat by folowing which I made my way with much dit- fieulty, and after several attempts, to the summit, ‘alled Kona- huanui, just above the Pali. That summit may very likely be easy to reach now, but in my time there was no distinet track, and | got over some difficult places only with the help of ropes. It was on the flat mentioned above and. on the ridge leading up towards Konahuanui that I was most successful in collecting Oahuan Coleoptera—among other species: Labetis, Clytarlus microgaster, and some Elateridae occurred to me there—Gonio- rycti, ete., exceptionally numerous in lily-like plants high up on the ridge. I see the Society does not keep a library. If it at any time should do so I shall be glad to send in my papers on Australian fauna as they come out, and meanwhile shall be glad if I can hear of any means by which I can serve the interests of the Society, with the proviso, however, that as I have had now for some years past scarcely any leisure time that I can give to scientific work, it is difficult for me to do anything that cannot be done in quite short time. Once more thanking the Society for the honour it has con- ferred on me, I remain, dear sir, Yours sincerely, THOS. BLACKBURN PAPERS READ. Mr. Terry exhibited specimens and read a note ‘On a New Oahuan Trypetid, Tephritis dubautiae.”* A Few Notes on Coccidae. BY E. M. EHRHORN I desire to record the error of identification of Coccus man- giferae as being found on imported Mangoes from India and *Not available for publication.—[Ed. ] ‘Proc. Haw., Ent. Soc:, II, No. 4, April, 1912. 148 found at Moanalua, Oahu. On January 29 I visited Moanalua, and in company with Mr. MacIntyre, examined some of the Mango trees, one of which was badly infested with what Mac- Intyre said was that terrible Indian scale. When I looked at specimens through my pocket lense, I said to him that it was our common Coccus acuminatus, and I asked him if he were sure that it was the same scale which compelled them to fumi- gate when it was discovered, and he thought it was. On re- turning to the office I looked up the record and material, the lat- ter consisted of two microscope slides, one marked Coccus mangiferae, Green on Mango leaves, Moanalua, and the other Coccus mangiferae, Green on Mango trees from Moanalua, at Dr. Baldwin’s place, Honolulu, February 13, 1907, both de- termined by J. Kotinsky. Having in my collection specimens of Coccus mangiferae which Mr. E. E. Green sent me, I made microscope slide-mounts for comparison, and found that Mr. Kotinsky’s identification was wrong and that he had mistaken (. acuminatus for C. mangiferae. The two species resemble each other very closely, but the microscope brings out the dark zone with numerous oval pores surrounding the anal plates of C. mangiferae, which is wanting in C. acuminatus. Also the antennae of C. mangiferae are eight jointed, while those of C. acuminatus only six or seven jointed; when six jointed the third is the longest and is as long as the terminal three together. This of course will remove the species from the list of Hawaiian Coceids as recorded in a paper read before this Society by Mr. Kotinsky on December 2, 1909. On January 30, while collecting on the Pauoa trail, Messrs. Fullaway, Kuhns and Terry found a remarkable and interest- ing Coccid. Mr. Kuhns, who found the gall infested leaves, be- lieving them to be those of a Psyllid, left his material on the trail, and when Mr. Terry followed a little later and saw the leaves on the trail thought they were galls of some Coccid, and packed them home. While examining material the next day he found that his supposed Coccid was in reality a Coccid, and he kindly turned the material over to me for study. This is the first definite record of a gall Coccid found in the Hawaiian Islands, and there is no record in the checklist of Coccidae, although I find a mention of the occurrence of a gall Coccid here, in Bulletin 7, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agric. 1897, p. 76, where Dr. L. O. Howard mentions 149 a strange gall-making Coceid, Olliffiella cristicola Ckll., and takes the opportunity to publish an illustration which was made several years before Cockerell described the insect from material received from Fort Grant, Arizona. It belongs to the Dactylopiinae just before Hriococcus. A group of sixteen spe- cies of gall-coccids is mentioned and all confined to Australia except one to Hawaii and one to Japan. I have not found any record of the Hawaiian species, and imagine that the record is from specimens in the collection of the Bureau. I have searched over all the hterature at hand and have compared specimens as far as possible with every genus, and I have failed to find any genus into which to place it. The nearest being Cissococcus, Ckll., into which I shall temporarily place it adding a few fea- tures of the insect which do not correspond with the genus. Coecids living in coneshaped galls on leaves, body elongate oval, tapering caudad ending in a funnel shaped segment, in the center of which is the anal ring. Legs and antennae present and well formed. Antennae of seven joints. Caudal tubercles well developed forming part of the funnel shaped segment, sim- wlating those of Lecaniinae. Larva Dactylopine with caudal tubercles well developed. Male winged with caudal tubercles bearing two long stout bristles and a stout spine. Cissococcus? oahuensis n. sp. Galls in clusters scattered on both sides of leaf, but usually upper surface preferred. Gall cone shaped, somewhat curved and con- stricted near leaf and varying more or less in shape. At times two or three will coalesce. Length about 3 mm and about 1 mm at widest point. Female elongate oval tapering gradually caudad, about 14% mm long by about 1 mm at caphalic end. Body of a dirty lemon color, covered slightly with white secretion. After boiling in caustic potash, derm becomes colorless, except the last abdominal segment and appen- dages, which remain light brown. Antennae 7 jointed, segmentation very distinct. Joint 7 longest, joints 1 and 2 subequal. Formula 7 (1.2) Ap ih Bs Br Legs short and stout, with a few scattered hairs. Femur about % as broad as long, tarsus half as long as tibia, claw stout and sharply curved, digitules slender knobbed hairs. Last abdominal seg- ment formed into a funnel, with the anal ring situated about the center. Anal tubercles resembling somewhat the anal plates of Le- canium, form part of the funnel and the derm of all is strongly 150 chitinous and has a scaly appearance. Caudal tubercles, each with two stout spines and one long bristle, situated near the inner mar- gin. The margin of the funnel appears to have numerous fine, short spines. Female viviparous. Young larva resembling Pseudococecus. Anal tubercles, with two stout spines and one long hair, which is longer than those of anal ring. Margin of abdomen beset with slender spines, which are more pronounced towards caudal end. Antennae 6 jointed, of which 6 is the longest and 3, 4 and 5 are subequal; joint 1 is broader than long. Each joint bears several fine long hairs and joint 6 ends with numerous hairs. The male is of ordinary type, with caudal tubercles well formed and bearing each two long setae, which are about half as long as the antennae. These are ten jointed, with 2 and 3 longest and subequal. Joint 1 is about as broad as long, the rest of the joints are subequal and all joints quite hairy. Legs are long and slender, quite hairy. Tibia a trifle longer than femur and about 3 times as long as tarsus. Claw long, straight and slender. Hab. on leaves of Urera sandwichensis (Opuhe). Pauoa trail, Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Explanation of Plate 5. Cissococcus? oahuensis n. sp. 1. Leaf showing galls in situ. 2. Galls, different aspects. 3. Gall cut open showing adult female. 4. Larva. 5. Caudal end of body of larva. 6. Antenna of larva. 7. Adult male. 8. Adult female. 9. Tibia, tarsus and claw of female. 10. Antenna of adult female. 11. Anal lobes and ring of adult female. Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., II. PLATE 5 Cissococcus (2?) oahuensis. 23 Ma > 151 MARCH 3rp, 1910. The sixty-first regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. The following resolutions on the death of Mr. Kirkaldy were presented by the committee appointed at the previous meeting: Resolved, That this Society desires to record its deep sorrow and keen sense of loss experienced through the untimely death of Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy, its late President and one of its most enthusiastic members. The deceased was in his 37th year, and his unexpected de- mise was the result of an unfortunate riding accident involving a broken leg, some five years ago. Repeated local operations Francisco last January Mr. Kirkaldy decided to undergo an- other operation ; at first everything seemed satisfactory, but soon gangrene developed, proving fatal on February 2. Mr. Kirkaldy was born in London of Scotch parentage, and while still a boy he exhibited a keen love for natural history. He was educated at the City of London School, and contrary to his tastes he entered a shipping firm. During this most un- congenial period he assiduously occupied his spare time with entomology, finally concentrating his attention upon aquatic Hemiptera, publishing his first paper, “A Revision of the Noto- nectidae,” in 1897. Two years later he commenced the work- ing out of the Hemipterous portion of the zoological material collected by Dr. R. C. L. Perkins in the Hawaiian Islands. The results of which are published as the “Fauna Hawaiiensis.” In 1903 the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ cane crop was menaced by a recently introduced Fulgorid, which had acquired most formi- dable proportions, and it was in conjunction with these studies of the native fauna that an examination of this insect resulted in its proving new to science, and its consequent fixation in entomological nomenclature as Perkinsiella saccharicida Wirk- aldy. In the summer of 1903 the deceased was engaged as assist- ant entomologist conjointly by the Hawaiian Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry and the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association. Later continuing his studies upon the hemipterous material (especially Fulgoridae), collected by the traveling en- tomologists of the Association during their quest for beneficial 152 insects, the results being published in various bulletins issued by the Association. For some years Mr. Kirkaldy had devoted much attention to bibliography, many of his numerous papers being emenda- tions in nomenclature. A staunch supporter of nomenclatorial “priority,” he frequently became involved in polemics with co- workers of opposite views. Although considered by some an extremist in this respect, he was supported by many leading en- tomologists, and his views were undoubtedly logical, although perhaps appearing heterdox to th eentomological classicist. At the time of his death he was engaged upon a ‘Catalogue of the Hemiptera,’ which was to have embraced the whole order, and would have occupied him many years. This catalogue was to have been in many respects unique, and much more exhaustive than the usual type. Unfortunately only Volume I (Cimicidae) is published, and it is understood that only a portion of Volume II is complete. It is sad to realize that he did not live to see even the beginning of this, his lfe-work. A “Natural History of the Hemiptera” was also planned for future publication. A voluminous writer and wide reader, a staunch friend and genial companion, he was always ready to give others the benefit of his wide bibliographical knowledge, and his untimely demise is greatly to be deplored, not only as a severe loss to Hemipterology, but his optimistic and kindly per- sonality will be greatly missed by his friends and colleagues. He was a fellow of the Entomological Society, London, since 1893, a member of the American Association of Economie En- tomologists, and several other entomological societies, and was for several years associated as a sub-editor with the ‘London Entomologist.” In expressing our keen realization of a great loss we desire to extend our sympathy to the widow and relatives who must still more deeply feel their heavy bereavement. The deceased leaves a widow, little daughter and aged mother to mourn his loss. (S) F. W. TERRY, K. M. EHRHORN, Dt. PULEAWAN. Committee. Mr. Ehrhorn moved, seconded by Mr. Giffard, that the res- olutions be spread upon the minutes of the Society and a copy sent to the family. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Insects Associated with ‘‘Mamake’’ (Pipturus albidus), Native Hawaiian Tree. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Among the native trees and plants of the Hawaiian Islands, the scientific observer notices when on excursions to the moun- tain forests, that there are some species very little or not at all attacked by imsects; while on the other hand, other species are very badly attacked by them. If the scientific observer be an entomological collector he soon gets to know which trees or plants are good for collecting and which ones it is not worth while trying to collect insects from. The “mamake” tree is one of the species which are very much attacked by insects. It seems to be a special favorite for quite a large number of insects; there being quite a few species even that are exclusively (or nearly so) attached to it. During the past two or three years I have taken records and notes on insects found on “mamake,” in my collecting trips to the mountains, and I think that it is quite desirable that my notes should be published. My observations have been mostly on Oahu; but to a slight extent on Maui, Hawaii and Kauai also. if have embodied in this, notes and records contributed by Mr. W. M. Giffard on Woltonicca that he has collected and reared from “mamake.”’ I have found this a very interesting line of entomological re- search, and would earnestly advise other members of the Society to take up something similar in connection with their collecting trips. I have first treated of the insects according to their Orders be- ginning with the Lepidoptera, the work of which is the most conspicuous to the casual observer. Then following are lists with respect to the part of tree attacked, predators, parasites, ete. LEPIDOPTERA. FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE. Vanessa tammeamea Esch.—This is the large native butter- fly. Its larvae are large, green, spiny caterpillars which feed Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 154 upon the leaves. In younger stages they are blackish with white markings and sometimes mauve as well. Frequently a full- erown caterpillar of the mauve coloration is found. When, the larva is quite small it cuts into the edge of a leaf and folds over the partially detached portion to form a “retreat” or hiding place. As it grows, successively larger ‘‘retreats’’ are formed. In searching for caterpillars they may be readily located by looking for these “retreats”; but the full-grown caterpillar is not always found in a “retreat.” It is readily seen, however, by its size. This insect is almost exclusively attached to ‘“mamake,” but its caterpillars are occasionally found feeding on a few of the related trees, as Neraudia and Boehmeria. Scotorythra rara (Butl.)—The larvae of this moth are of the usual “measuring worm” type. They are variegated with various shades of grey, brown and often green. Besides feed- ing on the leaves of ‘“‘mamake” they also feed on the leaves of koa, guava, tree ferns, Straussia, Cyrtandra, Pelea, and prob- ably many other native trees. They are often so numerous as to cause considerable defoliation. FAMILY PLUSIADAE. Plusia chalcites Esp.—This moth has a large green larva which crawls by a looping motion, but has one more pair of abdominal prolegs than the ordinary measuring worm. They have no particular food-plant, but feed on many cultivated plants and trees, also weeds, and many of the native trees and plants. They are often found feeding on the leaves ot “mamake.” FAMILY PYRAUSTIDAE. Phlyctaenia stellata (Butl.)—The pale whitish-green larvae of this Pyralid, when small, feed singly on the under- side of the leaves, often in a groove or unevenness of the sur- face, or beside a rib, and protected by a web. When larger a fold is made in the leaf and sufficiently covered for protection with white silk. The larvae feed chiefly on leaves of ‘“‘mamake,” but I have oceasionally found one on one or two closely related trees. FAMILY GELECHIIDAE. Thyrocopa abusa Walsm.—The larvae of this moth feed on dead twigs and vines, eating off the bark and burrowing inside Sys) as well. They burrow in the pith of some plants, even in living plants to some extent. I have found them on recently dead branches of “‘mamake.”’ They are brownish and well protected by silken tunnels. FAMILY HYPONOMEUTIDAE. EHyposmocoma chilonella Walsm.—This variable species has a long slender whitish larva which bores in dead branches of “mamake.” Probably they are to be found in other trees as well, but all that [ have reared were from ‘‘mamake,” though I have often found similar larvae in dead branches of many kinds of trees. This species is remarkable for the fact that the larval habit is different from others of the genus, it being a wood-borer and without a case; whereas, the larvae which are known of this Hawaiian genus with 177 species, live in eases, each peculiar to the species. Hyposmocoma sp.—I have found the larval eases of some species which I was unable to rear, inside burrows of other insects in dead branches of ‘“‘mamake.”’ FAMILY TORTRICIDAE. Archips postvittanus (Walk. ) Amorbia emigratella Busek.—The green larvae of these two yellowish introduced Tortricids: are leaf-folders or leaf- rollers on many kinds of plants and shrubs. I have found them on ‘“mamake.”’ Epagoge infaustana Walsm.—This is a native Tortricid whose greenish larvae feed in the tips of growing shoots of ° ‘“mamake’’; also in folded leaves or between fastened-together leaves. I do not know of their feeding on any other plant. / FAMILY TINEIDAE. Opogona aurisquamosa (Butl.)—Larvae of this Tineid I have often found in decaying branches of ‘imamake’’ and be- neath dead bark. They are rather general scavengers, feeding among dead leaves and in dead branches of many kinds of plants. They are often abundant in dead sugar cane and that which has been much eaten by the cane borer. Breunetis minuscula (Butl.)—Larvae of this Tineid have somewhat similar habits to the preceding species, though 156 usually to be found in drier situations. I have found them in dead and decaying branches of “mamake.” Philodoria micropetala Walsm.—This pretty little leaf- miner is very abundant on “mamake,” and I think peculiar to it. I have often counted over 100 of their mines per leaf. CoLEOPTERA.* FAMILY CERAMBYCIDAE. Sub-family Cerambycini. Group Plagithmysides. Plagithmysus lamarkianus P.—Males and females taken in situ at 4000 feet elevation, Kilauea, Hawaii. Not uncommon, Callithmysus kobelei P. Sen in situ on Tantalus, Oahu, at 1800 feet elevation. Both sexes in numbers bred from dying and wholly dead limbs gathered in same locality at 2000 feet elevation. Not at all common. FAMILY CURCULIONIDAE. Tribe Cryptorhynchini. Acalles humeralis P.—Taken singly and in cop. under the dry bark at 1800 feet elevation on Tantalus, Oahu. Both sexes bred in numbers from partly dead branches and limbs gathered at 2000 feet elevation in same locality. Not common. Tribe Cossonini. Dryopthorus crassus Shp., D. gravidus Shp., D. squalidus Shp., D. distinguendis, P., D. declivis Shp., D. modestus Shp., D. insignis Shp., D. einai P., D. oahuensis P.—Both sexes of each of these species excepting oahuensis, taken in situ under decaying bark of Pipturus on Tantalus at 1300 to 2000 feet elevation. The same species also bred from half dead branches and trunks of Pipturus. Many of the species may be considered ubiquitous and are by no means confined to Pipturus, unless it be oahwensis, which itself is somewhat uncommon and not at all abundant on this tree. Only half a dozen specimens of *These notes and records of Coleoptera contributed by Mr. W. M. Giffard. They were obtained on his collecting trips since 1904. All breeding was done at his Tantalus bungalow, at 1350 feet elevation. 1 157 oahwensis were obtained during five years collecting on Tan- talus, Oahu, and these were always in the live wood of Pipturus where it joins that which is dying. Two specimens of oahuensis were bred from half dead Pipturus wood. It has not been taken on any other island. All the other species of Dryop- thorus named were taken and also bred in large numbers on Oahu; but it has not yet been actually determined whether all these species are peculiar to this island. FAMILY PROTERHINIDAE. Proterhinus vestitus P. and P. blackburni P.—Both com- mon species and not altogether attached to Pipturus. Bred from dying wood of Pipturus gathered on Tantalus, Oahu, at 1800 to 2000 feet elevation. Also taken on Tantalus in situ under dead bark of Pipturus. FAMILY ANOBIIDAE. Xyletobius walsinghami Perkins—A few specimens bred from a trunk of dying tree on Tantalus. The largest species of the genus occuring in these Islands. FAMILY CIOIDAE. Species of Cis and Apterocis were taken from under dead bark of Pipturus on Tantalus, and also bred from the dying wood gathered in the same locality at 1800-2000 feet elevation. FAMILY NITIDULIDAE. Hupetinus impressus (Shp.)—Under decayed bark. FAMILY ELATERIDAE. An undetermined species under decayed bark; also pupae in the rotting wood. FAMILY COLYDIIDAE. Antilissus aper (Shp.)—Under dead bark of Pipturus, at 2000 feet elevation on Tantalus. Not uncommon under dying or dead bark of Bobea and Straussia. FAMILY CARABIDAE. Two or three species taken from hollow portions of the trunk and limbs of Pipturus on Tantalus at 1800-2000 feet elevation. Probably in hiding or in search of prey. In addition to the Coleoptera recorded by Mr. Giffard, I have collected the following as occurring incidentally: Cryptamorpha desjardinsi Guer. Rhizobius ventralis Er. Cryptolaemus montrouziert Mauls. Coelophora inequalis (Fab.) Platyomus lividigaster. The four latter are Coceinellids, and were either in hiding or in search of prey; the first two feeding on Pseudococcus citre. HEMIPTERA. FAMILY PYRRHOCORIDAE, Metrarga nuda White—Found inside dead branches that are more or less split up, or burrowed by other insects. FAMILY NABIDAE. Reduviolus truculentus Kirk.—Found on the living branches and foliage, where it is predaceous on other insects occurring there. Reduviolus lusciosus (White)—Sometimes found on lower branches or on young trees. Has predaceous habits like the preceding species. FAMILY ANTHOCORIDAE. Lasiochilus decolor (White)—A small, dark brown bug found in dead branches and under bark. Probably pre- daceous. FAMILY MIRIDAE. Tichorhinus iolan (Kirk.)—This small green bug is often. very abundant, feeding and breeding on the foliage. Probably attached to this tree. 159 Tichorhinus kanakanus (irk.)—Slightly larger than the pre- ceding and not so common. I have a red Capsid, unidentified, taken from Pipturus. FAMILY JASSIDAR. Nesophrosyne pipturt (irk. ) Nesophrosyne ponapona (Kirk.)—Two species very abundant on “mamake”’ and probably attached to it. FAMILY ASIRACIDAE. Nesosydne pipturt (Kirk.)—This pretty little leafhopper very common; probably attached to this tree. FAMILY COCCIDAE. Pseudococcus citrt (Rossi)—This mealy-bug often seen on the leaves, but not common. Saissetia hemisphericum (Targ.)—An occasional specimen on the twigs. Parasitic HyMENOPTERA. FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE. Echthromorpha fuscator Fab.—Parasitizes the chrysalis of Vanessa tammeamea. Limnerium blackburnit Cam.—Parasitizes the larvae of Phlye- taenia stellata. FAMILY BETHYLIDAE. Scleroderma sp.—Probably a new species near hraalae Ashi. Parasitizes the larvae of Hyposmocoma chilonella. FAMILY DRYINIDAE. Gonatopus perkinsi Ashm.—Parasitizes Nesosydne pipturi, also other related leafhoppers. The parasitized leaf- hopper is recognized by the conspicuous black wart- hike body on its abdomen. 160 FAMILY EUPELMIDAE. Omphale metallicus Ashm.—I have reared this little parasite from the leaf-miner, Philodoria micropetala. It is parasitic also on other leaf-miners and other small Micros. FAMILY TRICHOGRAMMIDAE. Pentarthron flavum Perkins—Parasitic in the eggs of Va- nessa tammeamea. Yt also paratizes the eggs of many species of moths. Parasitic DiprTeErRa. FAMILY TACHINIDAE. Chaetogaedia monticola (Bigot)—Parasitizes the caterpillars of Scotorythra rara and many other caterpillars. FAMILY PIPUNCULIDAE. Pipunculus swezeyi Perkins—Parasitic on the nymphs of leat- hoppers. Probably attacks Nesosydne — pipturi, though I never have reared it. MiscELLANEOUS. Odynerus spp.—l have found nests of these wasps filled with caterpillars in hollow, dead twigs, but have not reared the wasps to maturity to identify them. There are probably several species, as: O. nigripennis, O. mon- tanus, O. pseudochromus, O. pseudochromoides and Nesodynerus rudolph. Nesoprosopis spp.—Several species of the native bees also nest in dead branches. Several species found nesting in dead branches, ‘or running up the trunks in search of prey. Calotermes castaneus Burm.—-Nests in the dead branches. Cricket—A small species, taken on bark, Tantalus, 1800 feet elevation (W. M. G.). Oliarus sp.—Taken at Maunawili, Oahu, 800 feet elevation (CW. M. G.). . Ants 161 Buxesta annonae Fabr.—Observed on bark of tree at Mauna- wili, Oahu, 800 feet elevation (W. M. G.). Sciara molokaiensis Grims. (¢)—Dipterous larvae (probably this Mycetophillid) observed under rotting bark of Pipturus, Tantalus, 1500 feet elevation (W. M. G.). Earwig—In rotten branches, in search of prey. Psocids—Several undetermined species, collected from the leaves and branches. Psylliid—An undetermined specimen. An incidental capture. Insrots ATTACHED TO Prprurus, or Nuarty So. Lepiporprrra— Vanessa tammeamea. Phlyctaenia stellata. Epagoge infaustana. Philodoria micropetala. Coroprera— Calithmysus koebelei. Hemieprera— Reduviolus truculentus. Tichorhinus iolani and kanakanus. Nesophrosyne panapona and pipturt. Nesosydne pipturi. Insects ATTACKING THE Living TREE. FEEDING oN THE LEaves— Vanessa tammeamea. Scotorythra rara. Plusia chalcites. Phlyctaenia stellata. Archips postvittanus. Amorbia emigratella. Hpagoge infaustana. Philodoria micropetala. Tichorhinus iolani and kanakanus. A, red Capsid. Nesophrosyne ponapona andpipturi. Nesosydne pipturi. Pseudococcus citri. Borne 1n Green Twics— Epagoge infaustana. On Livine Barx— Saissetia hemisphericum. 162 Insects Arrackine Drap or Dyine TREEs. In Trunk anpd BrancHEs— Plagithmysus lamarkianus. Callithmysus koebelet. Acalles humeralis. Dryopthorus gravidus, squalidus, distinguenr dis, declivis, modestus, insignis, insignoides, crassus and oahwensis. Proterhinus vestitus, and blackburni. Xyletobius walsinghami. Hupetinus impressus. Hyposmocoma chilonella. Calotermes castaneus. FEEDING oN Funcus oN oR BENEATH Bark. CoLEOPTERA HemirTERA— Cis spp. Apterocis spp. Insects IN SEARCH OF PREY. Carabid beetles. Rhizobius ventralis. Cryptolaemus montrouziert. Coelophora imnequalis. Platyomus lividigaster. Metrarga nuda. ‘ Reduviolus truculentus, and luscvosus. Lasiochilus decolor. MiscELLANEOUS— PARASITES— Ants. Earwig. Staphilinid. Echthromorpha fuscator. Limnerium blackburni. Scleroderma sp. Gonatopus perkinsi. Omphale metallicus. Pentarthron flavum. Chaetogaedia monticola. Pipunculus swezeyt. 163 Specimens were exhibited, and in the discussion which fol- lowed the paper, Mr. Giffard stated that between 1904 and 1906 he had paid special attention to beetles attached to “Mamake,” but could not with any certainty state that more than one species was absolutely restricted to that tree, as far as the island of Oahu is concerned. He referred particularly to Callithmysus kobelei which he had bred from Mamake on several occasions. A small species of Acalles, one of Proter- hinus and one or more of Cis he had also bred, but was not sure but that these were also attached to other hosts. On Hawaii he had collected Plagithmysus lamarkianus from Piptwrus, as had other collectors, but had no opportunity to breed it from the tree. Mr. Giffard exhibited a spider’s nest between two koa leaves which had been pre-empted by the mud nest of Odynerus that, in turn, had been parasitized by Hupelmus.. He also ex: hibited the cells and larvae of Odynerus, together with a series of Hupelmids that had emerged from them. Mr. Terry exhibited a male Stylops Neocholax jacobsoni Meij. which he had caught at night in Java, and stated that there was no previous record of a Stylopid caught at might. Mr. Leckenby (a visitor present, who had recently returned from New Zealand) stated that in New Zealand there was a flycatcher, Rhipidura flabellifera, that might prove of value in Hawaii. He had observed a large spider in Fiji that fed on Japanese beetles that might also be introduced. APRIL 61x, 1910. The sixty-second regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. List of the Aphidae of the Hawaiian Islands. BY D. T. FULLAWAY. [Microscope Slides of Specimens Exhibited.] The following list is supplementary to that published by Mr. Kirkaldy in 1908.* A synopsis of the group appears in *Proceedings Hawaiian Entomological Society, I, Part 5, p. 206. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., I, No. 4, April, 1912. 164 the Annual Report of the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion for 1909, and the notes here presented in connection with each species are merely for ready reference. il; bo . Oo 6. a! Idiopteris nephrolepidis Davis, on Acrostichum reti- culatum,; Tantalus, Niu, Palolo, Oahu. Macrosiphum trifolii Perg., on Sonchus oleraceus ; Tan- talus, Honolulu, Oahu. Macrosiphum rosae Linn., on cultivated roses; Mana, Punopelu, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu. Macrosiphum sanborni Gillette, on cultivated chrysanthe- mums; Honolulu, Oahu. Macrosiphum circumflecum Buckt., on Physalis Perwvi- ana; Tantalus, Oahu. Myzus citricidus Kirkaldy, on Citrus aurantium ; Mana, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu. Myzus persicae Sulz., on Brassica oleracea; Honolulu, Oahu. : Pentalonia mgronervosa Coq., on cultivated banana (Musa spp.) ; Honolulu, Oahu. | Rhopalosiphum violae Perg., on cultivated violets; Tan- talus, Oahu. Toxoptera aurantiae Koch., on Pelea, Straussia, Coffea; Tantalus, Niu, Palolo, Oahu. Toxoptera caricis Fullaway, on a species of Carex ; Pauoa, Oahu. Aphis sacchari Zehntner, on sugar cane (Saccharum offi- cinarum) ; Honolulu, Oahu. Aphis bambusae Fullaway, on a bamboo (Phyllo- stachys?) ; Honolulu, Oahu. Aphis swezeyi Fullaway, on Gnaphalium ; Halawa, Oahu. Aphis gossypii Glover, on Gossypium, Cucumis, Arum esculentum, Hibiscus rosasinensis, Medicago denticu- lata,** Phaesolus lunatus, Portulaca oleracea, Cu- phea ,Bidens; Honolulu, Wahiawa, Waipahu mauka, Kunia, Tantalus, Oahu. Aphis brassicae Linn., on Brassica oleracea; Wahiawa, Honolulu, Oahu. **The Aphis on Medicago denticulata, Phaseolus lunatus, and Portu- laca oleracea is probaly anothor species—Aphis medicaginis or Aphis abpaveris. 