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of larvae were present, and a few had already pupated on 17th Novem- 

 ber 1918. During the feeding period the larvae work in the cambium 

 of the bark, and occasionally complete their transformation in this 

 portion of the tree, but more frequently, when fully grown, penetrate 

 into the wood for 10 or 15 millimetres nearly vertically and then direct 

 the burrow along the grain of the wood. When the larval chamber is 

 complete the entrance is plugged with shredded wood. 



This weevil attacks living trees of CJieirode7idron platyphyllum, 

 C. gaudichaudii, Pterotropia, Tetraplasandra oaJmensis and T. meiandra. 

 Efforts to breed from the collected larvae and pupae were not successful. 

 Adults were kept alive for a month on branches of N othopanux guiljoylei 

 but oviposition did not take place. The larvae will constru^^t pupal 

 chambers in sugar-cane, but owing to the warmer temperature of the 

 lowlands they become susceptible to moulds. The weevil is generally 

 found at elevations of 1,200 feet or over. As the adults feed on living 

 as well as dead bark they may occasionally be instrumental in causing 

 the death of the food-plant by inoculating into it decay-producing 

 organisms, but as the trees are among the most vigorous on the island, 

 very little damage actually occurs. 



FuLLAWAY (D. T.). A New Species ofFruitfly Parasite from Java 

 (Hymenoptera). — Proc. Hawaiian Entom. Soc, Honolulu, iv, no. 2, 

 June 1920, pp. 260-261. 



Biosteres javanus, sp. n., here described, was reared from pupae of 

 Dacus ferrvgineus in fruits of Capsicum at Buitenzorg, Java. 



OsHiMA (M.). A New Species of Immigrant Termite from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. — Proc. Haivaiian. Entom. Soc, Honolulu, iv, no 2, June 

 1920, pp. 261-264, 1 plate. 



Coptotermes intrudens, sp. n., which is closely related to C.formosanus 

 Shir., is described from Honolulu. This termite was probably intro- 

 duced into Hawaii from South America or the Orient, and causes 

 considerable damage to wood products. Large colonies are formed, 

 but it does not build mounds, the nests being made in or near the ground. 



TiMBERLAKE (P. H.). Notes on the Immigrant Hawaiian Species of 

 Ichneumonini or Pimplini of Authors (Hymenoptera). — Proc. 



Haivaiian Eniom. Soc, Honolulu, iv, no. 2, June 1920, pp. 266-275. 



EpJiialtes (Pimpla) hawaiiensis, Cam., is redescribed and its 

 numerous Lepidopterous hosts are recorded. A description is also 

 given of Ifoplectis immigrans, sp. n. 



Bridwell (J. C). Some Notes on Hawaiian and other Bethylidae 

 (Hymenoptera) with the Description of a New Genus and Species. 



2nd Paper.— Pvoc. Haivaiian Entom. Soc, Honolulu, iv, no. 2, 

 June 1920, pp. 291-314. 



The general biology and the method of attacking their prey of the 



species of Sclerodernms are described. The species dealt with include 



S, immigrans [R.A.E., A, vii, 535], which was originally taken from 



i cocoons of the Bruchid Pachgmerus {Caryborus) gonagra in the pods of 



i Acacia far nesiana. It is probably an immigrant from the Philippines. 



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