165 17. Aphis maidis Fitch, on sorghum (Andropogon vulgare var. saccharatum), corn (Zea mays) ; Honolulu, Ku- nia, Oahu. 18. Aphis myosotidis Koch., on Hrechtites sp.( 7); Tantalus, Pauoa Valley, Oahu. 19. Myzocallis kahawaluokalani Kirkaldy, on Lagerstroemia indica, also on other shrubs; Honolulu, Oahu. 20. Hriosoma mali Samouelle, on apple (Pyrus malus) ; Wai- ki, Hawaii. 21. Cerataphis lataniae Boisd., on fan palm (Pritchardia) ; Honolulu, Oahu. Some Recent Moth Determinations. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. I wish to put on record for future reference the determina- tions of a few moths recently made for me by Mr. August Busck of the United States National Musewn. EPpueEsiIA ELUTELLA Hubn. This is the moth referred to as Hphestiodes gilvescentella Rag. by Mr. Kotinsky, on page 27 of Vol. II, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. It is a bad feed warehouse and household pest, the larvae feeding on all kinds of cereals and cereal products, bakery goods, nuts, dried fruits, ete. CROCIDOSEMA LANTANA Busck. This is the Tortricid introduced from Mexico by Mr. [oe- oele, to assist in the destruction of Lantana. The larvae feed in the flower clusters and also on the immature fruit. It is very similar to C. plebiana Z., which feeds in the buds of “Thima” and Abutilon, and oceurs in Europe, Australia, West Indies, Central America and South America, as well as the Ha- wailan Islands. AMORBIA EMIGRATELLA Busck. This is the larger yellowish introduced Tortricid leaf-roller, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 166 ~ whose larvae are often so numerous on many kinds of plants, trees and shrubs. The green larvae sometimes eat the young fruits of the orange and aligator pear, if a leaf les near or in contact. It has recently been described by Mr. Busck in Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc., XI, p. 201, 1909. It is a Mexican species, there being specimens in the United States National Museum from several places in Mexico, also from Costa Rica. CYANE TERPSICHORELLA BUSCK. This is the “Dancing Moth” discussed on page 20 of Bull. 6, Div. Ent., H, S. P. A. Mr. Busck thinks that this Tineid is probably of Central American origin. The second and fourth species above, Mr. Busck found to be undescribed, and he has named them as given above, in- tending to describe them in the forthcoming number of Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc.* One of the visitors, Mr. Louis Margolin, of the Federal _ Forest Service, was asked to make a few remarks on some of his observations during his visit on the islands. Mr. Margolin said that, not being an entomologist, but, however, being in- terested in entomology, he wanted to state that while on Maw his attention was drawn to the dying koa forest near Kailuh. The people there were very much alarmed at the rapid passing of the trees and believed it to be insect work. Several mem- bers of the Society, in discussing the matter, stated that no insect was known to attack the trunks of healthy koa trees, and that, in their opinion, the probable cause was bacteria in the soil, similar cases having been determined by investigators on the Nahiku forest. | A member present inquired into the advisability of intro- ducing woodpeckers which, he thought, would help reduce some of the wood-boring beetles. Prof. Bryan, being present, the Chairman referred the matter to him. He gave a very in- teresting talk on the possibilities of introducing a few useful birds, but warned the members of promiscuous introductions, owing to the changeable habits some birds had exhibited after being introduced. He cited the mynah bird as an example. He also mentioned the possible danger of our red-headed wood- pecker scattering the seeds of the Hitchcock berry (Rubus ja- maicensis). If any introductions were to be made of woodpeck- * Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc. xii, No. 3, pp. 132-134, 1910.—[Ed.] 167 ers he thought that species from the Philippine Islands and East Indies would be more apt to prove successful, though on a whole the introduction of birds should be controlled under strictly scientific supervision and their habits should be ob- served in large enclosures for a sufficient period to determine whether or not their feeding habits would change. A lengthy discussion followed, embracing the introduction of seeds and plants, and several members present testified to their experience with some of our berry plants adopting an entirely different habit from their usual growth, with a yield of poor, insignifi- eant fruit. Several grasses were cited as being good forage plants on the mainland, but inferior forage here and acting more as weeds. Much stress was laid on the importance of havy- ing the Federal Experiment Station make tests of all seed intro- ductions to permanently settle the question of whether seed plants or grasses should be allowed to be planted in the islands. MAY 5rn, 1910. The sixty-third regular meeting of the Society was held in the regular place. PAPERS READ. Some Recent Weevil Determinations. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Caryoporus GonaGRA (Fab. ) This is the large Bruchid which began to attract attention late in the summer of 1908. It is now very abundant and widely distributed on the lowlands of Oahu, but has not as yet been reported from the other Tslands.- [It breeds in the pods of alearoba, glue bush, tamarinds, several cultivated cassias and other legumes. I recently came across a figure of Caryoborus gonagra (Fab.) in Dr. Maxwell-Lefroy’s new book, Indian In- sect, Lite, which looked very much like our insect. Looking up the description in Schoenherr’s Catalogue of the Curculionidae, it was found to correspond well. I then sent specimens to Dr. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 168 Lefroy, and he has confirmed my identification of the insect. It has no doubt been introduced from India, or some other part of the Orient, in seeds of some leguminous plant. Acyrnoprus aATreRRIMuS (Waterh. ). This black Cureulionid of the tribe Barini has been found established in an orchid house in Honolulu. It no doubt was introduced in orchids from the Philipjme Islands, as there is a specimen of the species in the collection of the Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry that was taken from orchids im- ported from Manila. I have identified the species from a figure in a paper by Lea on Orehid and Fern Weevils (Agr. Gaz., N. S. W., June, 1904) and by referring to the original deserip- tion. It was described by Blackburn in Australia as Baris orchivora; but Lea, later, synonomizes this with Waterhouse’s, species. CryproRHYNCHUS BATATAE (Waterh.). Dr. Perkins has called my attention to an account by H. A. Ballou (West Indian Bulletin, pp. 180-192, 1909) of this weevil as a pest on sweet: potatoes in Barbados. The paper con- tains a copy of the original description by Waterhouse 1m Proe. Ent. Soc., London, 1849. Comparing our specimens, bred from sweet potatoes, with this description, we conclude that ours is the same as the Barbados pest.* Our specimens had been identified as Blackburn’s Hyperomorpha squamosa, but not with certainty, though it probably is the same species. * More recently specimens of this weevil have been compared by Mr. Schwarz at the United States National Museum and by Mr. Champion of England, and it is settled beyond a doubt that this species is batatac. Champion has referred it to the genus Huscepes, however, and hence, it should now be known as Huscepes batatae (Waterh.) It has not been settled definitely yet, however, whether it is the same as Hyperomorpha squamosa Blkb.—[Ed. ] 169 The Introduction of Birds Into Hawaii. BY WILLIAM ALANSON BRYAN. - (Author’s Abstract. ) Geologists point out that birds came’ into existence in the animal kingdom long after the class Insecta had begun to flourish. Finding a piace vacant in the scheme of nature, they proceeded through the process of evolution and adaptation to fill it. As time went on the class was divided into orders, famihes and species, each suited to its environment and each endowed with special food habits. That so many birds are insectivorous may be taken as an index to the enormous re- productive capacity of imsects and their general acceptability as food for birds, as well as the inadequacy of the forces of the ani- mal kingdom that fed on insects before the advent of birds. True as this generalization may be of birds as a class of animals, it is not so true of the birds of Hawa. Isolated as the islands have been, apparently from very remote geological time, their land fauna has been singularly of an accumulative character. The birds that came to the Islands doubtless came by accident, and their future depended on their ability to adapt themselves to the conditions as they found them. As a conse- quence, they became in a large number of cases highly special- ized, nectar-feeding species and, as a result, they were unable to adjust themselves to the change in the flora and other condi- tions which preceded or accompanied the advent of white men in the group. What we know of the extinct species indicates that the bird fauna was in a vanishing condition even before white men came to the group. Their coming, therefore, has only added to the adverse condtions then existing. The dis- appearance of the native birds from Hawaiian forests is one of the wonder tales of ornithology. With three or four excep- tions, no birds have been introduced to take their place and help in any way to re-establish the balanee of nature which exists elsewhere and which doubtless would have existed here had the isands been more accessible to the ordinary routes of bird migration. Add to the isolation, the environmental changes that have taken place in these islands in the last one hundred years, and we have a condition that has but few ELOc awe Hnts soc. Il, No. 4, April, 1912: 170 parallels. During that period the lower zone—. e., the agri- cultural area below 1500 feet elevation—has been remade from the faunal, as well as from the agricultural point of view. New plants, new conditions, new insects have been. introduced and in many cases encouraged to occupy the land. In the majority of cases their natural enemies have not followed the insect pests that have come to these shores. One of the results of this has been that many agricultural plants and domestic animals are almost without protection from their natural enemies. The speaker for this reason has repeatedly urged that the intro- duction of birds into Hawaii will become of more and more economic importance. In this connection, an instance of the condition existing here may be of interest. In two hours collecting I was able to gather from a patch of sweet corn, a rod square, specimens of seven orders, representing twenty-nine families and thirty-nine species of insects. Fourteen species were directly injurious to vegetation, six doubtfully so, while five were known to be beneficial and four both beneficial and injurious by turns, while the remaining ten were of no known economic importance. That similar conditions exist with reference to a number of the crops grown here in a small way is well known. That these pests will-continue to multiply to the limit of their food supply unless natural enemies are introduced is not disputed. That the native birds are vanishing and, as a class, are now .of little importance to agriculture is shown by a reference to their habits and their weakened condition, both in numbers and species. In the eleven orders of birds represented im Hawai (two of which have been introduced) there are, all told, not more than one hundred and thirty-two species. Of that number sixty are sea or marsh birds or rare accidental visitors. Thirty-one of the remainder are extinct or too rare to figure in any way in the economic ornithology of even the native forests. Twenty-one species belonging to ten genera are of more or less economic importance. Of this meager list the plover. the hawk and the owl are non-passerine, so that the eighteen passerine native forest dwelling birds are representa- tives of seven genera. Aside from the work they do in the na- tive forest, they do not count as factors in the struggle against insects, and there is no reason to suppose that they should, since by nature they all belong to the deep forests of the higher elevations. The few (nine) species introduced are of far more aLyigl economic importance than are all the native birds combined. Since there is but little to be expected from the native avi- fauna along the line of insect control, what is required is the judicious introduction of foreign birds to feed on our insect pests. We could thus form a second line of defense against insect invasions that will be a first aid to the plant and animal quarantine now maintained here by the territory and nation. The intelligent introduction of birds into Hawaii or any other country is by no means the simple task that some have thought it to be. Three important questions with reference to their food habits must be settled definitely in advance of the liberation of any species of bird in the Territory. They are: (1) The food of the species at home. (2) What proportion of its food is injurious insects? (3) What its food will be when brought to Hawaii ¢ On the mainland the conditions existing about a farm home are far different from those found in Hawaii. There the yard, garden, orchard, meadow, field crops, shrubs and forest have their special bird inhabitants. In case of an insect outbreak they all take part in suppressing the invasion. The average farm on the mainland during the year has more species of birds than occupy the entire land area of the Hawaiian group. It has been found, however, that not all birds are good birds at all times. Most of them, however, are so useful on the average as to warrant their general protection. The development of the study of economic ornithology is still in its infancy. Wilson, in 1808, won the title of being the pioneer in America. Audubon, like Wilson, spoke in general terms of the habits and value of birds. Their direct benefit to agriculture was first appreciated in 1850, and Flagg in 1861, in a paper on the “Utility of Birds,” declared that “each species performs certain services in the economy of nature which can- not be so well performed by other species.’ Prof. Jenks devised the system of alimentary analysis which has been much used in the study of the habits of birds. The Biological Survey was first organized in 1885, and from first to last 300 or more papers have appeared of more or less value. These form the bulk of the economic literature on North American birds. Very little of the work done on the mainland, however, is of direct use in considering the problems of Hawaii, for the obvious reason that her problems are her own and very peculiar to the group. . 172 The three methods of studying the food of birds need not be discussed here, since they are the usual methods of ascer- taining the-kind and amount of food consumed. By their use ornithologists have definitely shown that practically all of the injurious insects on the mainland have their enemies among the bir’_, and that often the amount of insect food consumed is enormous. Owing to the active nature of birds they demand large quantities of food. It has been shown that sixteen ca- naries (kept by Stanley) ate one-sixth their weight daily. Her- rick observed three young red-winged blackbirds to be fed 40 times in four hours; four young king birds were fed ninety-one times in four hours, four young song sparrows were fed seven- teen times in four hours, four young song sparrows were fed seventeen grasshopper nymphs and two spiders in sixty-seven minutes, while a house wren made one hundred and ten visits to her nest im four and a half hours and fed one hundred and eleven insects and spiders to her young. The relation of insect outbreaks and the damage done by to crops fluctuates greatly. To obviate this a check should be provided by nature that would be always at hand and ready to feed on any new pest that appears, without being too particular as to the exact family and species to which the pest belongs. Birds meet the requirement better than any other animal. They are alert and active and mounted on swift wings. In more than one instance they have proven their ability to work together for the common good. Two illustrations selected almost at ran- dom from published data are given to show the way bird con- trol works out on the mainland. An observation conducted by Forbes in an orchard badly in- fested with canker worms is of interest. He shot and examined one hundred forty-one specimens. Of the thirty-five. species | he found that twenty-six species had been eating canker worms and eighty-five specimens, that is 72 per cent. of the species and 60 per cent. of the specimens, had eaten the worms. Of. the entire lot 55 per cent. of their food consisted of the canker worms. Ie compared this result with the normal May food of the birds and found that birds of varying sizes and habits had migrated to the outbreak; that wrens, blue jays, meadow larks, ete., ete., were among them; that in addition to the canker worms a sufticient per cent. of their normal food of different kinds had been eaten to prevent its Increase; and that with one : 173 exception birds eating worms had simply added the canker worm to the ration. Prof. Aughey at the time of the red-legged locust outbreak in Nebraska found all the birds from the humming bird to the white pelican had done their best to suppress the outbreak. Six robins had eaten 265; one olive-backed thrush, 55; “ive cat birds, 152; one ruby-crowned kinglet, 29 locusts, and so on through a long list; the palm going to four cuckoos that had devoured 416 locusts among them. These and other examples that can be cited leaves no doubt as to the good intentions of our feathered friends, and the facts seem to warrant the belief that they put their good intentions into practice. The relation of birds to predaceous and parasitic insects is of interest especially in Hawaii. I am aware that Dr. Walsh and others have pronounced birds as of doubtful economic value, but there is a general belief that the error made by Walsh and his followers was one of basing their conclusions on too narrow a view of the role played by birds in the economy of nature. All agree with Weed and Dearborn that it was unfair to classify birds as injurious, beneficial and neutral on the stomach contents alone. Supposing an ichneumon parasite to be found in the stomach of a robin it could, as has been shown by Dearborn, be referred to any one of the following classes: 1st.—A primary parasite of an injurious insect. 2nd.—A secondard parasite of an injurious insect. 3rd.—The primary parasite of an insect feeding on a nox- ious plant. 4th.—The secordary parasite of the same insect. 5th.—The primary parasite of an insect feeding on a wild plant of no value. 6th.—The secondary parasite of an insect feeding on a wild plant of no value. 7th.—The primary parasite of a predaceous insect. 8th.—The secondary parasite of a predaceous insect and so on. These and other circumstances mentioned during the con- sideration of this subject were calculated to show that there was no danger that birds, if properly selected before introduction, would seriously interfere with our introduced beneficial insects. In closing it would seem to be a simple matter for any one familiar with the facts to suggest a half dozen species of birds 174 that should be imported at once into Hawaii. For example, the house wren, the mocking bird and the fly catchers could be taken on their records. Nevertheless those interested in bird introduction should recognize that an extensive outfit with suf- ficient funds for carrying on scientific experiments at home and abroad must be provided before thorough work can be done. Time and skill of a high order are two important factors that must not be overlooked in attacking the problem. There should be large importations made in stocking the new species in the Islands and a number of species should be introduced with a view to establishing conditions of inter relation between species resulting in a division of labor similar to that which is known on the mainland and in other regions where the bird population is In a more normal condition. Finally, it seems proper to urge that it is unwise to under- take bird introduction into the Island on a small seale as a be- ginning looking to a larger development of the experiment 1f it should prove suecessful. There is always the possibility of the first introduction being ill-advised or turning out badly, with the result that the whole subject of bird introduction would be discredited in the popular mind. The protection furnished by a large well equipped experi- mental aviary under the direction of an ornithologist familiar with conditions as they exist is without doubt the first and the most essential step in bird introduction, and one which should be the foundation of the work. After this paper a very interesting discussion followed. Dr. Perkins agreed with Prof. Bryan and added that after exam- ining the stomachs of a great many Hawauan birds he had found but one instance of a bird eating a beneficial insect. One species of Clorodrepanis from Oahu, was found to be a heavy feeder on the seale (Coccus acuminatus). He also stated that nearly all of the Honey Creepers fed their young on cater- pillars, but the adults rarely touch an insect. He, too, em- phasized the importance of careful experiments before introduc- ing a strange bird, as nearly all of the introductions of strange birds without such precautions had proved failures. Mr. Ehr- horn spoke very highly of the California black bird ( Brewers’ blackbird) as an insect eater. He noticed that these birds would very often perch on the backs of cattle, no doubt picking at some of the flies which were annoying them. He also mentioned — =~ On a Chinese thrush brought to San Francisco by a Chinese that fed only on live grasshoppers. Vice-President Terry then read a letter from Dr. Cobb in Jamaica stating that turkeys were very effective in keeping down insects in Jamaica cane fields. Mr. Ehrhorn said that he had seen turkeys doing good work against crickets in California. Mr. Terry noticed at Hong Kong some insectivorous birds which he thought might prove very useful. Prof. Bryan said the common house wren was a very good insect feeder. He mentioned also an African bird that lived around animals picking off flies and other insect pests. After reading all the available literature regarding this bird the only thing not to its eredit was the picking at the saddle galls or sores on stock. This bird he thought would be an efficient enemy of the horn fly. Mr. Ehrhorn wanted to know what insects besides the Jap- anese beetle and the ‘Olinda bug” affected the Eucalyptus in Hawan. Mr. Swezey said that the Torpedo bug (Siphanta acuta Walk.) could be added to the list. Mr. Swezey exhibited a nest of Polistes aurifer that had been made under ground. PUN Ee ony. 19110: The sixty-fourth regular meeting of the Society was held e f=) ¢ e in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. A Few Notes on Solenopsis Geminata. BY L. V. LEWIS Dr. Wheeler says that this species is common everywhere in the warmer parts of the world, and is both highly carnivorous and highly vegetarian; that is, it will prey on any defenseless or moribund insect and stores seeds in the chamber of its nest. One day while hunting for Coccids on the roots of grass I noticed a small bare spot with a little hole in the center, out of which a Solenopsis would come at frequent intervals. and Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 176 thinking that there might be some species of Coccid in the vicinity of the hole I proceeded to carefully remove the soil, and after going down about three inches unearthed what might be called an ‘underground grainary.” This was a hollow of about four inches wide by four inches high, with galleries lead- ing off into other “grainaries,” the main nest itself being several feet away. The grain consisted of every kind of grass seed to be found in the neighborhood and was closely and carefully packed. These observations were taken as hurriedly as possible for the little insect certainly earns the name given it in Central America, viz., “Homega brava,” or fire ant. Solenopsis might safely be placed in the list of beneficial insects. W. E. Hinds, of the Department of Agriculture, re- ports that it is an established enemy of both the Cotton leaf worm and Cotton’ boll weevil, while I have personally seen these ants capture and carry off several leaf roller larvae. The different kinds of insect remains found in a nest is in itself an afternoon’s work for an entomologist. A great deal of information has been collected with reference to the supposed intelligence of ants, but I never realized this “until experimenting with some ant poison. The ants would come and carry into the nest a certain amount of food, which was in the form of a dough, when suddenly a large number of ants would issue from the nest, take a small particle of dirt in the mandible and completely cover the poison, also making gal- leries under the tin containing the poison; this was the result each time I experimented with the dough, in fact they soon recognized the poison and covered it over without touching it. To test the sense of smell in Solenopsis a big one was teth- ered to a board by a thread; when her excitement had subsided and she was quite motionless, I approached her with a stick very quietly so as almost to touch first one and then the other antenna, which, however, did not move. I then dipped the stick in benzine and repeated the operation; the antennae was slowly retraced and drawn quite back. I was, of course, careful not to touch the antennae. Then I cut the head off and tried the same experiment with exactly the same results. Mr. McCook considers that ants recognize each other by scent and states that if ants are more or less soaked in water they are no longer recognized by their friends but are attacked. Lit Solenopis, as Dr. Wheeler informs us, and which can be verified, stings very severely, and as the sting is an interesting weapon not only because of its structure, but for the reason that we are acquainted with it, [ will make a few remarks upon it. The palpi or feelers instead of being hairy, as in a bee, are broad and set sparingly with thick tactile bristles. The sheath, as in the bee, does not inclose the darts, but is split down the side, with dove-tailed grooves running its entire length. When one of these ants gets upon the hand it does not im- mediately thrust its sting into the flesh, but seems to be trying to find a suitable place for the deposit of the poison. Upon finding: such a position it grasps the flesh with the mandibles, draws the abdomen towards the head and thrusts the sheath into the tightly drawn flesh, which, no sooner gets a hold than the darts are driven forward until the lttle weapon can go no further, the poison in the meantime flowing into the wound, a drop of which is capable of killing any insect. I have found upon further observations that the darts are continued far above the bulbous portion of the sheath, being still held in place by the dove-tail process before referred to, and that towards the head of the bulb the darts separate, form- ing arms shaped like a Y ending in two points, which are at- tached to a couple of chitinous muscles, which for convenience sake and also because that is their purpose, I will eall levers, the levers again being attached to muscles terminating in the body wall of the abdomen. These muscles by contracting re- volve the levers around so as to force the two points at the end of the darts to approach each other, upon which both the darts and sheath are thrust into the flesh. A muscular contraction of a strip joining the end of the Y-shaped arms and the muscle attached to the abdomen, brings the end of the darts down, thereby forcing them alone into the wound, while the sheath is left steady, the next movement drives the sheath further in, and vice versa, until the sting is lost sight of. It has no doubt been noticed by those who have examined a bee’s sting that the darts have at their extremities several loosely fixed barbs which are left in the wound; while no trace of them ean be found in the wasp. The darts of the ant, while possessing these interesting barbs, instead of being loosely at- tached are firmly fixed, and set so numerous, there being only two or three at the top, so that they are not left in the wound. 178 The sting also is not torn from the body of the insect and left in the wound when the ant is brushed off, as the case of the bee. While dissecting one of the ants, by mistake I broke the poison sack, whereupon a yellowish liquid ran out upon’ the parafin which immediately melted, as if a match had been ap- pled to it. All forms but the male have a sting. I have been unable to find any resemblance to a sting in the male, although there are two organs resembling the palpi of the workers. The paper was discussed at length. Mr. Ehrhorn made a few remarks on his observation with poisons for killing ants. He was particularly struck with the efficiency of Cyanide of Potassium finely ground and scattered about the exit holes of Solenopsis geminata. Ue reported that after disturbing the nest by stamping the ground it would only take about five min- utes until the bulk of the crawling ants would succumb to the fumes of the Cyanide. His observations on Pheidole megace- phala made him think that species did not succumb as easily, although the fumes would kill great numbers. Mr. Ehrhorn thought that Cyanide could be used to great advantage and that would in a measure supplant Carbon bisulphide, which is ex- pensive and dangerous to handle. He mentioned that experi- ments with sprays of Cyanide and water had given good results used at the rate of 1 0z. to 1 gallon of water. Mr. Fullaway said that the Pineapple growers could no doubt be greatly relieved from the Mealy bugs if they would go after ants. Dr. Perkins made some remarks on Termites. Mr. Giffard asked if anybody could give a remedy for the work of Termites. Dr. Perkins recommended powdered arsenic. Mr. Terry exhibited a sample of Chinese inlaid feather work representing an insect. The feathers were of a smal! ling fisher. Dr. Perkins gave a general account of Rev. Thomas Black- burn’s old collection of Hawaiian insects, of which he had re- cently become possessed. Mr. Terry exhibited the pupa of a Japanese beetle Adoretus fenuimaculatus in its split larval skin. He gave the incubat- ing period as four days and the larval period seventy-seven days. JULY (Tw, 1910. The sixty-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a collection of remarkable galls made by seale insects and made the following remarks: “Until a few years ago Gall-making coccids were only re- ported from Australia. Recently new forms have been reported from other countries. One species Ollifiella cristicola from the United States and at the February meeting I recorded a new species, Cissococcus? oahuensis, found on Opuhe (Urera sand- wichensis) on Tantalus, Oahu. Mr. O. H. Swezey brought me a semi-gall-forming coccid, a Pseudococcus species, probably new, which he found on Sandalwood. From outward appearance of this gall one would take it for that of a Psyllid, but it is a true Pseudococcus. Many of the Galls made by coccids could be taken for seed- pods, and the resemblance for instance of Cylindrococcus spini- ferous to the young seedpods of Ironwood, Casuarina, is indeed very striking. Most of the gall-forming coceids belong to the subfamily Dactylopiinae, and their structure is at times strik- ingly specialized, the abdomen is usually prolonged and at times ends in a pecular tube, through which the honeydew is dis- charged. Some galls contain a single individual, while others consist of colonies, containing many individuals, each owning its own gall, the whole forming a very striking gall. The galls of the male coecids are usually smaller than those of the females. The gall of Apitomorpha duplex resembles the seedpod of Mavr- tynia probocidea when the probocis-lke hood is open.” The talk was a very interesting one and Chairman Terry thought that Dr. Lyon ,the H. 8. P. A. Pathologist, would be interested in them, so he excused himself and called Dr. Lyon. He had never seen galls made by seale insects before and agreed with the other members that they did resemble seedpods cf trees. One in particular made by Apiomorpha duplex resem- bled the seedpod of the Mexican Martynia probocidea after the pods had opened. Mr. Ehrhorn also exhibited a pair of very rare Leucanid beetles from New Guinea. Mr. Terry exhibited a fly of the genus Dyscritomyia, which 180 was bred from living land shells, probably Achatinella lyma- niana Bald., collected by D. B. Kuhns in the Waianae Moun- tains. This fly produces living young. Some corrections in literature on Hawaiian insects; and other remarks. BY DR. R. C. L. PERKINS. At various times I have come across more or less serious errors in my description of Hawaiian insects, which have not been corrected by myself in print, nor so far as I know noticed by others. In P. H. E. S., p. 63, and in various other tables of species, in referring to the genus Pseudopterocheilus I have inadver- tently written “maxillary” for “labial palpi.” In my original description of Odynerus pseudopterocheiloides (Fauna Haw. I, 69), however, the words used are quite correct, “palpi labiales pilis longis utrinque ciliatae.” In P. H. E. S., I, p. 124, for “dotted” read “clothed.” Op cit., p. 112, our Lithurgus is stated to have 4-jointed palpi, but there are really only three joints There is a curious error (F. Haw. II, p. 65) im respect to the dragon fly which I identified as Agrion koelense Blackburn. The description of the ¢ characters agrees well with the series taken, but for the figure of these parts (loc. cit. Pl. V, Figs. 7 and 7a) a mutilated example was chosen, in which the terminal segments were detached, as being easier for the artist to draw. Now this example, assumed through carelessness to be the same species as the rest of the series, happens to belong to A. amauro- dytum, and therefore the figures do not represent A. koelense at. all. Whether Blackburn’s A. koelense is what I considered it to be, or what I have called A. amaurodytum, I cannot tell with certainty till I examine his species. The members of the “Koelense” group of Agrions, that superficially resemble one another, show much variability, the species are closely allied, and frequently occur mixed in the field, so they are not ex- traordinarily easy to distinguish. The males are best distin- guished by the form of the appendages. Fauna Haw. ITI, p. 25, line 3 from top, for “femora” read “tibiae.” Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 181 Table of Agrionidae. 1 (2) Process or tooth on lower margin of superior ap- pendages situated at or near the middle of the length of the appendages. A. amaurodytum. 2 (1) This process or tooth situated far apical of the mid- dle of the length of the appendages. 3 (4) Superior appendages viewed laterally on the inner surface with the lower process as strong and large as the upper one. - A. asteliae. 4 (3) Superior appendage in the same aspect with the lower process, notably smaller than the upper one. A. koelense. AUGUST 5ru, 1910. The sixty-sixth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Dr. Perkins exhibited a beautifully mounted collection of Carabid beetles made by Mr. Giffard, principally on Tantalus. Dr. Perkins stated that the Carabidae were extremely hard to identify and that the specimens must be well cleaned and mount- ed in order to identify them at all. Mr. Terry exhibited ¢ and ? specimens of the genus Xenos in the body of Polistes aurifer. He stated that the males are ex- tremely active, making a distinctly audible buzzing with their wings. He exhibited a Rhipiphorid collected by Mr. Muir from Java, also adult and cocoon of Saprinus lugens, which he stated was a very efficient check for the horn fly. OCTOBER 6rn, 1910. The sixty-seventh regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. WWCTINDCTHRCLE CLE Ger prcnsc a yceaicccr sie nei ois, Siesotaia: os eevee creas ret H. O. MARSH en co bo ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited some specimens of several species of ants taken in course of quarantine inspection work, and in Ho- nolulu, and made remarks on distribution of the species. The following species were exhibited: Monomorium vastator, M. pharaons, M. floricola, Tetramorium guinense, Tetramorium sp., Plagiolepis exigua, Solenopsis sp., Pheidole javana. Mr. Swezey gave an account of his visit to the Gypsy Moth Parasite laboratory at Melrose Highlands, Mass., in August, and of the work there with introduced parasites and predaceous insects; also gave an account of what he saw of the work in control and prevention of the spread of the Gypsy and Brown- tail moths. NOVEMBER 3rp, 1910. The sixty-eighth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Memiberxelecvedy ive oy isi keener oa ten ten eee corer H. H. SEVERIN ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Prof. Severin read a very interesting paper on the ‘‘Host ovipositing Tachinid of the Walking Stick, Diapheromera fe- morata.’’* A very interesting discussion by the members fol- lowed. Mr. E. M. Ehrhorn exhibited a collection of beautiful in- sects from the headwaters of the Amazon. Prof. Severin remarked on the inaccuracy of the Nature Study being taught in the Public Schools. He stated that im one school the teacher exhibited the lantana bug (Teleonemia lantanae) as the lantana leaf miner. Mr. Swezey announced that Mr. Buseck, of the U. S. Na- tional Museum, had deseribed the Lantana Leaf-miner as cre- mastobombycia lantanella, in Proce. Wash. Ent. Soe. XII, p. 133, 1910. Mr. Ehrhorn asked the members if they had observed the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) in the fruit of the cactus. He stated that he was getting together a list of the *Withdrawn for publication elsewhere. 183 fruits attacked by this pest. So far he had not observed it at- tacking guavas. No one had yet observed the fruit fly in cactus. Three New Species of Hawaiian Moths. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. CAPUA CASSIA N. SP. Male and female. 10-12 mm. Antennae ochreous, barred above with brownish; basal joint brownish in front. Palpi pale ochreous, median joint brownish on outer side, terminal joint brownish. Head brownish in front of antennae, whitish or ochreous on vertex. Thorax and tegulae ochreous. Abdomen pale gray. Ground color of fore- wings ochreous, varying from pale ochreous to brownish ochreous, with chestnut-brown markings as follows: two or three dots on basal third of costa; a wide, oblique band across wing from middle of costa, widening on dorsum, so that it covers tornal two-fifths of dorsal mar- gin; a large, triangular spot projecting inwards from outer third of costa, a little before apex; an undefined terminal streak, sometimes a spot on dorsum near anal angle; usually a few whitish or bluish scales in the oblique band; sometimes the whole wing is suffused with brownish ochreous, sometimes only the outer two-thirds, and occasionally a specimen with a few scattered fuscous scales: cilia ochreous, brownish at base. Hindwings and cilia pale gray. Tibia and tarsi pale brown, joints whitish at apex. Costal fold in forewing of male extends to about two-fifths of the costa, extending openly a little farther. Deseribed from a series of 10 specimens reared from larvae feeding on the leaves of Cassia gaudichaudu, growing on Nii Ridge, Oahu, May 16 and August 22, 1909; and 28 specimens reared from larvae feeding on the same plant at Kaena Point, Oahu, February 19, 1910. The larvae feed singly, eating the lower epidemis and parenchyma, leaving the upper epidermis ; with a web the leaflet is folded together for a hiding place, often along the midrib, sometimes a portion of the margin of the blade is folded over, or contiguous leaflets fastened together for this purpose. The full-grown larva is about 9 mm. in length, uniform leaf- green; head concolorons, eyes black and a biack spot at the pos- tero-ventral angle; anal comb of green spines. The pupa is formed in the same place where the larva has Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 184 fed, in a slight cocoon. It is 5 mm. in length, greenish, wing- cases bright green, extending to apex of fourth abdominal seg- ment; abdominal segments, except first, with two transverse dor- sal rows of minute spines, the basal row on segments 3 to 8 larger; cremaster with a few hooked bristles fastened into the silk of cocoon. A parasite larva (Sierola sp.) was found feeding on one of the moth larvae. It was feeding externally, and was about 2.5 mm. long, plump, greenish with white spots all over—perhaps the fat-bodies showing through. This larva spun a silken cocoon, from which the adult parasite emerged in 12 days. BEDELLIA OPLISMENIELLA N. SP. Male, female. 7-8 mm. Antennae whitish, with dark, fuscous an- nulations; palpi, head and thorax pale fawn, sprinkled with fuscous, often a few white scales at back of head. Forewings pale fawn, un- evenly sprinkled with dark, fuscous scales, most numerous along outer two-thirds of costa and sometimes one or two discal dots, and sometimes along middle of dorsum; cilia pale gray, sprinkled with fuscous at apex. Hindwings and cilia pale gray. Abdomen pale gray, sprinkled with fuscous beneath. Legs brownish fuscous, tarsi with pale annulations. Very close to the species of Bedellia mining the leaves of various species of Ipomoea, concerning whose identity there is some uncertainty, Walsingham in The Fauna Hamaiiensis (1907) having determined it as B. minor Busck, while Busck has more recently determined it as B. orchilella Walsm. I ‘annot with certainty separate specimens of my species from the Ipomoea one ; but, as my specimens are all bred from a grass, I have considered it a different species, particularly as the pupae have several differences. The pupa of the /pomoea species has an elevated median dorsal ridge on the thorax, a median dorsal ridge on the abdomen, and the wing-sheaths are roughened with minute points; while in oplismeniella, the tho- rax has a low median dorsal ridge, median dorsal ridge lacking on the abdomen, and the wing-sheaths are not roughened with minute points. Described from numerous bred specimens. I first noticed this species mining the leaves of a grass (Oplismenus composi- tus) along the Castle Trail on the Pauoa side of Mt. Tantalus, August 8, 1909. Since then I have found it wherever I have ex- amined this grass in the mountains of Oahu, and also on Hawai. 185 This is a very common grass in the mountains, and its leaves are usually found extensively mined by the larvae of this moth. In the Waianae Mountains | once found a larva mining a leaf of another grass (Panicum nephelophilum) growing in the vicinity of Oplismenus. The mine is usually lengthwise in the leaf, widening as the larva has grown in size. The full-grown larva is about 5 mm. in length, pale green with a mid-dorsal purplish-red stripe, also some more or less lateral mottlings of the same color, especially anteriorly; head green, sutures, lateral edges and mouth-parts brown, eyes black ; head retracted into second segment which is wider than follow- ing segments, green with some blackish dots on sides and pos- terior part; hairs pale. When full-grown, the larva emerges from the leaf, spins a few fibers beside the mid-rib of the leaf, at the base, or in some other partially secluded place; then pu- pates among these fibers without making a cocoon. The pupa is about 4 mm. in length, pale yellowish, with sev- eral fuscous streaks ventrally, also two pairs of conspicuous blackish spots, eyes reddish brown; head with a compressed tri- angularly pointed projection in front, a large lateral projection behind each eye with sharp point directed anteriorly; thorax with low median dorsal ridge; abdomen with broad lateral flange on each side just on the line of spiracles so that the latter are just beneath its outer edge, no dorsal median ridge; setae gorse 1” are situated on upper surface of this flange, they as well as setae “1”? and “11” are quite long and stout and hooked into silk which the larva has spun on the surface of leaf; setae “i” and “ii? in a straight line; cremaster bilobed, a number of hooked bristles fastened into the silk by which pupa is suspend- ed, dorsal side towards leaf; antenna-sheaths extend to apex of abdomen, wing-sheaths almost as far, not roughened with minute points as in the Ipomoea species. Pupa stage oceupies 8 days. 3EDELLIA BOEHMERIELLA WN. SP. i Male, female. 7 mm. Antennae fuscous, with whitish annulations; basal segment heavily clothed in front with long scales, whitish and brownish mixed. Palpi fuscous. Head yellowish brown on vertex; face and thorax purplish brown. Forewings uniform purplish brown, cilia pale gray, spotted with fuscous at apex. Hindwings and cilia pale gray. Legs brownish; tarsi whitish spotted. Abdomen pale gray, purplish at base, brownish beneath. Distinct from the other species in Hawaii by its purplish 186 coloration. Described from a series of 14 specimens bred from larvae mining leaves of a native tree (Boehmeria stipularis) in the mountains of Oahu, and from pupae found on the leaves of the same tree. I first noticed the work of this leaf-miner Sep- tember 5, 1909, in the mountains at the head of Manoa Valley, and bred specimens from material collected that day. Since then I have observed it wherever I have seen its food-plant in the mountains of Oahu. The full-grown larva is a little over 6 mm., strongly con- stricted between segments, segment behind head large, head much retracted in it, remaining segments gradually narrowing to posterior end of body; pink on dorsal surface except head and following segment which are yellowish, yellowish below; eyes black; spiracles minute, circular, very pale brown; prolegs on segments 7-10. When full-grown the larva emerges from the leaf and pupates on the under side of the leaf beside a rib, es- pecially in an axil at base, after having spun a few fibers of silk in which to fasten itself. The pupa is 4.5 mm. long. Head triangularly pointed; a lateral projection behind each eye, curved a little anteriorly; a small longitudinal lateral curved projection on mesothorax; a much larger one on metathorax; a low median dorsal ridge on thorax; a lateral thin narrow flange along abdomen, containing the spiracles on its margin’; no median dorsal ridge on abdomen ; wing-sheaths extend nearly to tip of abdomen; antenna-sheaths extend a little beyond tip of abdomen; cremaster bifid with two widely diverging projections, each having 2 or 3 hooked bristles ; all the dorsal setae are hooked into the few fibers of silk m which the pupa is suspended, ventral surface turned outward. Color yellowish, with a pink tinge on the back; projections on thorax, lateral flange of abdomen and eyes pale brownish; tips of antenna-sheaths black, also two short oblique black lines ven- trally between anterior leg-sheaths and antenna-sheaths. One larva under observation produced a pupa which was very pink above and brown below. The adult emerged in 9 days. DECEMBER 1517, 1911. On account of small attendance, the regular meeting of the Society for December (being the annual meeting and election of officers) was postponed from December 1 to December 15. 187 ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. Biological Notes on Hawaiian Diptera.” BY BH. W. TERRY. (This was accompanied by exhibition of specimens. ) Some Hitherto Unrecorded Non-Endemic Insects for the Hawaiian Islands. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Pompilus sp. In October of this year I caught a specimen of a Pompilid at the Experiment Station, H. 8. P. A. grounds. Dr. Perkins informs me that he had taken a specimen of this insect on his office window the previous month. Later in the month Mr. Terry caught a specimen on the road at Aiea. Durning the month of November I observed another specimen on a cane leaf at the Experiment Station grounds, and Dr. Perkins spoke of seeing an occasional one also. About noon on December 4, I was astonished at seeing 10 or a dozen specimens in the grass on my own lawn at Kaimuki. The next day I saw 3 or 4 all at once in the edge of a cane field of the Honolulu Plantation. This was probably at the distance of a mile from Aiea. December 11 I saw quite a number of specimens in grassy places on Niu Ridge at an elevation of 1000- 1200 feet. From these observations it is seen that this wasp is already well established in this part of the Island of Oahu, and must have increased very rapidly recently, not to have been observed sooner by any entomologists. This is a member of the family Pompilidae, hitherto not represented in the fauna of the Ha- walian Islands. The species is as yet undertermined, and it *Not available for publication. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 4, April, 1912. 188 is not known where it has come from, nor liow long it has been established here. It may not become of any economic impor- tance, as it is the habit of the members of this family to store their nests with spiders, making burrows in the ground for this purpose. They are not likely to cause much more inroads on the abundance of spiders here than is already done by Sceliphron and Pison. Hippoboseid. In October, also, two specimens of a Hippoboscid were ob- tained by a Honolulu pigeon fancier, from some of his flock, and forwarded to me via Bishop Museum. There are three species of these insects present in the islands inhabiting such birds as the owl and some of the native birds. Our present species is different from any of these, and differs also from any common to fowls in the United States. It yet remains to be determined. It is not known at present how prevalent it is im Honolulu, nor how injurious it may be. Membracid. November 24 I captured two specimens of a Membracid of the genus Tricentrus in the lower part of the Tantalus Eucalyp- tus Forest. It comes very near to Tricentrus albomaculatus Dist., which occurs in India. Our specimens may be an Oriental or Australian species, but it is yet to be determined with cer- tainty. The family Membracidae is not represented in the native fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, and no introduced forms are known besides this, except that Dr. Perkins reported a year or two ago finding a specimen, but of what genus I know not, nor whether it might be the same species that I have now col- lected. I present these captures at the present time that records may be made of their first notice here. In the discussion that followed, Mr. Giffard wished to record that in the beginning of November he saw one or two specimens of the Pompilus in Nuuanu Valley on stone walls, and last Sun- day on Tantalus at an elevation of 1500 feet he caught another running on a bank. Prof. Severin read extracts from his paper on ‘‘An Experi- mental Study on the Death-Feigning of Belostoma (Zaitha aucct) flumineum Say and Nepa apiculata Uhler.’’ ] CO 9 Election of officers for ensuing year: Ramee nnn eee tee eee eh. a BK. M. EHRHORN AC TeGrerd ears) 0 2) 0 i eae et D. T. FULLAWAY Becrotaby= li rcacuter 20.) Stee 2 hk Oe AD sess Db: B.KUANS OBITUARY NOTICE. It becomes our painful duty to record the death of one of our respected and valued members, Mr. F. W. Terry. He was one of the original members of the Hawaiian Entomological Society and its Vice-President during the year 1910, occupying the President’s chair, however, throughout the year, by reason of the untimely death of the President, Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy. Mr. Terry was born in England February 14, 1877, and the early part of his life was spent there. For a short time pre- vious to his coming to Hawaii he was engaged as an insect pre- parator at the British Museum and prominent in his work was the preparation of exhibits of economic insects. In the summer of 1903 he was engaged as Assistant Entomologist at the Terri- torial Board of Agriculture, Honolulu, and the following year was transferred to the entomological staff of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station, holding this position at the time of his death. In the summer of 1911 he undertook a vacation trip to Eng- land, and was on his return when taken seriously ill with pleur- opneumonia. He was met in New York City by an aunt, who rendered every possible aid, but, failing to rally from the attack, he died November 7, 1911, at the Roosevelt Hospital. (Bite A its 0 werent bgt ; CONTENTS OF VOL. II, NO. 4. Page Blackburn, Thos.: PS TERPO LONE) OCISLYS orice cee ok oy Soc Loew eke Be 146 Bryan, W. A.: fue introduction~ of ; Birds. Into*« Hawalis ose... o le er eek 169 Ehrhorn, E. M.. AU OWr NOLES Ol COCCIOAGt i eae ei ee Ne elie a 147 Gall Making Coccid sy. aa aioe sete cena an Sa 4 Tete eae 179 ‘Fullaway, Bets: List of the Aphidae of the Hawaiian Islands.................. 163 Kirkaldy, G. W.: mesotmiuens: bn Elis: Meath y.5 oc ese so ea te so ee Ee ey kok Lewis, L. V.: A Few Notes on Solenopsis geminata. [Hymen.]......,. Cae 175 Perkins, R. C. L.: Some Corrections in Literature on Hawaiian Insects; and Other Wema resin ies a2 ee fa ok eich tay Gee TO ON 180 Severin, H. H.: Host-ovipositing Tachinid of the Walking-stick, Diapheromera PEMONAGARS oreo ttle Re aoe eS ee ne 182 An Experimental Study on the Death Feigning of Belostoma aera (Zaitha aucct.) flumineum Say and Nepa apiculata Uhler. 188 Swezey, O. H.: Insects Associated with “Mamake’”’ Pipturus albidus, a Native Hawaiian: TieGin i, at... ee Sea Ase one ae Baan S pene rd 153 Some Recent Moth Determinations..........0.............. 165 Some Recent Weevil Determinations........................ 167 Three New Species of Hawaiian Moths...................... 183 Some Hitherto Unrecorded Non-endemic Insects for the Vata gee: pnt IS) WTR ST ate GN Oa eng PAOD ee NLD aS 187 Terry, F. W.: On a New Hawaiian Trypetid, Tephritis dubautiae............ 147 Biological: Notes. on Hawaiian. Diptera: +... 0.2 6 el ee 187 Obitvary, NOtices 28 2.5 as FS Br er Gin alee Grate ¥ Palate nt eee 189 PARADISE OF THE PaciFIc. PRINT We 3q12 ones nae Hole td eNO DUE Lor fat || Vov. I No.5 Jury, 1913. PROCEEDINGS OF THE HAWAIIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEARS Bot Eeb O12 (With two Plates and one Cut) ‘ ab] | % HONOLULU, HAWAII. | Price 50 CEentTs. OFFICERS 1911 1912 PRESIDEN Digit. fsa ostye ete ctouatenrec E. M. EHRHORN..D. T. 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Volume II, No. 1, contains 35 pages, 1 cut and 1 portrait. Vol- ume II, No. 2, contains 53 pages, 2 plates and 3 cuts. Vol. I, No. 3, contains 57 pages and 2 plates. Vol. II, No. 4, contains 45 pages and 1 plate. Price of any single number, 50 cents. 191 JANUARY Sra, 1912: The seventieth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. EN'TOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Notes on Cynipidae.* BY D. T. FULLAWAY. Mr. Fullaway had recently been working on an extensive, hitherto un-named collection of California gall-making Cypinids, at Leland Stanford University. In working it up, he found 72 species, of which 20 were new to science. He exhibited speci- mens of the insects and also galls; and gave interesting notes on the family as brought out in his work. Discussion followed, en- tered into by all members. Effect of Exposing Aquatic Hemiptera to Atmosphere.** BY H. H. SEVERIN. In this paper, Mr. Severin gave results of some experiments on Belostoma, Ranatra and Benacus griseus. Mr. Terry exhibited a wasp (Odynerus or closely related genus) caught on his window January 1, 1911. Undoubtedly a somewhat recent introduction, not having been taken by anyone previously. FEBRUARY 2wnp, 1911. The seventy-first meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Fullaway gave an interesting account of his recent visit to California. _ My. Swezey exhibited a collection of insects taken at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, while on a visit to that place. *Published in Annals Ent. Soc. Am., IV., No. 4, pp. 331-380, pl. XXIII, 1911.—[Ed.] **Published elsewhere.—[Ed. ] 192 Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a rubber leaf badly infested with Coccus hesperidum. Every insect showed the exit holes of a Hymenopterous parasite. He was unable to determine the para- site as all had issued previous to the time the leaf had been col- lected. Mr. Kuhns exhibited specimens of the Orange aphis Myzus citricidus Kirk. which had been preserved by heating on a tin plate over a gas Jet. Note on Echthromorpha fuscator (Fab.)* BY BR. C. L. PERKINS. Jn his paper ‘On the Ichnenmonidae of the Banksian Col- lection in the British Museum,” Entomologist 1909, page 136, Morley refers to “Ich. fuscator Sw. MSS. Ex. Ins. Sandwich.” This is doubtless that very common species of Hawaiian Pim- plinae, generally known as WHehthromorpha maculipennis Holmer. There is no other Hawaiian insect of the [cheumonoid group with which the Fabrician description would agree, the character of red front legs and a black mark before the apices of the wings being quite sufficient to distinguish it. Mechanism of the Hatching of the Walking Stick, Diaphero- mera femorata Say.** BY H. H. SEVERIN. MARCH 2np, 1911. The seventy-second regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Life History of the Walking Stick.** BY H. H. SEVERIN. Mr. Fullaway wished to record the capture of Hucymatoge craterias Meyr. probably the first from this island. *Presented by Mr. Swezey. **Published elsewhere.—[Ed. ] 195 Mr. Terry stated that he had sent specimens of the Horn Fly to a specialist, Prof. M. Bezzi of Florence, Italy, and they had been identified as Lyperosia irritans L. a south European form. Prof. Bryan gave an interesting account of his travels dur- ing the past year and of his efforts to get the next meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Honolulu. Miscellaneous Notes. BY 0. H. SWEZEY. (a) Tue Lanrana Burterrires. (Lycaenidae). These two species of butterflies were introduced from Mexico by Mr. Koebele at the same time as the other lantana insects, about 10 years ago. The larvae of these butterflies feed upon the flower ana and also on the leaves to some extent. A few months ago these were identified by Dr. Dyar from specimens that I sent to the U. S. National Museum. Thecla echion L. is the larger prettier species with delicate tails to the hind wings. Thecla agra Hewitson is the smaller species without tails to the hind wings. (b) Lithurgqus albofimbriatus Sich. (Megachilidae). This is the large black bee discussed by Dr. Perkins on page 112 of Vol. L of the Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, and listed on page 605 of Vol. II, Part VI, of Fauna Hawatiensis. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell recently determined the species from specimens sent him by Dr. Perkins. The species occurs in Tahiti. Mr. Cockerell stated that the Hawaiian speci- mens were larger than those from Tahiti. (c) Alaptus (¢) sp. (Mymaridae).* This is the tiny black insect that has occasionally been taken on windows of recent years; but no one has learned its habits. Feb. 5, I collected a nest of Megachile palmarum in an old Sceli- phron nest at Koko Head. A few days later on examining it for Melittobia, 1 found that this parasite had bred out in every cell of the nest and nothing remained but dead male melittobias and *Probably Leimacis peregrina Perkins. See Fauna Hawaiiensis II. Part VI, p. 661, 1910.—[Ed.] 194 pupal skins of the females ; however, there were Psocids amongst the leaves and debris of the nest, and also several specimens of this tiny Alaptus were obtained. Dr. Perkins expressed it as his opinion that they had bred from eggs of the Psocid, as the latter were breeding in the nest. Perhaps further observations or study may prove this to be the case. (d) Parthenogenesis in Melittobia. Previous observations on the habits and breeding of this in- sect show that there are many more females produced than males. I recently performed an experiment to ascertain if possibly the insect might not reproduce parthenogenetically. Jan. 28, I placed four freshly emerged females with three larvae of Sceli- phron. Very few eggs were laid. In about 10 days a few larvae were observed. The first adults were three males Feb. 21; up to March 1, 5 more males have matured; and all the pupae remaining are males. This experiment indicates that Melittobia can reproduce parthenogenetically ; but when it does, only a very small number are produced and these are males. I intend to repeat the experiment for further proof. (c) “Injurious Insects of Formosa, Vol. I.” T recently received a copy of this publication from the author, T. Shiraki, who made us a visit here a year or so ago while passing through from the United States. I find the following insects treated of or figured therein which also occur in the Hawaiian Islands: Pyrameis cardui C., Agrotis ypsilon Rott., Heliothis armigera Hb., Hellula undalis F., Nymphula fluctu- osalis Zell., Odezia hecate var. formosana Shiraki (apparently is what we know as H1ymenia recurvalis Fab.), Omphisa anas- famosalis Guen., Plutella maculipennis Curt., Bruchus chi- nensis L., Cylas formicarius Tryon, Adoretus umbrosus Fab., Lasioderma serricorne Saun., Oxya velox Fab., Gryllotolpa africana Fab., Icerya purchasi Mask., Aspidiotus ficus Riley, Parlatoria zizyphi Lueas, Coccus longulus Dougl., Lepidosa- phes citricola Pack., a total of 19 species. 195 APRIL Grime 1911. The seventy-third regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Severin exhibited a box containing 17 specimens of the Japanese beetle (Adoretus tenuimaculatus) caught on the barbed awns of the heads of a grass (Chaetochloa verticillata) growing in Kapiolani Park, Waikiki. There were also a few other beetles and a roach (Hleutheroda dytiscoides) which had molted since becoming caught, but failed in making its eseape. Mr. Severin also exhibited a number of insects caught in a Japanese Nursery on Young Street near Thomas Square, Honolulu, among them 4 species not hitherto recorded in these islands: 1 Zygaenid moth; 4 pupae of a leaf-roller on Japanese cherry; 1 Chrysomelid beetle; 1 Otiorhynchine beetle. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a specimen of a slug-caterpillar moth (Cnidocampa flavescens Walker) and its cocoon, the latter fastened to a twig of a pear tree, found in the course of inspec- tion in a shipment from Japan. He also exhibited an ant from Japan taken in inspection work (Strumigenys lewisi) remark- able for having very long faleate mandibles. Mr. Sweezey exhibited the following insects taken on Mt. Olympus April 2nd: One female Brachymetopa unica P., quite a rare insect, only an occasional specimen being taken. One adult Heterocrossa distincta Walsm., with a parasite worm (Gordius) partially emerged from it. The moth was brought home alive and the worm emerged the following day. Hight Proterhinus maurus P. A large species, possibly the largest one known. They were found at base of Myrsine leaves and in cavities in the twigs. He had taken a specimen or two of the same species on previous occasions, once on Palolo Ridge and another time along the trail towards Konahuanui ; always on the same species of Myrsine. Experiments in the Hatching of the Eggs of Chaetogaedia mon- ticola.* BY H. H. SEVERIN. *Not available for publication.—[ Ed. ] 196 MAY 4ru, 1911. The seventy-fourth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Notes on the Large House Spider, Heteropoda regia. BY E. M. EHRHORN. On January 29th, 1911, I caught a female Heteropoda regia With a rather large abdomen, and placed her in a breeding jar. I fed her on flies and other insects, and on February Sth, during the night she made her egg cocoon and laid the eggs, at least on the morning of February 9, I found the egg- sac complete under her body and she carried it about without much inconvenience. On March 17th, I noticed that the edges of the egg-sac were opening and I could see a few small spiders, the egg-sac had turned much darker. On March 25th all the voung spiders had left the egg-sac and I counted 197 of them, and in the egg-sac I found 10 eggs, probably unfertile ones, making a total of 207 individuals had all hatched. Mr. Fullaway gave some breeding notes of life history, ete., of Hyalopeplus pellucidus and Lycaena baetica. They were to be published in full in the Annual Report of the Hawaii Ex- periment Station. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited specimens of an unidentified, prob- ably recently introduced Ichneumonid,* collected by Mr. W. Weinrich on Sisal plant at Sisal, Oahu. Messrs. Swezey and Fullaway recognized it as the same that they had been catching lately in various places on Oahu. Mr. Ehrhorn also reported that Mr. Weinrich had found the Mediterranean fruit fly breeding in oranges at Kalauao. Mr. Fullaway said that Mr. Austin had found the peaches in- fested with this fly at Mokuleia. These observations show that it is now probably distributed over the entire island. Mr. Terry exhibited an illustration of beetles caught on heads of grass, Cenchrus echinatus, i Cuba. This was in a paper by E. A. Schwarz, and is a similar phenomenon to that exhibited by Mr. Severin at the previous meeting. *Oremastus hymeniae Crawf. See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 40, p. 189, 1911 and U. S. Bureau Ent., Bul. 109, pt I, p. 7, 1911—[Ed.] 197 JUNE Isr, 1911. The seventy-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. NY eS aall over e(el Ce havc |e eee eee oe Rare Mr. J. C. Kershaw ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM, Mr. Giffard gave notes on Odynerus, and exhibited his col- lection consisting of six cabinet drawers, containing 80 species of this and closely related genera of Hawaiian wasps. The President declared a recess to allow members opportunity to examine the collection. This is the largest collection of these wasps 1m the islands, at the present time. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited some galls on koa leaves which were sent him from Haleakala, Maui, by Mr. Hannestad. The larvae of a Tortricid moth were feeding in them, but it was con- sidered that the galls were due to some other unknown cause. Reaction of the Walking Stick to Gravity.” BY H. H. SEVERIN. UO Yo Gases 918 The seventy-sixth regular meeting was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Swezey reported having reared two species of Tortri- cid moths from the galls on Koa leaves from Maui, exhibited by Mr. Ehrhorn at the previous meeting: Cryptophloebia ille- pida and Hnarmonia Walsingham. , The former usually feeds in the pods of various legumes ; and the latter in twigs of Koa, both living and dead. Their presence in the galls was considered a secondary matter and not the cause of the galls. A Day’s Collecting at Punaluu, Oahu. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. The northwest portion of the Koolan Mountain. Range is *Not available for publication.—[Ed. ] Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. Ja) o/6) very difficult of access and has not been visited by entomolo- gists except when Dr. Perkins and Mr. Koebele made a trip into them about 15 years ago. They reached the main ridge from Wailua, following a large valley and taking three days to reach the higher part of the mountains, where they remained in camp for a few weeks collecting in the surrounding regions. It was found to be a rich collecting field. This part of the Range has now been made easily accessible by a trail which has been cut up the Punaluu Ridge on the windward side of the moun- tains. This trail was cut in an investigation of the water re- sources of the region, and there is a galvanized tron roofed camp used by the men engaged in that work, and which now furnishes a convenient shelter for tramping parties, this having become a favorite place for those desiring to camp a few days in the mountains. On June 11th, 1911, I spent the day up this trail, not reach- ing the top, but getting into some good collecting ground where I spent the short time available before beginning the descent, as | had to return the same day. The best arrangement would be to plan on staying over night, or several nights at the camp, for the best results. Im my short time for collecting, I was able to secure a great deal more than I have been accustomed to in a day in the mountains in the vicinity of Honolulu. As an indi- cation of the possibilities of this region, I give the following list of my captures though I am not able at present to give the determinations of all the species. Several of the moths listed are not from specimens collected, but from caterpillars ob- served. Several species of dragonflies were also observed, but not captured. Aculeate Hymenoptera.—Odynerus oahuensis, Pompilus sp., Nesoprosopis unica, Nesoprosopis sp. Parasitic Hymenoptera.—Hchthromorpha fusator, five spe- cies of Ophionids, several Bethylids and related species, one spe- cies of Hupelmus, two species of Mymarids. Macrolepidotera.— Vanessa tammeamea, caterpillars of two or three species of Scotorythra were observed, Genophantis io- dora, Omiodes accepta, O. localis, O. asaphombra, O. mono- gramma, O. maia, Phlyctaenia eucrena, P. pyranthes, P. stel+ lata, Pyrausta constricta, Scoparia ombrodes, S. lycopodiae. Microlepidopetera.—Batrachedra sophronella, Hyposmo- coma atropurpurea, ITeterocrossa divaricata, Bactra straminea, Archips sp., Epagoge infaustana, Opostega maculata, Philodoria micropetala. 199 Diptera.—Dicranomyva sp. (larvae mining in leaves of Cyr- tandra), Pipunculus sp., Dyscritomyia sp., several species of Drosophilidae and of other families. Coleoptera.—Coelophora inequalis, Scymnus vividus, eight species of Proterhinus, one Annobiid, two Carabids, two Niti- dulids, four Elaterids. Orthopetera.—Brachymetopa blackburni, Paratrigonidium sp., Loboptera extranea. Heteroptera.—Reduviolus lusciosus, R. subrufus, Oechalia grisea, Nysius sp., several species of Capsids. Homoptera.—One species of Psyllidae (on native palm), Tolania perkinsi, Oliarus montivagus, O. nubigenus, Olarus n. sp., eight or ten species of Delphacidae, four or five species of Jassidae. OCTOBER, orm. 1901. The seventy-seventh regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. A Newly Introduced Wasp (Odynerus.) BY W. M. GIFFARD. (Specimens exhibited. ) A few weeks ago whilst in my garden at Makiki I observed what appeared to me to be a peculiar species of wasp flying ‘apidly over certain low-growing trees. The lateness of the day prevented more than a casual observation but on the following morning I watched for its reappearance. The weather being sunny and with little wind every opportunity was afforded for the occasion with the result that several individuals were ob- served and a few captured. These all proved to be males of a species of Odynerus which [ had never before seen in the Terri- tory and which certainly did not belong to our indigenous or endemic Aculeate fauna. For a few days I continued without success my search for female specimens meanwhile securing a sufficient number of males to form a series of that sex. With the object of capturing females I finally decided to closely ob- Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 200 serve the flights of the males, which appeared always to take a direction toward the dwelling near by. A close examination of the exterior of the building as well as of the shrubbery adjacent thereto resulted in noticing more than the usual number of males flying around and over Hibiscus bushes alongside a latticed porch. Having watched these for a short while it was observed that after flying around the flowers for a few minutes several of the wasps would direct their flight toward a window near by, the blinds of which had been securely closed and fastened for sometime past. A closer examination revealed the fact that numbers of the wasp were buzzing around the partly opened slats of the blinds. Noting several of the largest individuals which at first sight appeared to be females, I was again unsuc- cessful in securing that sex. Why so many male Odynerus were buzzing around the slats of these blinds without any apparent object was certainly puzzling. I finally came to the conclusion that a peculiar spot for their nests had been selected on the in- side of the blinds and these males were waiting for the emerg- ence of females. Eventually opening the blinds I discovered three large nests of our common mud-dauber (Sceliphron caem- entarium) adhering to the glass and window sash. After detach- ing these they were placed in separate breding jars in the labora- tory. The results obtained have been altogether satisfactory as from these mud-dauber nests there have so far emerged 10 fe- males and 18 males of this peculiar but apparently common wasp. With exception of a sufficient number for examination and determination all of the bred males were liberated. This newly introduced Odynerus uses the vacant cells of Sce- liphron for its nests in the same manner as our indigenous O. nigripennis is now known to do. In some of these cells were found fairly large supplies of caterpillars with which the larvae of Odynerus are fed. Specimens of the caterpillars have been kindly determined for me by Mr. O. H. Swezey as Cryptoblabes aliena Sw. It is of economic interest to note that this particular species of Lepidopterous larva has thus far not been found in the nests of any of our local species of Odynerus. The mud- dauber nests also appeared to be well stocked with the larvae and pupae of Sceliphron as well as those of the Odynerus although up to the present I have only bred out the latter. The larvae of both these Aculeates I found attacked by Melittobia hawatiensis Perk., swarms of these small Chaleidoid parasites being found in both larval and pupal stages. Thousands have since bred out in the jars as well as in individual tubes where both larvae and 201 pupae of the Aculeates were placed for experimental purposes. At this time I should judge that the larvae of Sceliphron are more susceptible to attack from these parasites than that of the Odynerus. M. hawaiiensis has previously been bred from the larvae of Sceliphron caementarium, Odynerus mgripennis, Pison hospes and Megachile palmarum. It is quite probable that this Chaleid and others are, to a more or less extent, ac- countable for the oceasional rarity of many species of our en- demic wasps. A careful study of available literature on the Eumenids (1m- fortunately confined here to three works) leads me for the present to determine this newly introduced wasp as Odynerus nasidens Latr. If it is not that species then it is either O. simpli- cornis Sauss., or a variety of one or the other. Saussure in his Synopsis of Am. Wasps, Pt. I, pp 228-229, 1875, places the O. nasidens of Latreille in his Division Pacho- dynerus (also see Sauss. Mon. des Guepes Sol. p. 169, 1852, and Supl. pp. 229, 252, 1856, Division Epsilon), this division of the Odynerus having the antennae of the males simple, that is, not terminated by a hook. He has described three species in the Section of his Division Pachodynerus to which O. nasidens be- longs, viz.:—O. brevithorax, Sauss, O. nasidens, Latr., and O. simplicornis, Sauss. All of these three species evidently have a close resemblance to each other and Saussure himself states that without comparing numerous specimens of each of the species one easily confounds all under the same description, taking them for O. nasidens of Latreille. He further states that even after the examination of his numerous specimens he still remained in doubt although he thought that he could distinguish O. brevi- thorax quite clearly and in consequence determined it as a new species. On the other hand in referring to his O. simplicornis he admits that ‘‘one should perhaps consider this species as a va- riety of O. nasidens.” Unfortunately there are no named speci- mens of foreign Eumenids available locally for reference pur- poses so that a comparison of such with either tables of genera or species is altogether impossible. The available literature on the subject is also incomplete and because of these facts I have sent a small series of both sexes of this introduced wasp to the U.S. National Museum at Washington. Jn due course we will no doubt secure a conclusive determination of the species. According to Saussure, O. nasidens and its close allies are species peculiar to tropical America, 1st—from the hot parts of Mexico, 2nd—from Colombia and Venezuela, 3rd—from Bahia 202 and Brazil. It is possible that the wasp under discussion was in- troduced here from Mexico amongst freight received from Salina Cruz by the American-Hawaiian line of steamers. For examination I have captured 16 males flying over gar- den plants and shrubs, and 18 males and 10 females have been bred from the nests of Sceliphron caementarium as previously noted. A much larger series could, if necessary, be captured as I still notice many a these wasps flying around. Note—Since writing the above I have received a small lot of endemic Odynerus from Kauai collected for me by Mr. G. P. Wilder, and among these I noticed two males and one female of this newly introduced wasp. This indicates that it is already established elsewhere than on Oahu, and also that the species must have been here for some time past. It is somewhat strange that a series has not been captured long ere this. I now think it possible that the single individual wasp which Mr. F. W. Terry captured a few months ago in the window of a room on Punch- Baral and which he exhibited at a meeting of the Entomological Society a few months ago may be the same species. As he is away at this time this fact cannot be ascertained and his speci- men is therefore not available for comparison. Mr. Severin related some observations he had made a few weeks previously on the occurrence of Nematodes in sugar beet fields in California. Mr. Ehrhorn, who had recently returned from a vacation trip to California, spoke of the unusual dryness of the regions surrounding San Francisco and Central California, and the con- sequent scarcity of insects, making it exceedingly unfavorable for doing any collecting. NOVEMBER 2np, 1911. The seventy-eighth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. : Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of about 50 species of moths collected by Mr. Giffard at his new bungalow near the Voleano House, Kilauea, Hawaii. The moths were collected as they came to lights at night, during the summer of 1911, when Mr. Giffard was making a short stay there at several different 203 times. Some of the species exhibited were very common, some ‘rather rare, and a few apparently new to science. Mr. Giffard added that he collected Banchogastra nigra and other Ophionids also at lights. Mr. Giffard further reported having found Pachodynerus nasidens very numerous at Makaweli, Kauai. This is the new wasp exhibited by Mr. Giffard at the previous meeting. Mr. Severin reported collecting it at the College of Hawaii. Mr. Swezey reported rearing two specimens from a Sceliphron nest at the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A.; and Mr. Muir reported collecting a specimen on the window at the same place. DECEMBER 21sr, 1911. The seventy-ninth regular and sixth annual meting of the Society was held in the usual place. ANNUAL ADDRESS. Suggestions for the Future Growth of the Hawaiian Entomolog- ical Society. BY FE. M. EHRHORN. The Hawaiian Entomological Society is now seven years old, for on December 15, 1904, the first meeting to consider the ad- visability of forming the society took place and the first regular meeting was held January 26, 1905. As the seventh president of the Society, I desire to say that in looking over the Proceed- ings I find that the society today is not dog as much nor possibly as important a work as it did in the first three or four years of its existence. It is true that many of our mem- bers have been absent and we have lost several by death and resignation. Article IL of our Constitution says: ‘The objects of the Society shall be to promote the study of Entomology in all possible bearings, and to encourage friendly relations between those in any way interested in the science.” In 1905 we had a membership of twenty of which two were honorary members ; today we have a membership of twenty-five with four honorary members. Our Constitution in Article III says: “The society shall consist of active, corresponding and honorary members. No Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 204 corresponding members shall be elected from residents on the Island of Oahu.” Many of our members are supporting mem- bers, that is; many of our rich influential men have become members so as to financially aid us, and some have in the past contributed money to help publish our Proceedings. Only a small number of our members take an active part in the meet- ings and at times it is hard to even get a quorum. It seems to me that it would be advantageous to our Society to follow other societies in regard to membership. We find that on account of the small number of strictly professional members, some societies have divided their membership into two groups; namely, active members and associate members. Other societies add foreign and corresponding members. I believe that some steps should be taken to encourage the study of Entomology in these Islands and to that end we should pro- vide a section into which would fall members who are inter- ested in Entomologoy such as teachers and students. I believe that that class of membership will help the Society and we shall be able to promote our favorite study in all possible bearings and encourage those who now feel diffident and yet might, by a little encouragement, show their hidden talents. I personally know of several individuals, who never got the fever until they were shown interesting phases of Entomology and they are to- day not only enthusiasts, but very good Entomologists, some even specialists in certain groups. Our various departments today are in need of willing workers as assistants in Ento- mology, some of our young men or women who have a fairly good edueation would be able to become proficient in many phases of Entomology, mounting specimens, rearing injurious as well as beneficial insects, ete., if we could encourage them in these studies. I believe that it is possible to interest and encourage many students of our various colleges in the many interesting branches of our study and some no doubt would be- come good working members in the end. Now that the Territorial Government is undertaking in- spection work in various ways, we who come in direct contact with the situation fully realize the scarcity of available men, especially those who have the smallest knowledge of Entomol- ogy. Our colleges and schools are not taking up the study of Entomologyin a way which would encourage the student to make this his future work. This is possibly due to the lack of funds or to the lack of time, which is usually consumed by other studies. 205 Associate members or junior members could be taken in on a smaller fee but certain privileges of active members could be withheld from them. The edueational features would be their greatest benefit, and if encouraged by this, they would have a chance to soon become active members, in other words, by such arrangements the Society would run a good chance of aequir- ing a good working membership in the near future. Many of our professional men, our medical fraternity, our health authorities, even men working in vegetable pathology would be interested in our work. The medical men have. al- ways various cases where insects seem to have a direct bearing, the health authorities especially at the present moment have many problems which come in direct touch with Entomology and the vegetable pathologist has interesting work in the fungi which attack insects and in those insects which feed on fungi. We have enormous fields for investigation, but our force is now in very limited numbers. The demand for our Proceedings has increased and are very valuable to other societies. It is true that we have not published as frequently lately as in the past and unless some new life be introduced into the Society, I am afraid that we shall weaken considerably in the future. I am not making these remarks to throw cold water on our work, but merely to try and bring before the Society the absolute necessity of con- sidering some ways and means to promote it. IT would recommend that a committee be appointed by the incoming president to take up this matter and formulate some plan by which we can increase the membership of the Society and possibly broaden the field of Entomological work. Further Notes on ‘‘A Newly Introduced Wasp (Odynerus).’’ BY W. M. GIFFARD. In the course of my remarks on the above subject read be- fore the September meeting of the Hawaiian Entomological Society I referred to the species as possibly O. nasidens Latr. (Pachyodynerus Sauss.) or else Saussure’s P. simplicornis. Iaving sent specimens to Mr. S. A. Rohwer of the U. S. Na- tional Museum, Washington, D. C., I am in receipt from him of the following note, viz. : Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 206 Pachodynerus simplicornis Sauss. “Brethes calls attention to the fact that Pachody- nerus has only 12-jointed antennae (the 12th joint being small and knob-like) and considers it to be a genus. Brethes also figures the genitalia of the male of nasidens and brevithorazx. Ton insect differs from these but agrees with what we have as simplicornis. As the types have never been examined it is possible that error may have crept in, but for the time being it may be well to consider your insect simplicorns. It is my impression that there are more species in this group. “Tf it were possible to examine the types of the spe- cies in question, especially in reference to the genitalia, I thing it possible that your insect would be classed as a new species. As this is entirely out of the question it is best to leave it as I have determined it.” NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Swezey reported that Caryoborus gonagra, the tama- rind weevil, had been found on Kauai; quite a number of spe- cimens having been sent to the Experiment Station H. S. P. A., that had been collected in Mr. Hans Isenberg’s gardens at Lihue, where they were thought to be some new bug destructive to all kinds of arden vegetables. Mr. Swezey fonene that they were probably only hiding in the dead or crumpled leaves, as he had found them quite numerous in the dried up dead leaves on papaia trees at his place in Kaimuki. Mr. Ehrhorn read a letter from Q. Q. Bradford, Formosa, in which he reported having seen but one specimen of the Japanese rose beetle there; also that he considered the melon fly scarce there, having seen a few cucumbers with the spots where the eggs had been laid. Mr. Ehrhorn also reported having discovered the presence of the mite which causes the ‘‘Kiawe itch,’ it bemg the same species (Pediculoides ventricosus Newport) that attacks the joint worm in straw, in the States, where severe cases of itch have been traced to it from that source. He expects to con- tinue observation and experiments with this mite. It breeds on the larvae of weevils feeding in the Kiawe beans. Mr. Ehrhorn further called attention to the abundance of the pigeon fly (a species of pupiparous fly), at a place on the 207 corner of Young and Keeaumoku streets, Honolulu. In dis- cussion, it was brought out that this fly is now very common in Honolulu. It is but little more than a year since its presence here first came to the attention of the entomologists. It has not yet been determined specifically, nor from what locality it came. Mr. Fullaway exhibited specimens of parasites bred from the cotton moth (Gelechia gossypiella), the following now be- ing known: Chelonus blackburni, Pristomerus sp., Parasierola sp., Hockeria sp. ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1912. SEOs TCC cae caterer ne. nate Ohe Pee ieee we Se hl oy 9. D. T. Fullaway Wiiceeceni dente: a ee SOS F. Muir See hemmnyaMmeasuUGer- 2. .! ss eve O. H. Swezey JANUARY 4ru., 1912. The eightieth meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of 30 or more species of moths, collected by Messrs. Giffard and Ehrhorn at Mr. Gif- fard’s house near the Volcano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, during the early part of the evening of three nights ; in Decerpen, 1911. : Among them there was one new species: an Aristotelia larger than any species previously described for the Hawaiian Islands. There were also a few other species not previously seen by Mr. Swezey. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a few species of ants, recently de- termined by Mr. W. M. Wheeler. Two of them were: Mono- morium minutum var. lilivokalani, collected at Kaimuki; and Tetramorium guinense, collected at Hilo. Two species had not previously been recorded from the Islands. Plagvolepis exigqua Forel, taken at Kalihi; and P. mactavishi, taken in Honolulu. Dr. Perkins recognized exigua as a species that he had been seeing a good deal of lately, his first notice of it having been specimens that were sent in from Hutchinson Sugar Plantation, Naalehu, Hawaii, two or three years ago. Mr. Sw ezey had the 208 past year found their nests in rotten sugar canes at the Experi- ment Station in Honolulu and at Aiea, Oahu. This was fol- lowed by a general discussion of several of our species of ants. Mr. Ehrhorn related an interesting experiment in which he sprinkled pulverized Cyanide of Potassinm on the surface of the ground around the entrance of a nest of Solenopsis geminata, and then by stamping on the ground, the ants were disturbed, and many came forth and were very quickly overcome as they crawled over the Cyanide. Mr. Giffard called attention to the spread of the introduced fern weevil (Syagrius fulvitarsis Pasec.}, on the mountain ridges near Honolulu. It was first known on Pacific Heights Ridge as early as 1903. By 1906, it was common on the Pauoa side of Tantalus; and has now spread to the Manoa side of Tan- talus. It is attacking and killing off nearly all the ferns of the species Sadleria cyatheoides, and is causing some concern lest it later on attack some other species of tree ferns of the region, none of which so far have been observed to be attacked by it. During all this time, several of the florists in Honolulu were having their maidenhair ferns attacked by this weevil. In the latter fern, it is the underground rhizome that is attacked, while in the Sadleria, the weevils attack the stem of the frond, the larvae burrowing all through it. Moths from Olinda, Maui. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. The following is a list of moths collected by Mr. J. F. Rock as they came to lights at night, at Olinda, Maui. Among them are a few that I have never collected, and are somewhat rare, one of them being Hymenia exodias, which was only collected once before and that by Dr. Perkins on Molokai. FAMILY CARADRINIDAE. 2—Cirphis wnipuncta (Haw.) Lycophotia saucia (Hub.) 1—Agrotis cinctipennis (Butl.) 3 FAMILY PLUSIADAE. 2—Nesamiptis obsoleta (Butl.) 6—Cosmophila noctivolans (Butl.) 27—Cosmophila sabulifera (Guen.) FAMILY SELIDOSEMIDAE. 4—Scotorythra rara (Butl.) 2—Scotorythra paludicola (Butl.) FAMILY PYRAUSTIDAE. 10—Omiodes continuatalis (Wall.) 16—Omiodes accepta (Butl.) 3—Omiodes localis (Butl.) 4—Omiodes monogona Meyr. 3—ITymenia exodias Meyr. 1—Phlyctaenia micacea (Butl.) 1—Scoparia siderina Meyr. 6—Scoparia frigida Butl. FAMILY CARPOSINIDAE. 1—Heterocrossa trigononotata Walsm. FAMILY TORTRICIDAE. 2—C'rocidosema plebiana Z. FEBRUARY 1sr., 1912. The eighty-first regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. The secretary read Resolutions of Sympathy on the death of Mr. F. W. Terry-and an Obituary Notice*, prepared by the President and secretary as instructed by the Society at the pre- vious meeting. Both adopted. = ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Swezey reported breeding Pentarthron flavum P. from eggs of Vanessa tammeamea collected on Mt. Olympus, Oahu, January 21, 1912. He had ebserved a parasite sitting on an egg in situ; and of 11 egos collected, 5 had already yielded parasites. ae exhibited 24. that had emerged from one ego of the butterfly. This is believed to be the st record of this butterfly’s eggs being parasited. *Published in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II., 4, p. 189, 1912 [Ed.]. 210 Mr. Fullaway reported finding 20 per cent of the eggs of Caryoborus and Bruchus prosopis on algeroba pods parasitized by a Trichogrammid (lUscana semifumipennis Girault).* This parasite 1s thought to have been introduced at the time he was re- ceiving weevil parasites from Texas a few years ago. A New Endemic Fern Weevil of the Genus Heteramphus. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. On January 14th, 1912, while following up the ridge on the west side of Palolo Crater on the trail leading to the summit of Mt. Olympus, fronds of ferns of the genus Hlaphoglossum were observed to be mined by some insect. Examination of several mines resulted in the finding of one adult beetle, a pupa, and several larvae. The fronds of the ferns of this genus being broad and entire are quite suitable for the work of leaf-miners. Three species of Hlaphoglossum were found to have the fronds mined. Larvae of the miner were first found in H. micraden- wum, but later in H. gorgoneum, and reticulatum also. The adult beetle found was in its own mine, where it had transformed to the adult stage and had not yet emerged, furnishing on the spot, proof of what insect was responsible for the mines. On January 21st the same locality was again visited, and more of this miner collected in all stages. It was found that this weevil existed wherever these particular ferns were found all the way up Mt. Olympus, and then down the ridge between Palolo and Manoa Valleys, as evidenced by the mines in the fern fronds. Many of these mines showed the exit holes of some parasite. Searching for the parasite, finally a parasite pupa was found in one mine and in another a weevil larva was found to have a tiny parasite larva feeding on it. Attempts to rear these to maturity failed, but from mines in fern fronds col- lected, five parasites emerged, one each on the following dates: February 2, 5, 8, 12, 18. These were Omphale metallicus, a small Chaleid which parasitizes many Lepidopterous leaf- miners in the Hawaiian Islands. Several adult weevils also emerged from mines in these fronds somewhat later. On comparison these were found to differ from the previously known species, some of which are known to inhabit the trunks of tree-ferns, and Dr. Perkins has *Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. XXXVII, No. 1, p. 23, 1911. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. yall pronounced it a new species. It is quite a different habit as compared with the others of the genus, as the larvae of those whose habits are known, live at the base of the fronds or in the trunks of tree-ferns, and at the base of the leaves and in the stems of Astelia veratroides, a plant of the Lily family. Notes on Two Galleriids. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. Paralipsa modesta Butler. I have reared two specimens of this moth from larvae handed me by Mr. E. M. Ehrhorn, July 8th, 1911. A large importa- tion of Japanese rice was found by him to be infested with some hitherto unknown Lepidoterous larvae. The shipment was therefore fumigated. A few of the larvae were retained for rearing to ascertain the species. The larvae were apparently full-grown at the time. They were larger than the larvae of H’phestia elutella, dirty whitish, with two or three of the segments at either end tinged with fuscous; head reddish; tubercles minute, fuscous. By July 20th several cocoons were made. Several of them were inside the cork of the tube containing the specimens, the larvae having burrowed into the cork for that purpose. At inter- vals of two or three weeks, some of these cocoons were examined, and the larvae found to be lying dormant without pupating. These observations were continued up to October 31st, without finding that any pupae had been formed ; but on November 17th, it was found that two moths had emerged; one was still living, but the other had died. To the present date (Feb. 1, 1912) no more moths have appeared, and examination revealed a living larva in one cocoon. I have recently been able to determine this moth as Para- lipsa modesta Butler. It is described in Ann. Nat. Hist. (5), IV., p. 455, 1879, where the venation of forewing of the male is given. The peculiarity of the genus is the enlarged cell in fore- wing of male, and the mass of appressed hair-scales just before middle of cell on underside. Butler described the genus and species from a collection of Japanese moths collected at Yoko- hama. No habits are given. I have not found anything further of it in literature. 212 Corcyra cephalonica Stn. This moth first came to my attention when Mr. J. Kotinsky found it breeding in a feed warehouse in Honolulu in July, 1908. Later, I caught a specimen in my house in Kaimuki, January 10th, 1909. The latter part of January of this year, the moths were found emerging from the remnants of a package of cracked wheat obtained from some Honolulu grocery store some time previously. From these specimens, I have determ- ined it as Corcyra cephalonica Stn., a European moth, appar- ently not yet recorded in the United States, though it certainly must occur there from whence it has reached Honolulu. MARCH ‘tu, 1912. The eighty-second regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. A Leaf-Mining Proterhinus. BY OTTO H. SWEZEY. While on a collecting trip up Mt. Olympus, Oahu, February 11, 1912, I observed that the leaves of Broussaisia arguta were very extensively mined. Examining some of these, I was sur- prised to find in the mines larvae of some beetle, footless grubs of the Cureulionid type. Examining the tree further, I found adult beetles of the genus Proterhinus very abundant at the tips of growing shoots, feeding on the buds and young leaves, between the latter where they are close together previously to their un- folding in the growth and development of the shoot. Many of the larvae found appeared to be full-grown. No pupae were found. I did not succeed in rearing any adults from the larvae collected. They all died a few days after they were brought down from the mountains. However it is beyond a doubt that the larvae found in the mines in the leaves belong to the species of Proterhinus whose adults were so numerously feeding on the same tree. Dr. Perkins has kindly determined the species as excrucians P., a very variable species which has been abund- Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 213 antly collected by him in numerous places on Oahu; Waianae, Mokuleia, Wahiawa, N. W. Koolau Range, Pauoa and Mt. Tantalus. All along the trail from Olympus to Konahuanui, the Brous- saisia trees have their leaves much mined by this weevil. The mines largely follow the larger veins and the midrib, though they also traverse to some extent the parenchyma between veins. This leaf-mining habit has not been previously observed for any species of Proterhinus, their larvae being largely dead-wood and bark feeders. In one mine a pupa of a parasite was found, from which the adult emerged later. One beetle larva was found having a parasite larva feeding on it externally; but it failed to go through to maturity. The parasite was examined by Dr. Per- kins, who says that it belongs to the genus Toxeuma, or to Neo- lelaps—two genera that are not readily separated and perhaps should be considered identical. Dr. Perkins, who had determined the species for Mr. Swezey, remarked that of the considerable number collected by Mr. Swezey all were males. He said that this was a very variable species, some being entirely black ; and that in his former collec- tion of this species from different localities, those from each locality differed from those of the other localities. Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of moths made by Messrs. Giffard and Fullaway at the mountain home of the former, Ka- lauea, Hawaii during a few nights in the past month. There were about 70 species, several rare ones and three or four new ones. Mr. Giffard said that at the time these moths were being collected, great numbers of Tipulids also came to the lights. Mr. Fullaway exhibited a specimen of a wingless species of Phenopria collected by him March 3, 1912; along the trail going up from Nuuanu Valley at the mauka or back end of Pacific Heights Ridge. He also reported finding a specimen of the Pipturus Delphacid (Nesosydne pipturi) parasitized by Gona- topus perkinst. Dr. Perkins said that there was a hyperparasite on this Gonatopus that had not yet been described. Mr. Fullaway also reported having bred two parasites from Hemichionaspis minor: Aphelinus diaspidus and Aspidiotipha- gus citrinus. Mr. Swezey exhibited some eggs and freshly hatched nymphs of Prognathogryllus sp., one of a group of crickets peculiar to the Hawaiian Islands. The eggs of any of the species had never 214 been observed before. Mr. Swezey had found these eggs on Mt. Olympus, Feb. 11, 1912, in two leaves of a native tree, Labordea membranacea, at an elevation of about five feet from the ground. They were placed in the midrib of the leaf, nearly regularly, about 10mm. apart. Apparently the female cricket had bitten off a little of the upper surface of the midrib, then inserted the egg at this place, directing it downward, the end being left exposed. The egg is cylindrical in shape, curved a little near the outer end, the latter being truncate where exposed ; whitish, 6mm. long and nearly 1mm. in diameter. Mr. Swezey reported Lineodes ochrea as a pest on egg-plant, having received caterpillars that were feeding on this plant at Kilauea, Kauai, from which he had reared the moth. The habits of the 2 species of Lineodes in the Hawaiian Islands had not previously been known. Mr. Swezey said that the only record of the habits of any species of the genus that he could find was that of two species in the Southern States, one feeding on Cap- sicum and the other on species of Solanum, both related to the ege-plant. Dr. Perkins thought that it was very likely that the Hawaiian species were introduced, probably from America. Mr. Swezey also reported finding the eggs of Caryoborus gonagra on some bananas. Examination had shown that they had hatched and that the young larvae had eaten a little into the rind of the fruit and then died, as though poisoned by some chemical substance in the juice. APRIL 4ru, 1912. The eighty-third regular meeting of the society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Synoptic List of Ants Reported from the Hawaiian Islands. BY MISS LOUISE GULICK. (Specimens of ants were exhibited, and a presentation of synonomy with references in literature to the descriptions of all the species of ants known in Hawaii, with remarks on the same; also a key for iden- tification of species. In the list 21 species were included as known to occur without a doubt, and a few others that have been reported, but not at present to be found in any collection in Honolulu. See Appen- dix.) Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 215 Preliminary List of the Hymenopterous Parasites of Coccidae And Aphidae in Hawaii. BY D. T. FULLAWAY. CHALCIDOIDEA. Encyrtidae. Ectromini. PARASITE. Host. Anagyrus sp? on Pseudococcus sp. Encyrtini. Encyrtus fuscus on Saissetia hemispherica. Encyrtus sp., (banded ant.) on Saissetia sp. Encyrtus sp. on Saissetia hemispherica Mirini. Blepyrus insularis on Pseudococcus aonidum, P. virgatus. Aphycus terryi* on Pseudococcus saccharifolit. Aphycus sp ? on Lepidosaphes sp. Microterys flavus on Pulvinaria mammae, P. psidi, Ceroplastes rubens, Saissetia hemispherica, 8. nigra. Apentelicus kotins-yi on Lepidosaphes sp. Adelencyrtus odonaspidis on Odonaspis graminis. Cerapterocerus sp. on Saissetia hemispherica, As- pidiotus sp? Hemencyrtus sp? on Saissetia nigra. Aphidencyrtus sp? on Aphis maidis. Ee Encyrtus sp? on Pseudococcus citri. Encyrtus sp. (near SAO tus) on Coccus viridis. Pteromalidae. Eunotinae. Scutellista cyanea on Saissetia hemispherica. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 216 Sphegigasterinae. on Asterolecanium pustulans,Tomocera californica Saissetia hemispherica, 8. nigra. on Ceroplastes rubens. Tomocera ceroplastis Hulophidae. Entodoninae. Astichus sp. on ? Aphelininae Aneristus coroplastae on Ceroplastes rubens. Coccophagus orientalis on Pseudococcus sp., A. ra- pax, Coccus viridis? Coccophagus lecanit on Aspidiotus rapax. Encarsia sp. on Aleyrodes sonchi Thysanus sp. on Asterolecanium pustulans, Aspidiotus cydonae, A. rapan. A phelinus mali on Aphis sp. (on sedge. ) Aphelinus diaspidis on Diaspis bromeliae, Aula- caspis rosae, Hemichion- aspis minor Aspidiotus camelliae, A. rapax. Perissopterus sp. on Lepidosaphes sp., Pseudo- coccus? Pteroptrichoides perkinst on Coccid’\(n- Sn Ep:) ; [ Kot. ] Pteroptrichoides sp. on Asterolecanium pustulans, Howardia biclavis. Aspidiotiphagus citrinus on [emichionaspis minor, Chrysomphalus aonidum Fretmocerus corni on Aleyrodes hibisct. ICHNEUMONOIDEA Braconidae. Aphidiinae . Diaeretus rapae on Aphis brassicae, Macrosi- phum sp.,Myzus perisicae. CYNIPOIDEA. Fiqitidae. Eucoilinae Eucoila sp. on Macrosiphum sp., Aphis sacchari. 217 Mr. Muir exhibited a deformed specimen of Dictyophoro- delphax mirabilis, which he caught on Kaumuohona Ridge, March 24th. The prolongation of the head was curved and bent downward, almost doubled on itself below. JUNE 6ru, 1912. The eighty-fourth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited specimens of egg-case, young and adult of a mantis. The egg-case was taken off an azalea from Japan, and 246 young hatched from it. There was a great mor- tality on the second day after hatching; only one had lived through to adult, and one nearly adult. The young fed an aphids. The dates of moulting were as follows: Born Feb. 13; first moult Feb. 29; second moult March 23; third moult April 9; fourth moult May 1; fifth moult May 13; sixth moult June 1. This makes 109 days from hatching to maturity. Mr. Fullaway exhibited a specimen of Tettigonia mollipes? (an American Jassid) taken for the first time in these islands, May, 1912. It was taken by his assistant, J. Nunes, in Ward’s meadow at the foot of Sheridan street, Honolulu. Mr. Muir had later visited the spot and found the species numerous on the reeds and grasses round about the swamps in that district. AUGUST 1sr, 1919. The eighty-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. In a communication from Mr. Muir, the information was given of the death of the Rev. Thomas Blackburn. On motion ot Mr. Giffard, the chair appointed Messrs. Muir and Swezey as a committee to draft resolutions and obituary of Mr. Black- burn. \ 218 ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Some Notes on Insects in Kona, Hawaii. TBs IDS he, See ASW ASYs. Mr. Fullaway gave interesting notes on the occurrence of the following insects in that region: The Pompilus that made its appearance in Honolulu in 1910; Crabro fulvicrus; the recent- ly-introduced Trichogrammid, Uscana semifumipennis, on the egos of the algaroba bean weevil; Coccus viridis on coffee, para- sitized by Coccophagus orientalis, and Encyrtus sp.; the cater- pillars of Cryptoblabes aliena causing some alarm amongst coffee growers, as they occurred on the branches among the berries and occasionally did some eating on the latter; Ceratitis capitata breeding in the heaps of decaying pulp from the coffee-cleaning mills, and the maggots considerably preyed upon by ants and other insects that are commonly found in cow dung preying on maggots of hornfly and other flies; Psilopus sp.; Omiodes caterpillars feeding on wild bananas, apparently a new species, differing little from any of the four other species of Omiodes feeding on banana. Mr. Swezey reported having recently observed a place up in one of the side branches of Makiki Valley where all of the ferns had been killed by the weevil (Syagrius fulvitarsis) which is spreading across Mt. Tantalus killing some kinds of ferns, es- pecially Sadleria cyatheoides. There was considerable discussion of this insect. Mr. Ehrhorn said that Brother Matthias had re- ported its occurrence at Hilo, Hawaii, several years ago (1908). Mr. Swezey gave quite an account of his recent vacation trip to New Zealand, and his experiences in collecting insects in the New Zealand “bush.” Although it was their winter season, he was able to secure many interesting specimens and intended to have them mounted for exhibition at some future meeting of the Society. SEPTEMBER 57x, 1912. The eighty-sixth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Mr. C. J. Austin was reinstated to active membership. 219 ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Muir exhibited specimens of Anomala orientalis, a beetle whose grubs he had found destructive to the roots of sugar cane in certain spots of Honolulu Plantation, Oahu, in June, 1912. He had compared the grubs with some which Mr. Ehrhorn had collected at various times at the roots of plants imported from Japan, and had found them to be the same. They are quite similar to the grubs of the Japanese rose beetle (Adoretus tenu- maculatus), and probably have previously been mistaken for them, as the indications are that the Anomala has been present for a number of years, grubs having been taken from these same spots but no adult beetles were seen previous to June of this year. Miscellaneous Notes. BY O. H. SWEZEY. Uscana semifumipennis.—An algaroba pod picked up under a tree along the Roundtop Trail, Sept. 2; 1912, was found to have 88 Bruchid eggs on its surface. A later examination showed that 83% of these were, or had been parasitized by this Trichogrammid, introduced by Mr. Fullaway a few years ago, and which is now known to be very widely spread. Syagrius fulvitarsis—In conversation with Brother Mat- thias at Hilo, August 17th, it was learned that the occurrence of this weevil, that he had reported in Hilo in 1908, was at the Shipman house, and that the weevils were in ferns brought from Honolulu. He had not ascertained whether they had gotten rid of the pest or not. Pompilus sp.—This Pompilus that first appeared in 1910, was observed abundant in the cane fields of the Hilo district, in August of this year. Mr. Kuhns reported having seen this wasp on Molokai in June. On an Abnormal Larva of Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Fabr.) BY F. MUIR. Among the insects collected by Mr. O. H. Swezey on his recent trip to New Zealand are the larvae, pupae and adults of Lasio- rhynchus barbicornis; one of these larvae is of particular in- terest, it being a good instance of the precocious development of wings and legs. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 220 The normal larva has very small, two-jointed legs, the thorax is slightly larger than the abdomen, the eighth and ninth abdom- inal segments are turned ventrally nearly at right-angle to the rest (Fig. 1). In the abnormal specimen, which is not a fully grown one, there arises from each side of the second and third thoracic segments a well-defined wing-pad supplied with tra- cheae; the legs of this specimen, instead of being minute two- jointed organs, are very much larger and distinctly six-jointed. (Fig. 2. In the male pupa the antennae, arising from near the apex of the rostrum, lie along each side of the head, the head and rostrum being deflexed and lie on the ventral surface of the thorax; in the female the antennae, which arise about the middle of the rostrum, encircle the thorax (Fig. 3). Mr. Swezey states that the burrows in which the beetle pupates is only slightly larger than the beetles in circumference, and as half and wholly mature beetles are found in the burrows with the head extended in front, in the normal adult position, it would appear that the head and rostrum are straightened out immediately upon emerging from the pupa, while the insect is still soft. The writer has observed a similar state of things with Brenthids in Larat and it is prob- ably the usual thing with Brenthids. Lasiorhynchus barbicornis. Fig. 1—Normal larva. Fig. 2—Abnormal larva. Fig. 3—Female pupa. 221 Leaf-Miners of the Hawaiian Islands. BY 0. H. SWEZEY. My first interest in the insects mining leaves in these Islands, was in connection with those that are the larvae of moths. While making observations on these, and being on the lookout for others that I was not already familiar with, I have come across a number of leaf-miners belonging to some of the other orders of insects. Some of these are of extreme interest on account of their differing so widely in habit from their near relatives. I take this oceasion to bring my notes together in the form of a paper that they may go on re ecord for publication. Of the leaf- miners herein treated, 21 belong to Lepidoptera, 4 to Diptera, and 2 to Coleoptera. LEPIDOPTERA. FAMILY PYRAUSTIDAE. Promylaea pyropa Meyr.—This is a very rare moth. I have on two or three occasions reared it from larvae found feeding in leaves of Peperomia pachyphylla, a low thick-leaved succulent plant. As the larva becomes nearly full-grown, it eats the en- tire mesophyll of the leaf, then breaks through the epidermis and migrates to another leaf, boring through the ‘epidermis and enter- ing to feed on the mesophyll. This habit is of great interest, as the other Pyraustids here, whose habits are known, are leaf- rollers or feed between leaves, and in moss. The two genera to which Promylaea is perhaps nearest related, Mestolobes and Orthomecyna have many species, but the larvae of none of them have as yet been discovered. It remains yet to be discovered whether they have unusual habits like Promylaea or not. FAMILY GELECHIADAE. Aristotelia mendax Walsm.—The larvae of this moth mine the leaves of Gouldia. I have often found the leaves of very small young plants of this tree all mined, so as to fall off, leaving the plant defoliated. The mine is at first slender and serpentine. As the larva becomes nearly full-grown, it eats out the whole parenchyma of the leaf and Sometimes eats down through the petiole of the leaf to the stem, and sometimes also migrates to another leaf. It emerges from the leaf to form its cocoon on the surface of a leaf, or other suitable situation. Phthorimaea operculella (Zell. )—This is the potato moth, a Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 222 pest in the Pacific Coast states of the United States, and in Australia and New Zealand. Here its larvae mine the leaves of potato, tomato, Datura and some other Solanceous plants. The larvae also bore into the stems and often into the green fruits of tomato, destroying a good many before they are grown, and also attacking the full-grown or ripening fruit. Tobacco leaves are sometimes mined by the larvae, in which case it is called the “tobacco split-worm.” The larvae pupate in some part of the tunnel or place where they have been feeding. FAMILY HYPONOMEUTIDAE. Euhyposmocoma trivitella Sw.—This species I have reared from pupae found in their mines in the fronds of Hlaphoglossum gorgoneum and FE. reticulatum, in the mountains back of Lihue, Kauai. The larva produces a trumpet-shaped mine at first, but eventually eats all of the mesophyll for a considerable space. Pupation takes place within this in a slight cocoon. FAMILY CARPOSINIDAE. Heterocrossa crinifera Walsm.—The larvae mine the leaves of Rollandia racemosa. They feed largely in the midrib, follow- ing it outwardly, but eat lateral tunnels out into the mesophyll on both sides as they proceed. Usually there is but one larva in a leaf. I have found this in but one locality so far, on Mt. Olympus, Oahu. The leaves of the shrub were very commonly attacked by it. The leaves are quite large and are not entirely killed by the injury, but many may be seen with the injured por- tion decayed away leaving an irregular hole or space in mid- portion of the leaf. The full-grown larva emerges and passes below to pupate in a slight cocoon amongst dead leaves or trash. FAMILY TINEIDAE. Philodoria micropetala Walsm.—The larvae of this very small moth mine the leaves of Pipturus albidus very extensively, and also one or two related trees to a slight extent. In Pipturus, there are often a hundred and more to a leaf—in extra large leaves. The larvae emerge to pupate in white silken cocoons constructed along beside a rib on the under side of the leaf. This species occurs on all of the Islands. Philodoria basalis Walsm.—I have reared this species but once. It was from mines in Pipturus leaves in the Kohala Mts., Hawaii. It is a larger species than the preceding, and makes fewer mines per leaf. The larva emerges to pupate within an oval coccoon made flat-wise on the surface of the leaf. Philodoria splendida Walsm.—The larvae of this species mine the leaves of Metrosideros polymorpha. They are found common on all the Islands. The larva emerges to form its oval cocoon, which is made on the surface of the mine, the dead epi- dermis being cut around a little distance from the cocoon so that it readily falls away carrying the cocoon with it. The silk of the cocoon is light brownish resembling the dead epidermis of the mined leaf. Philodoria auromagnifica Walsm.—I have reared this beau- tiful little moth from the leaves of Myrsine, in the mountains of Oahu. The larvae emerge from the mines to pupate in oval co- coons on the surface of the leaves. (Three other species of this genus have been described from these Islands and are probably leaf-miners in some native trees ; but so far I have not reared them.) Gracilaria marginestrigata Walsm.—The larvae of this moth mine the leaves of Sida on the lowlands. It is very abundant, often a dozen mines in one leaf. Leaves of the cockle-bur ( Noe thium) and Abutilon are also mined by them. The cocoon is formed within the mine. Gracilaria dubautiella Sw.—The larvae mine the leaves of Dubautia plantaginea. The mine is at first slender and more or less straight, lengthwise in the leaf ; later, it becomes an irregular bloteh. The cocoon is made within the mine, its position being indicated by a little of its silk being visible through a slit that was made in the epidermis for emergence. I have found this very abundant generally in the mountains back of Honolulu. Gracilaria epibathra Walsm.—This mines the leaves of Dubautia lava. The mine is more of an irregular blotch than the preceding. The larva usually pupates in cocoon within the mine as in preceding species, but sometimes emerges to pupate in a flat oval cocoon on the surface of the leaf. I have found it only on Mt. Olympus, Oahu. Gracilaria mabaella Sw.—The larvae mine the leaves of Maba sandwicensis and M. hillebrandii. The mine is long and slender, and often follows up near the margin of the leaf, ‘grad- ually widening, and then returns toward the base of the leaf as a wide streak down the middle, which turns deep black with age. The larva emerges to pupate in an oval cocoon on the sur face of 224 the leaf. I have found this species wherever the host trees were found in the Koolau Mts., from Niu to Wahiawa, Oahu. Gracilaria hauicola Sw.—This_ species very abnndantly mines the leaves of the “hau” tree, Partitium tiliaceum, in the mountains, and the lowlands as well, of all the Islands. There are often many mines per leaf. The larvae emerge to pupate in white oval cocoons on the surface of leaves and other objects. Gracilaria hibiscella Sw.—lI found this species quite numer- ous, mining the leaves of the native Hibiscus on Mt. Tantalus, and occasionally on Hibiscus hedges in Honolulu. There are sometimes several mines per leaf. The mine is at first slender, but eveutually widens and forms a blotch. The larva emerges to pupate in a white oval cocoon on the surface of the leaf. I have found a Lepidopterous larva mining very abundantly the fronds of Pteris irreqularis on Mt. Tantalus, but have failed to rear any adults. I have also oceasionally found a Lepidop- terous larva mining fronds of Polypodium spectrum, in various parts of the mountains of Oahu, but have not yet been able to rear an adult, so I do not know whether they belong to the above genera or not. Opostega maculata Walsm.—The larvae produce serpentine mines in one or more species of Pelea in the mountains of Oahu, and perhaps all of the Islands. The larva is very slender and elongate, and quite different from the other Lepidopterous leaf- mining larvae. The mines were known for a ling time, and sev- eral entomologis sts had tried rearing them at various times; but without success. I have finally had the good fortune to rear a pair of moths, and thus the mystery of these mines is settled. The larva emerges from the mine for pupation. In my breed- ing jar it spun a small brownish lenticular cocoon in moss. Opostega dives Walsm.—On certain species of Pelea, a closely-wound spiral mine is often very abundant. The larvae in these are quite similar to the preceding, and I have no doubt but what this is the other described species of Opostega, though no one has yet reared it. Cremastobombycia lantanella Busek.—This is the introduced Lantana leaf-miner. It is very abundant now, wherever Lan- tana is found. The mine is a sort of imflated blotch, usually several per leaf. The cocoon is slender spindle-shaped and sus- pended in the mine by a thread at each end. Bedellia minor Buseck, and B. somnulentella Z—The larvae of these two species are said to mine the leaves of sweet potato and various other vines of the genus Ipomoea.. I consider that 275 the leaf-miners in sweet potatoes and all other [pomoea vines here are the same species, whatever it may be, whether it is the minor or somnulentella that occurs in America, or something else. Dr. Perkins thinks there must have been an error in the determination of the specimens of Bedellia that Lord Walsing- ham had from him, for Walsingham has identified as somnu- lentella specimens which came from an elevation of 4000 feet, whereas Dr. Perkins says that there are no Ipomoea vines grow- ing at that elevation. Some of the specimens that he determined as minor, came from an elevation of 4000 also, while others of them Dr. Perkins had bred from Ipomoea at lower elevations. More recently, Mr. Buseck has determined specimens reared from sweet potato as orchillella Walsm. The species of Bedellia are so similar and so difficult to separate, especially if not in a perfect condition, that I now think that the specimens from 4000 feet elevation determined by Walsingham as minor and somnulentella belong to my species oplismeniella. Bedellia oplismeniella Sw.—This species is very abundant, mining the leaves of Oplismenus compositus, a native grass in the mountain forests. It is difficult to distinguish the adult moths from those reared from Ipomoea leaves, but there are lar- val and pupal differences. (See Proce. Haw. Ent. Soc., II. No. 4, p. 184, 1912.) In species of Bedellia, the larvae emerge and form pupae unprotected by cocoons. The pupae are suspended amongst a few fibers of silk, there being hooked bristles on the dorsal side which are fastened into the web of fibers. They may be on the surface of a leaf, or in some other protected place. I have sometimes found them 10-15 feet away from the plant that the larvae fed on. The pupae of oplismeniella are usually placed on the lower surface of the leaf near the base. Bedellia boehmeriella Sw.—The larvae of this species mine the leaves of Boehmeria stipularis, a native shrub of the nettle family. I have found them on Mts. Olympus and Konahuanui, Oahu. Bedellia struthionella Walsm.—This must be a miner in some native tree, but I have not yet discovered its food-plant. DIPTERA. FAMILY LIMNOBIIDAE. Dicranomyia n. sp.—I have found the elongate larvae abundantly mining the leaves of a certain species of Cyrtandra, 226 along the trail up Punaluu Ridge, Oahu. It is a very unusual habit for the larvae of this group of flies. They usually feed in rotten wood, beneath dead bark, beneath leaf-sheaths of banana and other plants, also at the roots of plants. JI have found no records of any as leaf-miners. Pupation of this species takes place within the mine. I reared several specimens, but none in good enough condition for description. When I next visit the place I shall obtain more of them. FAMILY AGROMYZIDAE. Agromyza diminuta (Walk.)—This is a very common intro- duced insect. The larvae mine the leaves of many plants and weeds, as: beans, peas, radish, melons, Bidens, Nasturtium, Sida, Datura, Indigofera, Solanum, Sonchus, etc. They emerge to pupate in the ground. Agromyza n. sp.—I reared one specimen from a mine in a leaf of Labordea membranacea, on Mt. Olympus, Oahu. I found quite a number of mined leaves. The mine is conspicuous, show- ing by its deep black color. It is very large in comparison with the insect producing it. The larva emerged and formed its pu- parium on the surface of the leaf. Agromyza n. sp.—lI reared several specimens from mines in leaves of Cocculus ferrandianus, on the trail from Nuuanu val- ley up to the back end of the Pacifie Heights Ridge, Oahu. The plants sometimes have nearly all of the leaves mined. The larvae emerge and form their puparia on the surface of the leaf. Agromyza (?) n. sp.—I have found a miner in the fronds of a fern Marattia douglassi. It is probably another species of Agromyza, but I have not yet succeeded in rearing adults. No native species of the family Agromyzidae have as yet been described. I consider these three last species as native, since they occur on native plants in the mountains. COLEOPTERA. FAMILY PROTERHINIDAE. Proterhinus excrucians Perkins.—I have found this species ‘very abundantly mining the leaves of Broussaisia arguta, along the Olympus—Konahuanui trail, Oahu. This is quite an ex- ceptional habit for a Proterhinus, as those whose habits have been known heretofore are mostly bark beetles, or feed in dead wood, dead fern stems, ete. bo bo co | FAMILY COSSONIDAE. Heteramphus nn. sp.—I found the larvae of this species mining the fronds of several species of Hlaphoglossum on Mt. Olympus and the upper part of Palolo Valley, Oahu. Larvae, pupae and adults were found in the mines. The larvae of the other species of /Teteramphus, whose habits are known, are found in the stems of tree ferns, and at the base of leaves and in stems of Astelia. OCTOBER 3rp, 1912. The eighty-seventh regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. Mr. Swezey exhibited some sugar cane mealybugs, calling special attention to a species first noticed by Mr. Erhorn, and which makes three species now known to attack sugar cane in the Hawaiian Islands. Mr. Giffard remarked on the apparent diminishing of the numbers of ants recently, and inquired if others had noticed it. Different members gave their observations on the question, some of which agreed with the observations of Mr. Giffard while others reported the usual abundance. The apparent scarcity was evidently local and due to some temporary, or unusual con- ditions. Mr. Muir exhibited specimens of leaf hoppers representing four new genera and eight new species. These were collected by him on sugar cane in China and the Malay Islands. NOVEMBER 17 rn, 1912. The eighty-eighth regular meeting of the Society was held in the usual place. Dr. E. A. Back was elected to active membership. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Giffard reported that on a recent trip to Maui, he found 228 the introduced Pompilus in Iao Valley; and Pachodynerus at Wailuku and at 1200 feet elevation in Iao Valley. The latter species is now known on three Islands: Oahu, Kauai, and Maui. Mr. Giffard also exhibited 5 specimens of Formicaleo wilson taken in Kau, Hawaii, December, 1911. Mr. Kershaw told of seeing Formicaleo perjurus near Dia- mond Head, Oahu, when in company with Dr. Perkins one day last May. This species had not been seen for many years. Mr. Swezey told of seeing a specimen of Formicaleo wilson just below Pahala Mill in Kau, Hawaii, in 1905, but was unable to catch it. Mr. Giffard exhibited a large weevil (Sipalus gigas?) taken by Mr. Kuhns on a kiawe tree at the Immigration Station erounds March, 1910; also a large “horntail” taken by Mr. Kuhns on shrubbery at Palama, May, 1910. Mr. Ehrhorn con- sidered the latter the other sex of a ‘horntail’” exhibited by Mr. Giffard, July, 1908, and was probably the American species, Tremex columba. Mr. Ehrhorn reported having taken a “harlequin” cabbage bug on merchandise on dock. Mr. Fullaway exhibited Apomecyna pertigera bred from cucumber stems; Crossotarsus externedentatus from avacado; and Bracon sp. from Gelechia gossypiella, August 3, 1912. Mr. Muir exhibited a dead branch of Koa from Mr. Frank Atherton’s grounds in Manoa, that had been killed by a scale, Aspidiotus rapax. Some of the scales were parasitized, and the following species were bred out; Aphelinus diaspidus, Cocco- phagus orientalis, and Thysanus sp. Mr. Muir also exhibited specimens of new species of leaf hoppers, to be described in a forthcoming paper. PAPER READ. Description of Two New Species of Hawaiian Wasps. BY WALTER M. GIFFARD. Odynerus perkinsi sp. nov. 4 Black; wings deeply infuscate and with blue iridescence. Man- dibles largely red. Clypeus very sparsely and obscurely punctate, the apex subtruncate and subdentate, impressed. Head very dull, obscurely and shallowly punctate; face between the eyes narrow. Proc. Haw. Ent., Soc. II, No. 5, July, 1913. 229 Mesonotum very dull with surface roughened, subobsoletely and shal- lowly punctate and clothed in lateral view with extremely short erect pubescence. Scutellum extremely dull, almost flat, obsoletely punc- tate, having together with post-scutellum (the anterior margin of which is somewhat shining) a longitudinal impressed line through the middle. Propodeum dull, reticulately rugose excepting the posterior concavity which is almost smooth and very obscurely punctate. Abdomen more shining than the head and thorax; the basal segment subvertical in front, with shallow, large and irregular punctures anteriorly, and smaller and deeper posteriorly; the second segment dorsally, slightly more than convex, evenly and somewhat closely punctate; ventrally, similarly punctate except at the base, with the costae always distinct but variable in development and the segment behind these not at all raised, the depression being but very slightly indicated. *Length, 6-9 mm. ¢ Superficially the female is unlike the @, the structural differ- ences being as follows: Head with the face in front between the eyes very much wider. Clypeus truncate. Thorax extremely dull and smooth with the anterior portion of the mesonotum distinctly, evenly but not deeply punctate; posteriorly the surface of the mesonotum is either impunctate or the punctures are scattered. Scutellum flat, very sparsely and obscurely punctate. Propodeum dull, less reticulately rugose, posterior concavity being slightly more roughened. Second ventral segment of the abdomen has the costae longer and better developed whilst in certain lights there are signs of a narrowly de- fined depression. Length, 10 mm. HAB. Kau, Hawaii, 2,000 feet elevation. Described from 476 6 and 22 2 taken December, 1911, (Giffard), February, May and July, 1912, (Giffard and Fullaway). Both types are in the author’s collection. The species is found in localities on the a-a flows flying in company with O. peles P., O. scoria- ceus P., O. sociabilis P., O. rubropustulatus P., Nesodynerus egens P., Pseudopterochilus pterocheiloides P. and Chelody- nerus chelifer P. I have named this species out of compliment to Dr. R. C. L. Perkins to whom the collectors of Hawaiian Odynerus are much indebted for his comprehensive tables of all the species deseribed in Fauna Hawaiiensis. Odynerus koolauensis sp. nov. ¢@ Black, shining with erect but short gray pubescence; rarely with the apical margin of the first abdominal segment faintly and narrowly yellow. Mandibles black, the extreme apex piceous. Wings *The measurements are taken from the vertex of the head to the apical margin of the second abdominal segment. 230 darkly infuscate and with violaceous blue iridescence. Clypeus punc- tate, dentate and emarginate, impressed at the apex the true emargin- ation not very deep but distinct. Head and thorax very closely, strongly and deeply punctate. Propodeum reticulately and strongly rugosely sculptured throughout but more particularly so at the sides near the posterior concavity. Abdomen with the first segment strongly and closely punctate, the punctures becoming larger towards the base. Second segment above, strongly raised from the base (tuberculate when viewed dorsally) the highest point being well before the middle of its length; very distinctly and evenly but shallowly punctate; be- neath shining, finely and deeply but not closely punctate, the depres- sion faint and narrow the segment at the sides rising but feebly from the level of the apices of the costae which latter are well developed and at their middle where these meet the base of the depression, long. Length, 7-9 mm. 9 Clypeus evenly and deeply punctate; apex dentate and slightly emarginate, the emargination distinct; the impression at the apex is less than that in the ¢. The puncturation of the head and thorax is generally the same as in the g excepting that the interstices between the coarse punctures on the mesonotum (which in both sexes is shining), show more definite and more visible signs of being punc- tulate. In the g these smaller punctures are only microscopically visible. The propodeum and basal segment of the abdomen are prac- tically of the same general sculpture as the g¢. The second dorsal segment of the abdomen is less raised at the base whilst ventrally it is much more shiny, the costae stronger and longer at the middle, whilst the impression is better defined. The sides of this segment where they meet the apices of the costae are more raised than in the @- Length, 9 mm. HAB. Koolau district, Maui, 1,000-1,200 feet elevation in the lower wet forest. Not uncommon. Described from a series of 153 6 and 62 2 taken October, 1912, (Giffard), flying over mixed serub ohia (Metrosideros) and bamboo, in company with O. nigripennis Holmer., O. purpurifer P., and O. came- linus P. A single specimen of O. erythrostactes P. was taken at the same place. Both types in the collection of the author. OBS. Evidently allied to O. hiloensis Perk. and O. honanus Perk., and whilst like these superficially is readily distin- rele from O. konanus by the difference in the characters of the propodeum and the second ventral segment of the abdo- men. From O. hiloensis it particularly differs ; in the emargin- ation of the clypeus, the length of the costae and general ap- pearance of the second ventral segment. In O. hiloensis the second dorsal segment of the abdomen is also much more tuber- culately raised than in this species. In the ? there are further characters, particularly those of the eclypeus and costae, which very readily distinguish it from both O. konanus and O. hilo- ensis. It may also be allied and nearer related to O. lipocharis Perk. of Kauai, an unique species but lately described (See Suppl. F. H., Vol. I1., p. VI., p. 610), by Dr. Perkins from a male only, but of this I cannot be certain as specimens of the latter are not available. Notes on Certain Undescribed Species Or Varieties of Hawaiian Wasps (Odynerus). BY W. M. GIFFARD. It is not altogether improbable that at some future period when a general revision and further classification of our Ha- walian Odyneri are made possible that not only will some of these form several distinct genera or sub-genera*, but some spe- cies already described and since determined as varieties or island forms may be eliminated from the fauna. As however the prospects for any such new classification and revision are somewhat remote it appears reasonable that the system hereto- fore adopted of separating and describing the insular forms, should in the meantime continue, particularly when these show sufficient sculptural and constant minor structural characters, as well as differences in coloration, as to easily separate them from their allies of one or more of the islands in the group. Among others I have for the present selected the following as deserving recognition under the present systm of identifica- tion and determination, viz.: (1). 22.2.2 1 Plusia chalcites Msp. ..-.--....--:- EIStaSGU GGdt MW. S).)-22e if Famiry HyprromMEnpiae. Eucymatoge dryinombra Meyr. 4 Hucymatoge orichloris Meyr... 2 8 Eucymatoge craterias Meyr. ..1 2 Hucymatoge monticolans (Buthyie. 1.) ee ae dios tec Hydriomena aphoritis Meyv... Hydriomena roseata n. sp.....-.-- Ash 8 iL Hydriomena giffardi n. sp...... 1 Famity SELIDOSEMIDAE. Scotorythra arboricolans Butl... 1 Scotorythra aruraea Meyyr. ...... Scotorythra paludicola (Butl.) Scotorythra ortharcha Meyv...... Scotorythra oxyphractis Meyr. 2 Scotorythra capnopa Meyv....... 5 Scotorythra pachyspila Meyr. Scotorythra rara (Butl.) ........ 10 11 Scotorythra hyparcha Meyv. .... 1 Famity SpHINGIDAE. Sphing convolvuli Linn. ........ Famity PHyYcITIDAE. Homoeosoma amphibola Meyr. bo pet 5) il i eat hr bo bo OO He HO HA re bo Re bo bo re bo bw eR [— bo Co bo food: a bo 235 Aug. Sept. Dec. Feb. May July Aug. Famity PYRAUSTIDAE. Omiodes Omiodes riety ) Omiodes Omiodes Omiodes accepta (Butl.) -....- accepta (white va- localis (Butl.) scotaea Hampson. ...... fullawayr n. sp.....------ Phlyctaenia synastra Meyr. .... 5 Phlyctaenia vocrossa Meyr. .... Phlyctaenia micacea (Butl.) .. Phlyctaenia eucrena (Meyr.) Phlyctaema platyleuca Meyv..... Phlyctaenia metasema Meyy. .. Phlyctaenia caminopis Meyr. Phlyctaenia stellata (Butl.) .... Phlyctaenia argoscelis (Meyr.) Phlyctaema liopis Meyr. ........ Phlyctaena pyranthes Meyr. .. Pyrausta chloropis Mevr. .......- Pyrausta thermantoidis n. sp. Nomophila noctuella Schiff. -... Mestolobes mesacma Meyr. .... Mestolobes ochrias Meyr. .. ..... Orthomecyna metalycia Meyr. 13 Orthomecyna epicausta Meyv..... Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparia Scoparva Scoparia balinopis Meyr. ........ halirrhoa Meyr. ....-.-- GLUES Mie Viton cess. 22-2 eratacd: Meyr. -.....:-.2: parachlora Meyr. ...... nomines Meyr. 2.2... marmarias Meyr. .... nectarvas Meyv. ........ nectarioides n. sp. ------ pyrseutis Meyr.......:...- erebochalca Meyr. .... thyellopis Meyr. ........ melichlora Meyv. .....- hawaviensis (Butl.) .. geraea, Meyr. ......2:.... epumystis Meyr. .....- 1 2 1 2 1 i 6 re be oO bo bo DH toe bo a9 we He eat wre OSH H= ~I oS feed Co at SD Hp bo pay TEN [SS bd SD bo boa eee a Usa Ua Ug besa i Ua Wh i Ia UR) Er Uo Ua fe Ga bo Lo ~ 236 Aug. Sept. Dec. Feb. May July Aug. 1911 1911 1911 1912 1912 1912 1912 Scoparia meristis Meyr. .......-.- 2 D225, | Maen Scoparia platyscia Meyr. ......-- 4 Gis: 2G 2eahel Scoparia venosa Butl. .........-- Lhe FAMILY PTEROPHORIDAE. Platyptilia rhynchophora Meyr. Platyptilia litoralis Butl. -..... bo bo bt bO Famity GELECHIADAE. Aristotelia gigantea n. sp. -.---.-- 1 Thyrocopa albonubila Walsm. 1 3 Thyrocopa fraudulentella NWaliniy 22.0 2 eee re 1 FamMILy HyPoNOMEUTIDAE. Hyposmocoma lupella +- suf- RUSELLG WW asia ee cee eee ee il Hyposmocoma dorsella Walsm. 1 Hyposmocoma quinquemaculata W allsins/2c.. ete ee Sie Hyposmocoma chilonella 4- tri- ocellata Walsm. if Hyposmocoma chilonella +- chi- Lonella? Walsimsa: 5 eee 1 Hyposmocoma chilonella +- per- condita Walsm, -.-2-22— 1 Hyposmocoma subnitida DWV ell Sinn fy cos = et ase oe eee eae 1 Semnoprepia petroptilota Wrailsmi.. 2.2.54 tease 1 Diplosara lignivora (Butl.) -... af Endrosis lactella Schiff. .........- 1 *Prays fulvocanellus Walsm. - 4 Faminty CARPOSINIDAE. Heterocrossa herbarum Walsm. 2 Heterocrossa gemmata Walsm. il Heterocrossa plumbeonitida Wrealsmis: ss 246: ache eee ee 3 Heterocrossa latifasciata Walsm. 3 Heterocrossa inscripta Walsm. Heterocrossa gracillima Walsm. 2 bo 237 Aug. Sept. Dec. Feb. May July Aug. 1911 1911 1911 1912 1912 1912 1912 Faminy Torrricipar. Eecoptocera foetorivorans (GL BNOT SL Sette eee aoe eer eee 1 Enarmonia walsinghami (CS pel Ed eee a ee 8 ae eer 1 Bactra straminea (Butl.) -..... 1 1 1 Archips longiplicatus Walsm. .. 1 fs ye Archips lichenoides Walsm. Archips subsenescens Walsm..... 1 Archips fuscocinereous n. sp. -. 1 Archips sublichenordes n. sp. .. Tortrix semicinereana n. sp. i! Panaphelia marmorata Walsm. 1 Capua pleonectes Walsm........... 1 bo bb cf Famity TInEIpAE. Opogona apicalis Sw......-.--------- 6 iO OA ote ol Philodoria basalis Walsm. ...... a *Reared from flowers of Zanthorylum hawaiiense. DECEMBER 12ru, 1912. The postponed eighty-ninth regular and eight annual meet- ing of the Society was held in the usual place. NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited an ant taken at Maunawili, Oahu, April 13, 1912. It had been identified for him by Mr. W. M. Wheeler as Technomyrmex albipes F. Smith. The species oc- ‘eurs in India, Papua, and Oceania. Mr. Giffard reported collecting the introduced Pompilus at Kilauea, Hawaii, Nov. 23, 1912; at an elevation of 4000 feet. This being the highest elevation at which it has yet been taken. PAPERS READ. On Some New Fulgoroidea. BY F. MUIR. (Read October 3, November 7 and December 12, 1912.) The types of the following new species, seven of which are Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., I, No. 5, July, 1918. 23 o's) generic, are in the collection of the Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station, Honolulu. Except where otherwise stated they were collected by the writer. The writer takes pleasure in acknowledging the obligation he is under to W. L. Distant for comparing specimens with types in the British Museum, and for the help he has given him while working on Homoptera. D&rELPHACIDAE. Geoneossus gen. nov. Type sacchari. Head broader than thorax, vertex at base as wide as an eye, truncate, narrowing ‘slightly to apex, very short, about one-fourth the width of base, medianly, longitudinally keeled, slight keels along all edges and between vertex and face, a little pit in center of each half of vertex. Face broad, widest at lower corner of eyes, then slightly narrowing to apex, keels along sides, also two medio-longitudinal keels from base to apex, a keel down gena from beneath the antenna to base of clypeus. Clypeus a little shorter than face, in profile slightly curved, sides flattened, broad at base, medianly and laterally keeled. Eye as broad as face, with very deep antennal emargination on lower edge. First joint of antenna slightly shorter than second, sub- triangular, apex much wider than base, very flat and thin, especially on outer edge; second joint subpyriform in outline, outer edge fairly thick and nearly straight, inner edge thin and broadly curved in out- line; other edge beset with several sense organs; arista arising from apex. Ocelli at lower corner of eye. Pronotum medially very slightly longer than vertex, hind margin obtuse-angularly emarginate, medially keeled, lateral keels obscure, arising anteriorly at inner hind angle of eye, curving round and reaching anterior margin at hind angle of eye, not reaching the posterior edge of pronotum; a pit in center of each half. Scutellum distinctly tricarinate. First hind tarsal joint twice the length of the other two together; spur half as long as first tarsal joint, flattish, pointed, inner edge straight, outer edge convexly curved, beset with small spines; hind tibiae with five apical and one small basal spines. Tegmina pointed at apex; subcosta and radia forking before middle, radia joining media for a short distance (no radial cross-vein), first median sector arising at junction of radia and media, touching cubitus (no media cross-vein), cubitus three-veined, bent nearly at right-angle after joining media; clavus reaching five- eighths from base. This genus is near to Cochise Kirkaldy, but has a narrower face, with the keels separate to apex, the antennae also are very distinct. 209 (1) Ge sacchari, sp. nov. (¢ 2) PIS G; at: 5-76: Stramineous, slightly darker on clypeus and apex of face; legs with longitudinal brown marks. Tegmina hyaline, veins white, finely bordered with brown, especially on apical half, veins studded with brown, hair-bearing granules; wings hyaline, white-veined. Pygophor with a pair of spines arising from medio-ventral edge, reaching one-third across pygophor, contiguous to near their diverging apices; spines on anal segment short, thick, with converging apices; genital styles long, simple, horn-shaped, making one complete in- wardly-turned spiral, the apical third bent anteriorly. In the young stages the vertex and face is round, somewhat as in Paranda, the antennae small and sunk into pits at side of rounded face; two rows of sense pits along the lateral margin of vertex and face; keels absent. Length 2.6 mm.; tegmen 3.8 mm. Hab. Macao, China. The young and adult female were taken underground, feeding on the roots of grasses and sugar-cane, at- tended by ants. The adult was also taken feeding on the leaves of sugar-cane. Cochise Kirkaldy. (1) C. apache Kirkaldy. PG; fie. s3, 3a. I figure the head of this species. I cannot separate the genus from Bostaera by any good character. Belocera gen nov. Type, sinensis. Head wider than thorax. Width of vertex about twice the length, base truncate, slightly anterior of the middle of the hind margin of eyes, longitudinally keeled in middle; face widest between lower angles of eyes where it is about two-thirds the length of the face, keeled on sides and in middle, the central keel being furcate very near the base forming a small diamond-shaped area, two small semi- obsolete keels from the bifurcations to sides of face slightly anterior to the transverse keel between vertex and face; genal keels distinct, meeting the lateral facial keels at their apices; eyes deeply emarginate on lower margin; first and second antennal joints subequal in length, basal joint sagitate, second joint somewhat longer than broad, slightly flattened, beset with sense organs, arista apical; clypeus bent at sharp angle near base where the median keel is prominently angled. Pronotum slightly longer than vertex, widely and angularly emarginate on hind margin, median keel distinct, reaching hind mar- 240 gin, lateral keels following hind margin of eyes, then curving inward and reaching hind margin. Scutellum more than twice the length of vertex and pronotum, tricarinate, lateral carinae slightly curved and reaching hind margin. Hind tibia with one small basal, one small submedian and four or five small apical spines; spur more than half the length of first tarsus, flattened, inner edge straight, outer edge convexly curved, one small spine at apex. Tegmen as in Geoneossus, but the apex just pointed and the radia and media only just touching, not amalgamated for any distance. This genus is near Stobaera but the shape of the antennae and the angular clypeus distinguishes it. (1) B. sinensis sp. nov. (4 @ ) Plate 6, figs. 4, 4a. Light yellow-brown; face below eyes yellow, legs and ventral surface of thorax and abdomen lighter brown, lateral edges of prono- tum and tegulae dark, spines on legs dark brown. Tegmina hyaline, smoky, lighter along costal area, veins light closely beset with light granules, a darker brown mark over base of costal cell, a darker mark along apical half of radia and a brown spot at tip of each apical vein. Male pygophor with even margins; anal segment without spines; styles narrow, of even width till apex where it is unequally bifurcate, the inner prong being very short, the outer longer and slightly spatu- late at end. Length 2.5mm.; tegmen 3 mm. Hab. Macao and Sheiklung, China. Perkinsiella Kirkaldy. (1) P. thompsoni (¢ 2) Vertex, face between eyes, antennae and clypeus dark brown, with two darker marks across face between eyes; face below eyes, thorax, legs and apex of clypeus yellow; pronotum and scutellum darker than ventral side, especially along the sides; a brown spot on each front coxa and a round spot on each mesopleurum; front and middle femora longitudinally striped with brown, a faint brown ring on tibia, spur yellow with black teeth; abdomen brown, pleura and margins of segments yellow. Tegmina hyaline, semiopaque, yellowish over clavus; veins light, studded with brown granules, fuscous along edges of third radial and first median apical veins, and over the base and apex of second median and the entire of third median and first cubital apical cells, except for a round white spot at apex of each cell; wings hyaline with brown veins. Male pygophor rounded, dorsal edge roundly emarginate where anal segment fits in, ventral edge with two thin, long, subparallel, median spines nearly reaching to anal segment; anal segment 241 with a long, slightly curved, strong spine from each ventral corner reaching more than half across pygophor; styles broad and flattened on basal half, the apical portion thinner, bent inward with the apex broadened out into a ‘small, flat surface, the outer and posterior edges of which are produced into short points. Length 2.7 mm.; tegmen 3.6 mm. Hab. Island of Guam, on sugar-cane. No. 3095 of Mr. D. T. Fullaway’s collection. I take the pleasure of naming this insect after Mr. J. B. Thompson of Guain. This species, the fourteenth of the genus, comes next to smmensis from which it differs by the greater amount of infusca- tion on apex of tegmen and the very distinct genitalia. Stobaera Stal. I consider Fowler’s Goniolcium to be this genus. The spe- cies of this genus all have somewhat similar facies, and with the additions to it that is sure to be made by more extensive collect- ing in Mexico and the more southern countries, there will arise great difficulties in identification unless the male characters be studied carefully. (1) S. concinna? Stal. Specimens from Mexico Valley agreeing with Stal’s description have a very distinct feature in the shape of the anal segment. The anus is situated near the base, where the segment is short; beyond the anus the ventral edge is produced into a broad, flattened process, turned down at right angle to the basal portion, the apex being spatu- late and trilobed, the process reaching down to the ventral wall of pygophor; the medio-ventral edge of pygophor slightly emarginate, each corner of the emargination being produced into a small spine, the lateral edges cut back so as, in side view, to expose the styles; styles slender and cylindrical at base, slightly broadening to the trun- cate apex which has each corner produced into a little spine; a spine projects from the base of the styles. (2) S. tricarinata Van Duzee. The specimens I identify as this species have the ventral edge of pygophor roundly emarginate in the middle, the sides being cut away, exposing the styles in lateral view; anal segment short with a short downwardly turned, apically rounded process on the ventral edge; styles thinly cylindrical at the base, broadening and flattening towards the apex, which is truncate and produced into a spine on the 242 inner corner, the outer edges of the styles curved, the inner edges sinuous, spine at base pointing upward, not outward. (3) S. granulosa (Fowler) The specimens I have from Orizaba under this name differ slightly from Fowler’s description; from koebeli they differ in having the process on anal segment very much shorter and the styles are widest shortly before apex. (4) S. koebela sp. nov. (4 2 ) A very short furcation at base of median facial keel. Scutellum, pronotum, vertex, antennae and face between eyes brown, face below eyes and genae yellow, speckled with brown at apex; clypeus brown; keels on head and thorax lighter in color; female abdomen yellowish with brown spots, male abdomen brown with small yellowish marks near base; femora brown, especially in male, all tarsi and tibiae banded with brown. Tegmina hyaline, veins not colored, dotted with large, brown, hair-bearing granules, a curved brown mark over first median sector and cubitus, a light brown spot in median cell and the clavus slightly fuscous. Medio-ventral edge of pygophor deeply and roundly emarginate, the corners of the emargination forming subacute points; anus at base of anal segment, the ventral portion of segment beyond anus flattened, gradually narrowed to the acutely pointed apex, and curved under; genital styles curved, meeting together at their bases and forming a “horse-shoe,” narrow, subequal in width to truncate apices, which are slightly widened, from their bases where they touch arise two small, stout spines. Length 2.5 mm.; tegmen 3.4 mm. Hab. Morelos, Mexico. (A. Koebele coll.) I take pleasure in naming this species after Mr. A. Koebele. (5) S. azteca sp. nov. (é ?). Facies very similar to koebeli, but inclined to have the lighter marks more extensive. The male pygophor medio-ventrally emargin- ate, the sides cut back; the anal segment short, the ventral edge beyond anus forming a downward-pointing, short spine reaching about two-thirds to ventral margin; styles slightly curved, thin and cylindrical at base, slightly flattened on apical half, truncate at apex with each corner drawn into a small spine, an outwardly pointing spine at the base of each style, joined together at their bases. This differs from granulosa by having a spine on the anal segment and not 245 a flattened, apically pointed process and by the styles not swelling out before the apices. Length 2.5 mm.; tegmen 4.0 mm. Hab. Morelos, Mexico. (Koebele coll.) (6) S. testacia (Fowler. ) I have one female which may be this species. It differs from the typical species in having the pronotal carinae not quite reaching the hind margin and not angulated; the lateral carinae of the face are not sub-parallel but outwardly eurved and widest apart at lower angles of eyes. The fureation of median keel more distinct. It is likely to represent a new genus. Purolita Distant. (1) P. cervina Distant. One specimen ( 2 ) from Macao on bamboo. (2) P. fuscovenosa sp. nov. ( 2 ) Two specimens which differ from the type species by their darker color, veins of tegmina broadly fuscous-brown from base to apex and larger size. Length 4.8 mm.: tegmen 5.4 mm. Hab. Macao, China, on bamboo. The absence of males for comparison is regrettable. Tropidocephala. Stal. Owing to there being both specific and individual variation of the head, and the facies of many species very similar, the species of this genus are hard to identify with certainty unless the genitalia be described or, still better, figured ; it is unfortun- ate that Matsumura makes no remarks on the genital characters in his monograph. vol. XeX (1); ip: 44. APIDAE. 1. Apis mellifera Linn. Introduced from the Hawaiian Islands in 1907. MEGACHILIDAE. 2. Lithurgus sp. Megachile sp. 4. Megachile sp. ANDRENIDAE. 5. UHalictus sp. PROSOPIDAE. 6. Prosopis sp. Dr. Perkins has kindly furnished me with the following note on this species: ‘Belongs to group with largely developed wings of 7th ventral segment, a bifurcate apex to 8th segment, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 9o09 2895 the bifurcations expanded as in Prosopis cressoni; see Metz’s paper, Tr. Am. Soc. XX XVIT., pl. IV, fig. 53 ete. This group is American, Austral. and European, and probably cosmopoli- tan.” LARRIDAE. t.. Pison sp. 8. Puison sp. 9. Pison sp. VESPIDAE. 10. Polistes hebraeus Fab. 11. Polistes semiflavus Holm. 12. Lcaria marginata Sauss =I. cagayanensis Ashin. EUMENIDAE 3. Rhynchium brunneum Sauss. BETHYLIDAE. 14. Gonatopus sp. 15. Scleroderma duarteanum n. sp. g dimorph. Length 5mm. Black, smooth and shining, with a delicate miscroscopic reticulation, and sparsely clothed with pale golden hairs set in shallow punctures. Antennae 13-jointed, honey yellow, outwardly fuscous, scape long, clavate and curved outwardly, pedicel much shorter, obconic, funicle filiform, less than twice the Tength of the scape, joints short and subequal except the last, which is nearly twice as long as the preceding. Legs honey yellow, short and stout, femora greatly swollen. Wings narrow with two short completely closed basal cells, the basal nervure reaching the costa, the nervures brown and the disc largely infuscate. Hab. Chance’s ranch, Jigo, Guam. Described from 9 spe- cimens bred from a coleopterous larva in cacao (Theobroma cacao). Named for Cap’t. P. Duarte. 16. Parasierola cellularis Say. SCELIONIDAE. 17. Caloteleia elegans Perk. 18. Macroteleia manilensis Ashm. 19. Platyscelio wilcoxi n. sp. @ Length about 4mm. Greatly flattened, with a sparse clothing of fuscous hairs which is thicker on the two last abdominal segments. 284 Head subquadrate, horizontal, very thin anterior-posteriorly (dorso- ventral), smooth and shining, the vertex somewhat striated, a medial furrow on the face which bifurcates dorsally just below the apical ocellus and ventrally above the insertion of the antennae; eyes elong- gate elliptic and convex, basal ocelli distant on the summit of the vertex; antennae 12-jointed and flattened, the scape greatly dilated apically, pedicel small, obconic, joints of the flagellum small, expand- ing outwardly, the last three or four subquadrate. Prothorax, meso- thorax except scapulae and abdomen longitudinally punctuate-striate, thorax otherwise smooth and shining; prothorax narrowed before into a neck, mesonotum ample, parapsidal grooves well defined, the anterior portion of the scapulae punctate, the scutellum transverse, posteriorly a single row of punctures interrupted in the middle; metathorax with some fine striations and a medium furrow bifurcating behind. Abdomen broadly attached, elongate elliptic and depressed, the intersegmental furrows broad but shallow, a well-defined lateral carina on both sides from base to middle of 5th segment. Legs slender, wings fairly long and narrow, the disc hairy, more or less clouded, marginal vein mod- erately long, about one-fourth the length of the submarginal, the distal end at about the middle of the wing, radius short, postmarginal absent. Black except the scape, pedicel, first five joints of the flagellum and the tip of the abdomen, which are rufo-testaceous. The legs are testaceous; the veins of the wings brown. Hab. Guam. Described from a single specimen. Named for Mr. George N. Wilcox, U. S. Navy. PLATYGASTERIDAE. 20. Allotropa thompsont nu. sp. g Length .75mm. Brown, smooth and shining, feebly but uni- formly punctate, the punctures enclosing short hairs. Head transverse, slightly convex, eyes black, ocelli red, arranged in a triangle, the lateral members of which are close to the inner margins of the eyes, antennae 9-jointed, inserted on either side and at about the middle of the clypeus, scape large, clavate, pedical smaller, obconic, the three funicle joints filiform, a little longer than the pedicel, four-jointed club about as long as the pedicel and funicle together and somewhat expanded. Prothorax broadly joined to the head and extremely nar- row, mesothorax convex, mesonotum subquadrate, parapsidal grooves distant, scutellum obtusely triangular; metathorax indistinct. Abdo- men short ovate, depressed. Legs moderate. Wings with a fuscous cloud in the middle of the disc, submarginal vein ending in a club near the costal margin, before the middle of the wing. Hab. Guam. Described from a single specimen bred from a mealybug (Pseudococcus sp.) on Abrus abrus. Named for 285 Mr. J. B. Thompson, Director of the Government Agricultural Experiment Station at Guam. DIAPRITIDAE. 21. Phaenopria sp. 22. Tropidopria sp. CHALCIDIDAE. 23. Chalcis sp. 24. Neochalcis sp. 25. Stomatocerus sp. 26. Conura sp. EUCHARIDAE. 27. Chalcura upeensis n. sp. ¢ Length about 4mm. Punctate, the notum coarsely folded or reticulate, and hairy, the abdomen with a few punctures, otherwise ssmooth and shining. Head fairly large and convex, triangular in out- line, anterior-posteriorly thin, the front longitudinally striate, eyes small and convex, the lower margin distant from the base of the man- dibles, face and cheeks rather broad, occipital margin distinct on the vertex, the ocelli in a straight line below, antennae 12-jointed, pubes- cent, inserted on the middle of the face, scape scarcely as long as the first joint of the flagellum, pedicel very short, 2nd flagellar joint a. little more than half the length of the first, joints 5 to 10 subequal, joint 11 one and one-half times 10, and 12 twice 11, joints 4 to 11 with a long ramus apically on the outer side; clypeal sutures distinct; mandibles large and falcate with two strong teeth near the base; trophi slender. Thorax extremely short and convex, pronotum in- visible from above, mesonotum well ‘developed, parapsidal furrows convergent but not quite meeting at the base, inner angles of the axillae almost or quite meeting in the middle, scutellum triangular, rounded behind, posterior face and the metathorax almost vertical. Abdomen long petiolate, hatchet shaped, the petiole longitudinally striate. Legs slender, the coxae fairly stout. Wings much narrowed basally, the dise hairy and clouded, marginal and post-marginal veins fairly long, radius short and stigmatic. Metallic green with purplish reflections, the abdomen with the exception of the petiole dark brown. Legs and basal joint of the antennae light brown, the flagellum fuscous brown, mandibles honey yellow, wing veins almost black, a brownish suffusion beneath the “stigma. 286 Hab. Upe, Guam, in the forest. Described from a single specimen. AGAONIDAE 28. Blastophaga innumerabilis n. sp. 9 Length 1.25mm. Black, smooth and shining, the anterior por- tion of the head including the oral cavity, mandibles and first three joints of the antennae, and the legs honey yellow. The head horizon- tal, subquadrate, thin anterior-posteriorly (dorso-ventral), a broad and deep groove on the face from the vertex to the mouth, which has a rather large opening, defined laterally by the large, bidentate and acutely pointed mandibles, which reach the base of the eyes; antennae 11-jointed, inserted together just above the mouth, 1st joint short and stout, dilated in front, 2nd slenderer and about twice as long as wide, 3rd with the basal portion short while the outer face is produced apically into a long spine and the inner face receives the short 4th joint, 5th and 6th joints larger than the 4th, a little longer than wide, 7th to 11th joints widening outwardly, the individual segments (ex- cept the last) cyathiform, and each from the 5th outwardly bearing broad plate-like hairs. Thorax rather flat, pronotum transverse, nar- rowed before, the posterior lateral angles produced, the hind margin therefore curved inwardly; mesonotum also transverse, parapsidal fur- rows merely indicated behind, scutellum fairly long, the hind margin rounded and two longitudinal grooves on the disc laterally; metathorax broad and truncate, posterior angles well defined. Abdomen about as long as the thorax and somewhat compressed, broadly joined basally, and apically produced to a point, the dorsum ridged; ovipositor hair- like and longer than the abdomen. Legs moderate, front and hind femora swollen. Wings hyaline, marginal and postmarginal veins sub- equal, stigmal vein a trifle shorter and almost perpendicular. Hab. Guam. Described from many specimens. ENCYRTIDAE. 29. Hupelmus sp. 30. Hupelmus sp. 31. Pentelicus sp. 32. Ooencyrtus sp. PTEROMALIDAE. Pteromalus sp. . Tsoplata sp. Tomocera californica How. Spalangia cameront Perk. Spalangia metallica n. sp. io length about l1mm. Smooth and shining, the head oblong, aE Go GS Oo Go SO Wt can ye . . =U 287 wider than the thorax, moderately thick and convex, the anterior margin medially incised; ocelli arranged in a small triangle close to the vertex, eyes small and dorsal, face and cheeks broad; antennae fairly long, cylindrical and hairy, 10-jointed, inserted above the re- cessed mouth, scape not reaching the level of the vertex, pedicel small and obeconic, joints of the flagellum small and subequal except the last which is small and indistinctly separated from hte penultimate joint. Thorax convex, prothorax well developed, nearly as long as the rest of the thorax and narrowed in front to a small neck which is transversely striated, mesothorax fairly long, the parapsidal furrows on mesonotum distinct and much bent towards the sides, the inner angles of the axillae meeting in the middle, scutellum flat, a trifle longer than wide, parallel sided and straight across the hind margin; metathorax transverse, the hind margin rounded. Abdomen small, petiolate, broadly oval and depressed, the ovipositor slightly exserted. Posterior legs longer than the others, the coxae especially long and well developed. Wings rather narrow, with a marginal fringe, mar- ginal vein rather long, stigmal short, a brownish cloud on the disc beneath; where the marginal and submarginal veins merge, the costal cilia are greatly thickened and tangled, forming a pseudo-spine. Pale or reddish to olivaceous brown with metallic reflections, the head, last five antennal joints, mesothorax and abdomen dark, blue to black and metallic; basal joints of the antennae and the legs from straw yellow (or almost white) to reddish brown. Hab. Guam. Described from a single specimen. ELASMIDAE. EBlasmus philippinensis Ashin. EULOPHIDAE. 39. Closterocerus sp. 40. Coccophagus orientalis How. 41. Aphelinus sp. 42. Tetrastichus hagenoww Ratzeburg. 43. Cirrospiloideus quamensis n. sp. ¢g Length 2.5mm. Microscopically reticulate and shining with a few sparse hairs. Head transverse but not especially thin, eyes fairly large and convex, face and cheeks wide, the temples rounded, occiput deeply impressed, ocelli arranged in a triangle on the vertex, an- tennae filiform, 10-jointed, inserted on the middle of the face, scape reaching the vertex, pedicel obconic, four funicle joints longer by half than the scape, club short and pointed, indistinctly divided; cly- peus distinct, the labrum shortly projecting. Prothorax greatly nar- _rowed in front, mesonotum transverse, parapsidal grooves distinct, ISS inner angles of axillae not quite meeting in the middle, scutellum broad and flat with two distinct longitudinal grooves, the hind margin very slightly curved; metathorax declivous, with two median carinae which converge behind. Abdomen conic-ovate, collapsed after death. Legs fairly long and slender. Wings hairy, marginal vein long, post- marginal and stigmal veins shorter and equal. Yellowish to testaceous, the ocellar triangle, upper margin of occi- put, pronotum, metathorax and part of the abdomen black, eyes red, antennae outwardly fuscous brown. Hab. Guam. Described from several specimens bred from lepidopterous miners in ‘tabas duendes” and Terminalia catap- pa. ] Closely corresponding male specimens differ as follows: Length less than lmm. Antennal scape expanded and leaf-like. Abdomen short, depressed and broadly rounded at the apex. Head, prothorax, and abdomen outwardly black. Bred from lepidopterous miners in /Teritiera littoralis. TRICHOGRAMMIDAE. 44. Trichogramma sp. EVANITIDAE. 45. Evania appendigaster Linn. ICHENEUMONIDAE. 46. Lissopimpla mgricans un. sp. 9 Length 7mm. Smooth and shining, the head transverse, anter- iorly punctate and hairy, the punctuation more pronounced on the clypeus and labrum, eyes large and convex, emarginate within and continguous with the occipital margin behind, ocelli large and ar- ranged in an obtuse triangle near the vertex, face and cheeks rather narrow, antennae setaceous, nearly as long as the body, 43-jointed, inserted near the middle of the face in rather prominent sockets, labrum fairly large and subquadrate, clypeal suture distinct, a broad median longitudinal elevation between it and the antennal sockets. Thorax convex, elongate, pronotum invisible from above, mesonotum anteriorly punctate, lobed, parapsidal furrows broad and deep, meeting beyond the middle but not attaining the posterior margin, scutellum reduced to a punctate knob or dise with lateral carinate wings enclos- ing a broad deep basal fovea, postcutellum continuous with the knob or disc of the scutellum, the narrow transverse areas on either side towards the wings greatly sunken, mesopleura clothed with short 289 white hairs, the hind border costate, metathorax subquadrate and rugose, petiolar area hexagonal and more or less smooth. Abdomen highly polished, elongate, depressed, widening slightly outwardly, apically somewhat compressed, lst segment rather long, 2nd sub- quandrate, others shorter and transverse, segments 2-4 with transverse median depression and anterior lateral angles separated by deep grooves. Ovipositor exserted about half the length of the abdomen. Legs moderately stout, posterior pair larger, with greatly lengthened coxae, a spine on the lower face of the femur and a double row of short spines on the outer face of the tibia and tarsus. Claws stout and simple. Wings fuliginous, veins and stigma almost black, areolet quadrate, narrowed ov-wardly, receiving the 2nd recurrent nervure at the lower outer angle, submedian cell a trifle shorter than the median, discoidal nervure arising from the lower third of the 2nd discoidal cell, transverse median nervure of the hind wings broken well beyond its middle. Black with some brownish tints, face and basal joints of the an- tennae reddish brown, front legs brown, middle and hind legs and abdomen deep reddish brown. Hab. Guam. Described from three female specimens. 47. Echthromorpha continua (Brulle). ¢ 48. Paniscus latro Holm. ALYSIIDAE. 49. Aspilota pitiensis n. sp. ¢@ Length about 2mm. Black, the two basal joints of the antennae, prothorax;-abdomen basally and legs pale to reddish brown; smooth and shining, the head transverse, temples broad and rounded; face broad, convex, retracted below, antennae inserted at about the middle on a well-defined frontal prominence, setaceous, 21-jointed, mandibles exserted, 3-dentate, maxillary palpi 5-jointed, long; labial palpi 4-jointed, short; pronotum narrow in front and extending on sides almost to the tegulae; mesonotum convex, without parapsides, scutullum small, triangular, with a deep forvea at the base divided by a median carina; metathorax short, declivious, with a well-defined petiolar area; abdomen elongate oval, petiolate; legs long and slender; wings hyaline, veins black, stigma long and slender, marginal cell complete, radius reaching the tip of the wing, recurrent nervure join- ing the 2nd cubital cell. Hab. Guam. Described from a single specimen. BRACONIDAE. 50. Macrocentrus pallidus n. sp. 9 Length 4mm. Flavo-testaceous, eyes, ocelli and tips of man- 290 dibles black; feebly punctate, shining, clothed with pale hairs. Head transverse, wider than the thorax and fairly thick; eyes round and bulged; ocelli large, arranged in a small triangle near the vertex; face wide, cheeks narrow; clypeus prominent; antennae setaceous, a trifle longer than the body, inserted above the middle of the face, 45- jointed; trophi pendulous, slender, maxillary palpi 5-jointed, labial palpi 3-jointed. Pronotum invisible from above; mesonotum lobed, parapsidal grooves convergent, meeting before the posterior margin, scutellum small, convex, postscutellum represented by two large, shallow foveae with smooth bottoms; metathorax arched, shallowly rugose. Abdomen elongate, slender, compressed towards the apex, 1st segment rather long, 2nd and 3rd shorter, following segments transverse; ovipositor exserted and longer than the abdomen. Legs slender, hind coxae longer than the others. Wings hyaline with well- developed stigma and parastigma, veins light to fuscous brown, mar- ginal cell complete, radius not reaching tip of wing, 3 cubital cells, submedian cell longer than the median, subdiscoidal nervure joining the discoidal below the middle. @ Paler, yellowish, white beneath, abdomen slender, depressed. Hab. Guam. Described from 22 and 2 specimens. 51. Phanerotoma melanocephala n. sp. 9 Length 2.75 mm. Testaceous, the head, antennae and tip of ab- domen fuscous, minutely shagreened or granulated and opaque, the abdomen longitudinally striated. Head subquadrate, slightly wider than the thorax; eyes black, prominent, bulged; ocellar area small, black; temples and face broad, antennae inserted at about the middle, a trifle shorter than the body, setaceous, 23-jointed; clypeal sutures distinct, laterally ending in a fovea, trophi short and slender; occiput concave and distinctly margined. Pronotum invisible from above; mesonotum subquadrate, parapsidal grooves only faintly indicated, scutellum small, triangular; metanotum flat and parallel sided. Ab- domen oval, convex above, concave beneath, only three visible seg- ments. Legs moderately long and stout. Wings hyaline, stigma and veins fuscous, marginal cell complete, radius not reaching tip of wing, ist abcissa extremely short, recurrent nervure interstitial with the 1st cubital cross vein, submedian cell much longer than the median, subdiscoidal vein joining the discoidal near the posterior angle of the cell. Hab. Guam. Described from a single specimen. 52. Apanteles gquamensis (Holm. ) 93. Spathius sp. Election of Officers for 1913. President, =:..<5<00:-c:20e ee eee F. Muir Vice-President... 30-2 =e W. M. Giffard Secretary-T reasurer: ..--2. eae ee O.. H. Swezey 291 On a New Genus of Hawaiian Chironomids.* BY F. W. TERRY. Only two species of this abundant fainily have hitherto been deseribed from the Hawaiian Islands, namely, Chironomus ha- watiensis Grims, and Tanytarsus lacteiclavus Griuns.; two other genera, Orthocladius and Ceratopogon being also repre- sented, but none are described. The endemic genus under dis- cussion is so far represented by two species, the larger occurring on both islands of Hawaii and Maui, and the smaller on Kauai. The latter island, owing doubtlessly to its greater age and isola- tion, has produced a somewhat distinctive fauna from the rest of the archipelago, and this characteristic again presents itself in the peculiar sexual structures of the Kauaian species. The simple palpal and antennal characters of this endemic genus suggest Clunionine affinities, as represented by Haliry- tus and Hretmoptera. But the apparently still plastic condition of the palpi has led me to attach less importance to this simi- larity, and its proper location would appear to be in the Chiro- nominae. The venation is extremely like that of T'halassomyia, and the larval habits of the latter appear to be similar; the peculiar spatulate and pectinate structure of the male claw in the Kauaian species, has a parallel apparently in Scopelodromus, but its real affinities are undoubtedly with Telmatogeton. Be- sides agreeing with the latter in general larval and adult char- acters, the remarkable obliquely-truncate formation of the pupal abdomen, with its peculiar terminal plate, is practically identi- eal with that of Telmatogeton as figured by Schiner.** I there- fore propose to place it near T’elmatogeton, erecting for it the new genus Charadromyia. Should this position prove to be correct, its presence on this isolated archipelago in the North *This is part of the paper, “Biological Notes on Hawaiian Dip- tera,” presented by Mr. Terry as Presidential Address, Dec. 15, 1910. The manuscript of the address was not available for publication at the time of publication of the Proceedings for 1910, as Mr. Terry had taken it away with him on a vacation trip to England. After his demise, some manuscripts and notes were returned, among them some portions of his address were found, but not in complete form for publication. Mr. Muir has arranged this much of them for pub- lication. It seemed desirable to do so, being descriptions of an interesting new genus and two new species, with biologic notes.—[Ed. ] **Novara Reise Zool., 1868, Bd. II, pl. I, ff, le, 1f. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., II, No. 5, July, 1913. 292 Pacitic, becomes less remarkable upon learning that T’elmatoge- ton alashkensis Coq. is recorded from Alaska, Oregon and Cali- fornia. Strangely enough the only other recorded representa- tives of this allied genus (7. sanctipauli Schin.) occurs on the island of St. Paul (New Amsterdam) in the South Indian ocean. Charadromyia noy. gen. Type C. torrenticola. This genus is evidently allied to Telmatogeton, differing in the fol- lowing characters: Front not deeply excavated; palpi normally two- jointed, the basal large and bulbous, the apical smaller and more elongate. Apex of each tarsal joint bears a pair of minute ventro- lateral spines; claws not furecate at extreme tip, either simple in both sexes or bearing a peculiar spatulate comb in the male; 4th tarsal joint equal to 3rd. Wings only slightly longer than abdomen; auxiliary vein starting from wing base, but not reaching the costa; 3rd and 4th longitudinal veins connected by oblique cross-veins; furcation of 5th longitudinal vein before the middle of wing; 6th well defined, 7th obsolescent. DIAGNOSIS OF SPECIES. 1. C. torrenticola. Large, black or rusty black; claws of male simple, basal antennal joint longer than broad, terminal joint much longer than the three preceding. 2. CU. abnormis. Small, pruinose; claws of male complex; yasal antennal joint not longer than broad, terminal joint nu basal ant | jot not longer than broad, te al joint not longer than the three preceeding. Charadromyia torrenticola sp. nov. Length 5.3mm.; wing 5mm. @ Head, thorax and abdomen velvety black, the body moderately pruinose especially the pronotum; legs, scutellum, postscutellum and wings rusty-black, humeral angles often dull testaceous. The small cubital head deeply inserted and hidden by the projecting mesonotum. Eyes small, oval, non-emarginate and widely separated by the project- ing face, ocelli absent. Antennae short and simple, about equal to width of head, (identical in both sexes), 7-jointed and a basal ring- joint, lst very large and thickened, length about one and the breadth, bearing several stout hairs and setae; 2nd much smaller and showing 293 by the presence of a median constriction evidence of the fusion of two segments, 8rd-6th small and sub-moniliform, the terminal 7th large and conical, bearing a few scattered bristles and longer than the sum of the three preceding. Maxillary palpi simple and two- jointed, bearing several fine scattered hairs, basal joint large, bulbous, apical smaller and somewhat falcate* Mesonotum large, the anterior margin arched and overhanging the head, scutellum sub-elliptical, post- scutellum large. Abdomen 8-segmented, narrow and elongate. Hypo- pygium forcipiform, bearing a pair of falcate, two-pointed claspers. Hab. Types ¢ and 2 Nahiku, Maui (400-800 ft.) also Lahaina, Maui (1000 ft.); Kohala, Hawaii (1200-1500 ft.) Terry coll. In rapid streams and water-falls. This species is a decidedly characteristic inhabitant of certain mountain streams in Maui and Hawaii. The black-winged, ac- tive adults continually dancing over the rushing water, fre- *This organ appears to be very plastic, exhibiting considerable variation of form, regardless of sex; one specimen examined pos- sessing a single-jointed left palp, the right being normal. Legs long and slender (anterior pair used in walking); tarsi five- jointed and cylindrical. Anterior: 1st tarsal joint nearly three times as long as 2nd, which is equal to the sum of 3rd and 4th. Median: Ist tarsal joint nearly three times as long as 2nd, which is hardly equal to the sum of 8rd and 4th. Posterior: 1st tarsal joint rather more than twice as long as 2nd, which is equal to the sum of the 3rd, 4th and 5th. Claws well developed and simple in both sexes, empodia large and pectinately plumose; pulvilli absent. Median and lateral lobes of apical tarsal joint large. Wings large, reaching a little beyond the apex of abdomen, mem- brane somewhat coriaceous, posterior margin parallel with the costal, costa bearing numerous minute hairs; anal angle rectangular, mid- cross-vein arising slightly before the middle, auxiliary becoming ob- solescent just before reaching the costa; 1st longitudinal bearing a few scattered hairs, and extending beyond the middle of the costa, forming an acute-angle at point of junctures; 2nd longitudinal absent; 3rd and 4th longitudinal united by oblique mid-cross-vein; fureation of 5th longitudinal before middle and forming an acute angle, the lower branch curved; 6th longitudinal well defined becoming obsolescent just before reaching the wing margin; anal angle rectangular. 9g Very similar to the male, with the following differences: Legs shorter, the tarsal ratio however is the same; wings not extending beyond the apex of abdomen; the abdomen stout, parallel-sided, pos- terior extremity pointed, the terminal (8th segment) triangular in dorsal aspect, apically pointed, and bearing laterally a pair of flat- tened appendages. The ventral terminal segment is also triangular and also bears a pair of small flattened appendages. 294 quently getting caught in the spray but apparently none the worse for their temporary submergence. The females are less abundant than the males, the usual ratio being about 1 to 5. Egg. Ovoid, the micropylar end more acuminate, bright yellow, becoming olivaceous as the contained larva develops; chorion shiny, micropyle conspicuous; length .3mm., width 2mm. These eggs are deposited just below the water surface, on the rocks or submerged timber. They are placed in single layers, often consisting of several thousands in a mass, evidently the product of several females. The micropylar end is always up- permost and no gelatinous medium surrounds them. Larva—The larva is elongate and cylindrical, of the usual Chironomid type, and closely resembling that of Telmatogeton, judging from Johannsen’s figure.* The body pale greenish when young, becoming olivaceous later; full-grown larva 18-20mm. Head brown, darker along clypeal suture, oval, no eyes present; antennae very small, each con- sisting of a single tubular segment bearing a pair of pointed papillae; labium broadly triangular, bearing a broad apical tooth and seven lateral ones; mandibles well developed, each bearing five teeth. First segment of thorax longer than the following two (which are equal) and bearing a pair of pro- legs armed with hooklets and setae. Abdomen with first eight segments cylindrical and bare, the ninth and terminal bearing a pair of prominent prolegs, each well armed with a criclet of hooklets. The larvae construct tough silken galleries over the rock or other submerged surfaces, preferably where the water rushes over the rock ledges with greatest foree. These whitish silken galleries are quite noticeable in these situations, and it is as- tonishing that they are not often beaten to pieces after a heavy mountain shower. Pupa. Thorax and wing-sheaths brownish, abdomen and legs olivaceous; length 7mm.; the last abdominal segment ter- minates obliquely and abruptly in a large sucker-like disk, re- sembling in this character T’elmatogeton. *New York Mus. Bull. 86; Entom. 23, pl. xxxiv, f. 12-13 (no de- scription.) ~] Proc. Hawaiian Ent. Soc., ITI. Plate CCC (cici vi endl! cay Aun tsuaqqunaagennnar OO’ CUI EEE (LE I AAs Uli. ean anarguuy VAN AeA 3) fm 295 Charadromyia abnormis sp. nov. Length 2.7mm., wing 2.2 mm. Except for its much smaller dimensions and the remarkable claws of the male, this species closely resembles its larger congener, differ- ing in the following characters: Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, and decidedly pruinose; legs rusty brown; wings pale fuscous, having a whitish appearance in life; antennae seven-jointed and identical in both sexes, the basal joint large and bulbous, but not longer than broad and without the slight median constriction present in (. torrenticola; tarsal ratio as in C. torrenticola; claws of male with lateral pectinations, evidently an elaboration of the bifid type. Male claspers, wings and venation as in ©. torrenticola. Hab. Kilauea, Kauai. EXPLANATION OF Prats 7. 1. Wing of C. torrenticola x15. 2. Halter of C. torrenticola x80. 3. Egg of C. torrenticola x50. 4. Egg-mass of C. torrenticola x10. 5. Antenna of C. torrenticola x80. 6. Front tarsus of C. abnormis 4, ventral view, x300. a—outer claw, b—inner claw. Middle tarsus of C. abnormis 3, ventral view, x300. a—outer claw of same x600. 8. Hind claw of same x300. 9. Middle claw, lateral view x400. 10. Tarsus of C. torrenticola 8 x59. 11. Hypopygium of male C. torrenticola, dorsal view x22. 12. Same, ventral view, x22. 18. Mandible of larva, C. torrenticola x35. 14. Labium of larva, C. torrenticola x25. 15. Maxillary palp, adult, C. torrenticola x80. 16. Antenna of larva (. torrenticola, x200. Report of Committee on Common Names of Economic Insects in Hawaii. (Adopted March 6, 1913.) It is the sense of your Committee -that most of us being members of the Association of Economic Entomologists it is in- cumbent upon us to use those popular names of economic insects 296 conmnon to these islands and the mainland that were adopted and published by the Association. We have included these just as found in their list, with one or two exceptions where a local common name semed more advisable. With reference to the others, a simple short, most commonly used name is best adopted, especially such as are already extensively in use by en- tomologists and others. Workers elsewhere will have little ocea- sion to use these, but if they do they will probably submit to our nomenclature. Guided by this we beg to present the following list. EK. M. EHRHORN, Dit. FULLAWANG ©. H.. SWEZEY, Committee on Common Names of Economic In- sects In Hawaii. HYMENOPTERA. ig Drowil Ante ee Camponotus maculatus, hawati- . ensis Forel. Big-headed ant 1.5.25... Pheidole megacephala (Fab.) California tomocera .............----- Tomocera californica (How. ) Carpenter bee ......0-24...1 Nylocopa brazilianorum (Linn. ) Rmisign: Viliy 22 ce eee Hvania appendigaster (L.) Fairchild’s leaf-hopper parasite#chthrodelphax fairchildi Perk. IB WAS) cokes cane eet ees Blastophaga psenes (Linn. ) Bere omit; c2.....25-.832! Pee tan Saree Solenopsis geminata, rufa Jerdon. Hawaiian limnerium ................ Limnerium hawatiense Cam. Hawaiian: pimpla: ae eaeses Pimpla hawaviensis Cam. Leaf-cutter bee ...........c012-ct:-- Megachile palmarum Perk. Leaf-hopper ege-parasite .......... Paranagrus optabilis Perk. Muddauber2 2 2225.7 Sceliphron caementarium (Drury). Seutellistanc..-- 2 ee oes Scutellista cyanea Motsch. Spotted-winged ichneumon _.... Hehthromorpha fuscafor (Fab.) Stable fly parasite ................... Bucoila impatiens (Say). Yellow Jacket (2.4 eee Polistes hebraeus ( Fab.) DAW A DIPTERA. American blue-bottle ............... Lucilia caesar (Linn.). Cheese Skipper ...-................... Piophila casei (Linn.). CO lninee yin Sees oe wer ole A Gastrophilus nasalis (Linn. ) Davemnastuito, 2.0 weer te Stegomyia scutellaris (Walk.). English blue-bottle -................... Lucilia sericata (Meigen). levee pei liyer tte st ct ieee EIS Hypoderma lineata (Villiers). Menage ee eee en aN Lyperosia irritans (Linn. ). PGES MOO betly™ 2.8 cee NE Gastrophilus equi (Clark). EUS) diya <2 eee eee? 2s Musca domestica Linn. Watrramer Sall-fyg ene tS Hutreta sparsa (Wied.). antanaseed-tly 2282 shea Agromyza sp. Mediterranean fruit-fly............ Ceratitis capitata (Wied.). Me icacainyge acteurs ey Dacus cucurbitae Coq. ING SuOSqUTtO® -_.<--...--.-22-. <2 Culex fatigans Wied. ELIE Ce: 171k Reale ae ee atl ie Drosophila ampelophila Loew. OOu MAC COG 2c... e.ce tees a. Pegomyia fusciceps (Zett.). piteepmolow-bly ss 68 oss. Calliphora dux Esch. ° Sheep head-maggot .................. Oestrus ovis Linn. SLM iygreee eee Stomoxys calcitrans (Linn. ). Wit olcr Glyeaweetres. rte. oe [Typoderma bovis DeG. Yellow fever mosquito ........:..... Stegomyia fasciata (Fab.) [S. calopus (Meigen) | LEPIDOPTERA. Angoumois grain-moth —.......... Sitotroga cerealella (Ol.). PACE IM = WO CIs pee eae sels Heliophila unipuncta (Haw. ) Australian leat-roller 2.7.2)... Archips postvittanus (Walk.). Bean pod-horer” .-..2 Lycaena haetica Linn. DOCH WED=WOLMM 22.22. 2---.cceeece Hymenia fascialis (Cram.). Dlackxent worm... este) Agrotis ypsilon Rott. Cabbage web-worm .................. Hellula undalis (Fab.). Cocoanut leaf-roller .................. Omiodes blackburni (Butl.). Grassarmiy-wormt 2.002... Spodoptera mauritia Boisd. Green garden looper ................ Plusia chalcites Esp. Imported cabbage worm _........... Pontia rapae (Linn.). Indiam-meal moth 2...2:...2-0....5... Plodia interpunctella (Hn. ). Lantana leaf-mimer .................. Cremastobombycia lantanella Busck. Lantana plume moth ................ Platyptilia sp. 298 Lantana butterflies ..........2.1.... Thecla echion Linn. and T. agra Uewiston. Mexican leaf-roller ..-...----....-.. Amorbia emigratella Busck. Larger native cutworm ...........- Agrotis crinigera (Butl.) Pink cotton boll-worm .............. Gelechia gossyprella (Sndrs.). Smaller native cutworm ............ Agrotis dislocata (Walk.). Sugar-cane leaf-roller .............. Omiodes accepta (Butl.). Sngar-cane bud-moth ............... Hreunetis flavistriata Walsm. Sweet potato horn-worm .......... Sphinx convolvuli Linn. Sweet potato leaf-miner ...........- Bedellia orchilella Walsm. Sweet potato vine-borer ............ Omphisa anastamosalis (Guen. ) Tobacco horn-worm ............-..-.- Phlegethontius quinquemacu- lata (Haw.). Tobacco. pod-borer .._....2.. = Heliothis obsoleta (Fab.). Tobacco split-worm .................. Phthorimaea operculella (Z.). Variegated cutworm .............-...- Peridroma saucia (Hbn.). White-lined sphinx .................. Deilephila lineata (Fab.). COLEOPTERA. Algaroba bean-wevil .................. Bruchus prosopis Le Conte. Algaroba pod-weevil .................- Caryoborus gonagra (Fab.). ‘Anomalies beetle: 2:7. se Anomala orientalis (Waterh.). Bear ayjeeval: Xu.c-r een ewes Bruchus obtectus Say. Blackolady binds 2.222 ae Rhizobius ventralis (Erich.). Cadelle” = 2. ase ee Tenebroides mauritanicus (binn.). Carpet beetle; <2. eee Anthrenus scrophulariae (Linn.). Cigarette beetle .._.......--.--------- Lasioderma serricorne (Fab.). Coffee-bean weevil .................... Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer). Cowpea weevil ............. eA eh aot Bruchus chinensis Linn. Eight-marked ladybird ............ Coelophora inaequalis (Fab.). Fuller’s rose-beetle (Olinda bes et, oe eee Aramigus fullert Horn. Japanese beetle: :...1..2-.2.29= Adoretus tenuimaculatus Waterh. Matigo weevil *=...4..4.7224..23 Crytorhynchus mangiferae (Fab.). Mealybug ladybird ...................: Cryptolaemus montrouziert Muls. 299 Oehrecus ladybird <.-.-2:...:...-2.2.. Chilocorus circumdatus (Schoen. ). Oriental potato weevil -............. Cylas formicarias (Fab.). Ritce weevil 2 See i Calandra oryzae (Linn.). Steel-blue ladybird -....-.............- Orcus chalybeus (Boisd.). Sugar-cane borer ...................-.. Rhabdocnemis obscurus ( Boisd.). Sweet potato weevil .................. EHuscepes batatae (Waterh.). Ten-spotted ladybird -............... Coelophora pupillata (Schoen. ). Tobacco flea-beetle _................. Hpitrix parvula (Fab.). Vedalapladybird ie.0..2 234005) Novius cardinalis (Mails. ). Yellow-shouldered ladybird ._... Platyomus lividigaster Mauls. HEMIPTERA. waVSSHVSIS0 G0 01g) eae ee ne So een a Zelus renardv Ixol. Danan pectp iis, ee8 fe tls ah Pentalonia nigronervosa Coq. Wabbage, aphis® =. 2..2 2.423. Aphis brassicae Linn. CONTE) 0) 11) eee eee ee Aphis maidis Fitch. Wormpleat-hopper 2. 2.20.2....: Peregrinus maidis (Ashm.). Chrysanthemum aphis —............. Macrosiphum sanborni Gillette. ormpaqiitses ae os ee he fo ae Idiopterus nephrolepidis Davis. Lantana leaf-bug <...2....2-...24 Teleonemia lantanae Dist. euleniga pS eres a ks 2 es Ce Cerataphis lataniae (Boisd.). LES OSCE 21 0) 01 Ieee a ee Se Macrosiphum rosae (Linn.). Su@ar-cane aphis «......241-...... Aphis sacchari Zehnt. Sugar-cane leaf-hopper —.......... Perkinsiella saccharicida Wirk. Mompedor bug <2 Ses Siphanta acuta (Walk.). Violet aphis ...... Seat te ceeue eet Rhopalosiphum violae Perg. HEMIPTERA (COCCIDAE). Acuminate scale ......-..........-...-.: Coccus acuminatus (Sign. ). Avocado mealybug ..................-- Pseudococcus nipae (Mask.). PN OCACOU RCH Ley ser re ae Soe. Aspidiotus persearum Ckll. Inlackesedle. =f = sl Saissetia oleae (Bern.). MACHT RC ALG, Ae 2ee ce Set Diaspis echinocacti (Bouche). Chvatniescalla: st 58 ah) Parlatoria pergandii Comst. Grirus mealybuc 2s. Pseudococcus citri (Risso). Cottony cushion scale ................ Tcerya purchasi Mask. Cottony guava scale -____............. Pulvinaria psidii: Mask. Cotiauvganiealy big. 420.2123: Pseudococcus fiilamentosus (CEN): 5300 ern -sealey. 281. ee Hemichionaspis aspidistrae (Sign. ). Plat: black-scalee 1:2 ee Saissetia nigra (Niet.). Florida red-seale=.... 2228) Chrysomphalus ficus Ashm. [aonidum (Linn.) | Gray sugar-cane mealybug -....... Pseudococcus saccharifolii (Green). Gredeyistal cys os 7 Aspidiotus rapax Comst. Greoniscal en an seg ae Coccus viridis (Green). Hemispherical scale .............-.--- Saissetia hemisphaerica (Targ. ). llivay, teCalle es 2:8. ee ee Aspidiotus hederae (Vall.). Batanasblielit 2 = 2c ates Orthezia insignis Doug. harge cottony scale se: 2) Pulvinaria mammeae Mask. Lone; brownseale: 23 345 Coccus longulus (Dougl.). Mediterranean scale ................ Parlatoria ziziphus (Lueas). Oleander. seale 22) ee Phenacaspis eugeniae (Mask.). Orancée sealers {tess Sees: Aonidiella aurantii (Mask.). Pineapple scale: “2.2.0. Se aes Diaspis bromeliae (Kern.). Pineapple mealybug ................ Pseudococcus bromeliae (Bouche. ). Pink sugar-cane mealybug........ Pseudococcus sacchari (Ckll.). Patasealel 2c ec. ee Asterolecanium pustulans (CO) ce Purple sale... 2 a eee Lepidosaphes beckii (Newm.). ied.“ wax-seale (2982 a ae Ceroplastes rubens (Mask.). Roseiscale 5. Dee rcs eee Aulacaspis rosae (Bouche). SGiieicate ce at recs eee Coccus hesperidum Linn. Striped mealybug. -.2..-4..... Pseudococcus virgatus (Ckll.). thread’ sedle’ 2 =o eee Ischnaspis longirostris (Sign. ). MISCELLANEOUS. American cockroach ................-- Periplaneta americana (Linn. ). Cypress stoach 2 a Hleutheroda dytiscoides (Servy.). Dragon-ty.-) as ees Pantala flavescens (Fab.). Long-horned grasshopper ~........- Niphidium varipenne Sw. Mole cricket 242s ee Gryllotalpa africana Fab. Silverstigh?\.5. 210s) sa ee Lepisma saccharina Linn. W linite cant “222s 3 Ae, SE Calotermes marginipennis (Hata). : 301 OBITUARY. The Reverend Thomas Blackburn. On May 19th, 1912, at Woodville Vicarage, Adelaide, South Australia, the Rev. Thomas Blackburn, one of the honorary members of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, died at the age of more than 70 years. Mr. Blackburn can justly be styled the father of Hawaiian entomology, for his pioneer work revealed the highly interesting endemism of our fauna, and eventually led to the systematic exploration by Dr. Perkins, and the publication of the ‘Fauna Hawaiiensis.”’ His residence in the Hawaiian Islands extended over nearly six years (1876-1882) but his duties as Chaplain to the Bishop and as Senior Priest of the cathedral, allowed very little opportunity for entomological explorations. He availed himself of every oportunity, however, visiting each of the larger islands and doing more or less collecting thereon, though his main collecting was done on Oahu, as his residence was chiefly at Honolulu, from where he made trips almost fort- nightly to the neighboring mountains. On Kauai, he spent only four days; on Molokai but a few hours. To Maui he made several visits of a few days each, taken altogether amounting to 42 days. He had a week on Lanai, and two trips to Hawaii of 17 days and 6 days respectively. Of the collections made, the Coleoptera were worked up by himself and Dr. David Sharp; the Lepidoptera by Mr. A. G. Butler; the Hymenoptera by himself, Mr. Peter Cameron and Mr. W. F. Kirby; the Neuroptera by himself and Mr. R. Me- Lachlan; the Hemiptera by himself and Mr. F. B. White; the Orthoptera by Mr. A. de Bormans. Apparently he did not col- lect in the other Orders of insects. As the result of his collect- ing, the number of beetles known in the Hawaiian Islands was increased to 428 species, 352 of which were not known else- where. The number of species in the other Orders was sub- stantially raised also, but not to the same extent as the Coleoptera for he was particularly interested in this group. Many species in several different Orders of insects have been named for the man who was the first to do important work on the entomological fauna of these Islands. In Coleoptera there are 15 species and 1 genus; in Lepidoptera 5 species; in Hymenop- tera 4 species ; in Neuroptera 2 species; in Orthoptera 1 species ; and in Hemiptera 3 species. Altogether, 1 genus and 28 species. 302 From Hawaii Mr. Blackburn went to Australia, where he remained to the time of his death, engaged in clerical work, yet devoting every opportunity to his favorite recreation, the results of which yielded extensive contributions to the knowledge of the insect fauna of that country. His attention was mostly given to Coleoptera, of which he described several hundred spe- cies, his papers being published chiefly in The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. In his death, entomology loses a valued worker, and to us it seems like the loss of a friend, for although not favored with his personal acquaintance, yet we seem to have known him through his works and our acquaintance with and interest in, the same insect fauna in which he was so keenly interested. Species of Hawaiian Insects named for Mr. Blackburn: COLEOPTERA. Plagithmysus blackburnt (Sharp). Rhyncogonus blackburni Sharp. Pentarthrum blackburni Sharp. Proterhiwus blackburm Sharp. Gonioryctus blackburni Sharp. Ttodacnus blackburnianus Sharp. Nesopetinus blackburn (Sharp). Nesopetinus blackburnianus Scott. Ptilliides blackburni Matthews. Thoracophorus blackburni (Sharp). Blackburnia Sharp (new genus). Metrothorax blackburni Sharp. Gnratholymnaeum blackburni Sharp NVyletobius blackburni Perkins. Mirostenus blackburni Perkins. Mirostenus blackburnioides Perkins. LEPIDOPTERA. Lycaena blackburn (Tuley). Omiodes blac. burnt (Butler). Hyposmocoma blackburnt Walsingham. 303 HY MENOPTERA. Odynerus blackburni Wirby. Nesoprosopis blackburnt (Smith). Limnerium blackburnt Cameron. Chelonus blackburnt Cameron. NEUROPTERA. Nesogonia blackburni (MeLachlan ). Agrion blackburnt (MeLachlan ). HEMIPTERA. Arctocoriva blackburni (White). Reduviolus blackburni (White). Coleotichus blackburniae White. ORTHOPRTERA: Brachymetopa blachburnt (Bormans ). List of Papers on Hawaiian Entomology by Mr. Blackburn: 1877—“‘Insect Notes from the Hawaiian Isles,” E.M.M., XIII, pp. 227-228. 1877—"Characters of a new Genus, and Descriptions of new species of Geodephaga from the Sandwich Islands.” E.M.M., XIV, pp. 142-148. 1878—‘Observations on the Known Species of Oodemas and their Distribution and Habits, with new Species from Hawaiian Islands.” Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., X XI, pp. 73-75. 18S78—Characters of new Genera and Descriptions of new Species of Geodephaga from the Hawaiian Islands, i? MEM XV. pp: 119-123, 156-158. 1879—“Characters of new Genera and Descriptions of new Species of Geodephaga from the Hawaiian Islands, ii. MEM, XV 1 pp; 204-109: 1881—“Some new Species and Observations on Anchomenides, We? oe MEM. XVII, pp. 226-229. 304 1882—"'Saronychiwm new Genus and 16 new Species of Ancho- menides, V.” E.M.M., XIX, pp. 62-64. 1SS80O—( Blackburn & Kirby) ‘Notes on Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera oceurring in the Hawaiian Islands.” E.M.M., XVII, pp. 85-89. 1881——‘‘Deseriptions of four new Species of Cossonidae from the Hawaiian Islands.” E.M.M., XVII, pp. 199-201. 1882—*Deseriptions of the Larvae of Hawaiian Lepidoptera.” E.M.M., XIX, pp. 55-56. 1884—* Notes on some Hawaiian Carabidae.” E.M.M.. X XI, pp. 25-26. 1S84+—*Notes on Hawaiian Neuroptera, with Descriptions of new) Species.” Ann, M. N. UL, (5), XIV pp: 412-421. 1885—(Blackburn and Sharp)—‘*Memoirs on the Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands.”” Tr. Dublin Soe., (2), III, pp. 119-290. 1886—( Blackburn and Cameron)—‘‘On the Hymenoptera of the Hawaiian Islands.” P. Manchester Soc., XXV, pp. 134-176. 1888—**Notes on the Hemiptera of the Hawaiian Islands.” P. L. S. N.S. We:42), DI, pp: 348-394, APPENDIX. 306 SYNOPTIC LIST OF ANTS REPOR By - = | KEY Family FORMICIDAE (Heter! ——_$<$<——— A1—A distinct constriction between Ist and ; 2nd segments of gaster Pedicel consisting PONERINAE Mayr, — of a single segment Pupae always in co- GOONS ts Be On Cn eee ee a al—Antennae 12 jointed. Eyes present though smaller lett tierra a= Lokal bl—Mandibles triangular with broad (Tribe PONERII) dentate masticatory margin......... PONERA Latr. cl—Dark brown or reddish.......... ; di—Median frontal groove extend- ing to top of occiput. With hand lens head appears somewhat P. kalakauea Forel nba, Geagodooceéa0Ga0 maoGdGcope d2—Median frontal grove extending about half way to occiput. Head P. perkinsi Forel Gull@andelwstenlessieercnrereus teen c2—Light, testaceous yellow; thorax P. gleadowii Forel above flat and depressed .......... Ts decipiens” Forel if b2—Mandibles edentate, long, slender LEPTOGENYS Roger | curved, without distinct masticatory L. falcigera Roger Nile Gegaceabdoucou, sbuacetmeccDe: y. insularis Smith (Tribe CERAPACHYST a2—Antennae 9-jointed. Eyes absent.... CERAPACHYS Smith | C. silvestrii Wheeler — AII—No marked constriction between Ist & io Stee ns a Qndi segments Of SAaSte ae sie: wills B (I and II) Bl—Pedicel consisting of 2 segments. Pu-) ~— ieee K WEKs) NEN Cl Go eemecabucocunpanacuaGoUDNAOS MYRMICINAH Mayvag al——Antennae: W2-joimted) Gs smectic tren bi—Antennae without distinct club.... ee cl—Thoracic dorsum without any| (Tribe MYRMICID traces of suture or impression..... POGONOMYRMEX Mayr. [P. occidentalis Cresson] _ c2—Thoracic dorsum impressed at STENAMMA Westwood the meso-epinotal suture.......... [S. longiceps Smith] b2—Flagellum of antennae with distinct re} | | eR eevee ne Saat ere cw OG -Or0 C cl—Metanotum without spines; cly- peus ‘bicarinate: ao... :dasesee cack heer ee ue d1—2mm. or less in length ........ ———s *1—Collection of United States Exp. Sta.; 2—Collection of Terri- torial Board of Agriculture and Forestry; 3—Collection of Planters’ Exp. Station; 4—Bishop Museum; F—Identified by A. Forel; W—Iden- tified by W. M. Wheeler. | | | | 307 M THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Reported From the Hawaiian Islands in Following Publications. Literature in Honolulu Giving Species De- scription, and Libraries Where Found.** Haunasetiawe Vols i; Et. 1, p: 116. Haunas Haws Voled> Pt: I pt 117. Boll. d. Lab. Zool. et Agr d= Porticr Vol. Ill. p: PAr(Ale 1, 2, 3 and.4, Fauna Haw. 1899, vol. I, Pt. I, p. 116.—(See Note 1.) 1, 2, 3, and 4 Fauna Haw. 1899, p. 117; 2, 3, Boll. d. Lab. Zool. et Agr. d. Portici, 1909, vol. III, p. 271. Haunal Haw. Vol! I, Pt? i p: 118. 3, Fauna Brit. India, Bingham, 1903, vol II, p. 91; (r. decipiens: Fauna Haw.) Fauna Haw. p. 118. Ent. Mon. Mag. 1880, p. 88; (under name L. insularis) 3 Fauna Brit. India. Bingham, 1903, vol. II, pp. 52and 53. Boll. d. Lab. Zool. et. Agr. d Portici. Vol. III, p. 269. 2, 3, Boll. d. Lab. Zool. et Agr. d. Portici, 1909, vol. III, p. 269. Fauna Haw. p. 119. (See Note 2.) Fauna Haw. p. 118. **1—United States Experiment Station Library; Board of Agriculture Library; brary; 4—Bishop Museum 2—Territorial 3—Planters’ Experiment Station Li- Library. 308 SYNOPTIC LIST OF ANTS REPOR KEY el—Head and thorax chestnut brown; abdomen black. Hairs sparse 2nd node of _ pedicel broader than lst node........ e2—Head and gaster dark. Tho- rax yellow to reddish brown. Hairs very sparse. 2nd node of pedicel broader than 1st node. . d2—More than 2mm. in length..... el—Head and thorax reddish yel- low; whole gaster dark brown. e2—Head, thorax and base of ab- domen reddish yellow; apical 2-3 of gaster nearly black fl—Head more or less smooth and shining f2—Head more or lose, opaque less regu- c2—Metanotum armed with well de- veloped spines. Clypeus not bi- eariiiater fu/.. Se eee oe eee ee d1—Workers highly dimorphous. Back of occiput smooth M. minutum Mayr. v. lilioukalani Forel M. gracillimum Smith a eee eee M. destructor Jerdan M.pharaonis Linn. PHEIDOLE Westwood P. megacephala Fab. d2—Workers monomorphous. Whole occiput resnilose, . 4 sane ene ee el—Less than 2.5mm. in length.. fl—Yellowish brown CARDIOCONDYLA Emery j C. wroughtonii Forel v. hawaiiensis Forel f2—Dark brown C. nuda Mayr. v. minutior Forel (Tribe TETRAMORITII) ) TETRAMORIUM Mayr. T. guineense Fab. (Tribe SOLENOPSIDII) SOLENOPSIS Westwood S. geminata Fab. 5309 OM THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. UISE GULICK. Reported From the Hawaiian Islands in Following Publications. Literature in Honolulu Giving Species De- scription, and Libraries Where Found.** '3 Novara Reise Mayr, 1865, p. 91; 2 Hymen d’Europe et d’Algerie Andre, 1881, p. Hanes tay D. 119. 382; 8, Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. Il, p. 210; (v. liliuokalani; Fauna Haw.) 3, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 1854, vol. XIII, p. 49, Jerdon (under Atta flori- aaa, 119. cola); 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. I, De 2st 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 210. ‘ 3 Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 1854, vol. Fauna Haw. p. 119, (under XIII, p. 47, Jerdon (under name Atta name M. vastator Sm.) destructor); 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, | vol. II, p. 209. ; ; _|3 Novara Reise Mayr, 1865, p. 90; 3 Ann. and No published report. Identi- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854, vol. XIII, p. 47, fied by Wheeler. Jerdon (under name Atta minuta); | 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. I, p. 202. ‘(Property of Mr. Ehrhorn) Hist. Nat. d. Fauna Haw. p. 118. Boll. d. Fourmis. Latr. 1802, p. 232 (under name Lab. Zool. et Agr. d. Por- Form. megacephala) also fig. 67; 3 Cat. tici, vol. II], p. 272. Ent. Hymen. Ins. Brit. Museum, Smith (un- Mon. Mag. 1880, p. 89, (un- der name P. Janus) 1858, Pt. VI, p. 175; der cee Pp. Sania) : 2 Hymen d’Europe el d’Algerie, Andre, 1881, p. 383; 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 242.—(See Note 3.) Fauna Haw. p. 119. -|8 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 287 (v. hawaiiensis: Fauna Haw.) 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 287, (v. minutior: Fauna Haw.)—See Note 4.) Prop. of Mr. Ehrhorn) Hist. Nat. d. Four- Ses oo ie ee rise d. mis, Latr. 1802, p. 285 (under name For- Gi. ue ae 6 ; aon mica guineensis); 2 Hymen. d’Europe et Nec oie apes p. 88 : d’Algerie, Andre, 1881, vol. II, p. 287; 3 : i ee 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 184. 3 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1854, vol. XIII, p. 48, Jerdon (under name Atta rufa); 3 Cat. Hymen. Ins. Brit. Museum Smith, (under name Myrmica virulens); 3 Fau- na Brit. India, 19038, vol. II, p. 158. Fauna Haw. p. 120. Fauna Haw. p. 119; Ent. Mon. Mag. 1880, p. 89. 310 KEY Family FO RMICIDAE (Hetero, Bll—Pedicel consisting of 1 segment. No constriction between Ist and 2nd seg- Ments) OL SaAStery a. elie loner meres CI—Anal orifice slit-shaped unciliated...... See ; ; F TAPINOMA Forster Anal orifice inferior not apical.......- T. melanocephalum Fab. TECHNOMYYRMEX Mayr. T. albipes Smith. i Anal orifice apical ........-+--++++++:: nit { CAMPONOTINAE For c-II—Anal orifice terminal, circular, sur- rounded by a fringe of hairs.......---- (Tribe PLAGIOLEP ID al—Antennae 11-jointed ........----+:-- PLAGIOLEPIS Mayr. bi—Antennal scapes reaching a little ; beyond posterior border of occiput. . : P. enolate b2—Antennal scapes reaching consider- i ae ably beyond posterior border of occi- DUG Ae eps anc ape orcatete wi Mes cise ersuarere © 2 eie a2—Antennae 12-jointed .....-.---+++++- bl—Less than 4mm. in length .......- P. mactavishi Wheeler el—Scape of antennae extending be- yond posterior edge of occiput by more than half its length.......... c2—Sceape not so long. Extending be- yond posterior edge of occiput by less than half its length........... di—Dark brown, 2.5 or more mm. P. bourbonica Forel bay Ieyay=dA) Gaaonasoooo0 pb ob Daou OOD d2—-Abdomen brown, head and] | thorax brownish yellow 2.3 or P. sharpii Forel < less mm. in length ...........-.- bd (Tribe CAMPONOTII) CAMPONOTUS Mayr. — b2—More than 6mm. in length........- C. maculatus Fab. m| es Note. 1—Blackburn and Kirby report P. contracta (Ent. Mon. Mag., | 1880, p. 88). Dr. Perkins believes this to be a misidentification for } P. kalakauae or P. perkinsi. 4 Note 2—Pogonomyrmex appears not to be present in the islands now. ° fi Note 3—There may be more than one Pheidole sp. here. Fe Note 4—Dr. Perkins reports that a Cremastogaster sp., probably from Japan, is established here. In Cremastogaster the apex of the 311 )M THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. ISE GULICK. Reported From the Hawaiian Islands in Following Publications. Literature in Honolulu Giving Species De- scription, and Libraries Where Found.** Fauna Haw. p. 120; Boll. d. Lab. Zool, et Agr. d. Por- tici, vol. III, p. 272. No published report. Identi- ed by Wheeler. No published report. Identi- fied by Wheeler. , 3, 4F 4F 3, 4F Fauna Haw. p. 120. \(Prop. of Mr. Ehrhorn) Hist. Nat. d. Four- mis, Latr., 1802, p. 261 (under name For- mica melanocephala); 3 Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 1854, vol. XIII, p. 108, Jer- don (under name Formica nana); 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 304. (See Note 5.) 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 301. 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 323. 2 Bull. Am. Museum Nat. Hist., 1908, vol. XOX, ps L6G! (Prop. of Mr. Ehrhorn) Hist Nat. d. Four- mis. Latr., 1802, p. 1138, (under name Formica longicornis); 3 Novara Reise, Mayr., 1865, p. 50; 2 Hymen. d’Europe et d’Algerie Andre, 1881, vol. I, p. 203; 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 326. Fauna Haw. p. 120; Boll. d. Lab. Zool, et. Agr. d. Por- CiCimVOl IIL (ps 22. 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 328 (un- ._ der name P. bengalensis) (r. hawaiien- sis: Fauna Haw.)—(See Note 6.) Fauna Haw. p. 121. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Fauna Haw. 1899, p. 121. Fauna Haw. p. 122; Boll. d. Lab. Zool. et Agr. d. Por- tici, vol. III, p. 272. 3 Fauna Brit. India, 1903, vol. II, p. 355 (v. hawaiiensis: Fauna Haw.)—(See Note INO! i) pedicel is attached to the dorsal surface of 1st abdominal segment. Note 5—There may be another Tapinoma sp. established here. Note 6—Blackburn and Kirby report P. clandestina (Ent. Mon. Mag., 1880, p. 88). Fauna Haw.). These are cording to Dr. Perkins. Blackburn and Cameron report P. obscura. (See both misidentifications for P. bourbonica ac- Note 7—Blackburn and Kirby report C. sexguttatus (Ent. Mon. Mag. 1880, p. 89). This probably should have been C. maculatus. CONTENTS OF VOL. Il, NO. 5. : Page Blackburn, Rev. Thomas: MONTEL EUERVER Perce Meramec? od att ereteegsiaie are ays einke, fsa%ecoilond- 9: a Miele Sok W'S e’ sig, > 301 Ehrhorn, E. M.: Notes on the Large House Spider, Heteropoda regia.......... 196 Annual Address: Suggestions for the Future Growth of the Hawaiian Entomological Society ..............cede ween 203 Fullaway, D. T.: IN) DHSS eGial LOR Bos E aan teen sake pe el tren Abstract ORL ae 191 Preliminary List of the Hymenopterous Parasites of Coccidae DILATON AO haa TLL Wall lyase danie is iecarclete a alate caluleleTerecaiel score! stare.» 215 Some Notes on Insects in Kona, Hawaii ..................5.. 218 A New Species of Mealybug Parasite (Aphycus terryi)...... 281 Annual Address: Report on a Collection of Hymenoptera made ImeGuams Marianne: Islands: ayey.kecnccte sore aleve a sret el epeeyer eter Ve 282 Giffard, W. M.: A Newly Introduced Wasp (Odynerus). ...............+5002- 199 Further Notes on “A Newly Introduced Wasp (Odynerus).... 205 Description of two new Species of Hawaiian Wasps.......... 228 Notes on Certain Undescribed Species or Varieties of Ha- WUE COTTA VVC DDS ene aenotcee cos (cia orate neta ts chen iene? aria erent Men See 231 Gulick, Louise: Synoptic List of Ants Reported from the Hawaiian Islands 214, 306 Muir, F.: On an Abnormal Larva of Lasiorhynchus barbicornis (Fabr.).. Git SOmMeSING Wes MNT POTOMMCA. 20 og 5.cte we sce) oo ore. 0 Dine eldsece eo elteav acess Perkins, R. C. L.: Note on Echthromorpha fuscator (Fabr.)............ eee RN Ns Tee Severin, H. H.: Effect of Exposing Aquatic Hemiptera to Atmosphere........ Mechanism of the Hatching of the Walking Stick, Diaphero- PARP Gon Roh ake ge 1s RTS YN eee ett ae CR saan eR eS aE MOE IRS I chr coc PL GRENISLOLY. Of tHE -W. abwiM ee SUICK 5. alent ais tace ns wa a Popol enaisiel ote voters Experiments in the Hatching of the Eggs of Chaetogaedia MELO RLEL GON edie oreo onic cc a sraueaat sheseus ier oo siac seula toiekesepa tern vae ss seer oie Dre ney ope Heaction:. of the-Walking Stick: to Gravity: fe Wo ee ee Swezey, O. H.: MISES LEAN COUG PAIN OLES es. oonsccarecaiaares bie) sued acer sboPet abcsacthe @bnapar ate raieearane ists Aahay-s-Collectine at Punaluu, Oahits sais. oma te lee a ee DNTcy tela Sy LO EN he ONT INGE ae NU AUD ces ae ohn; 2 oka larre ce say cies seas ePadeten wah alee tere fellete te A new Endemic Fern Weevil of the Genus Heteramphus..... ICS BONE LW OG a ILORINC SO me tiss sents skeen ngewe at eed Wee Gree e. Ole wjere eMAC A tet MUN Se TO UOTEMUUS co, a2cvasg cto s lors «sl o's sesciacate) «oh elelerersie: cw slere ES e ete OLS NO EGS te aca sists coerare oes iene op acet anete ei helaeee wie dieleiseel evene Leat-miners of the HawaitanIslands so vec cise oslo cicicsete eee es eu ase VEC CED Sesto ae ocean eet alco seca aiole e'eTaGa So bron e Sc elwiacece wees One new Genus and Highten new Species of Hawaiian Moths.. Terry, F. W.: On a new Genus of Hawaiian Chironomids .................. 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