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caiiglit by liim on the window at the Experiment Station. Air. 

 Tinil)erlake stated that the species is near to P. terryi of Kauai. 



llahjinnococcusi '.) sp. — ^Ir. Ehrliorn exhibited the seeds of 

 a branching palm from Eg_v](t wliicli bore sjx'cimens of a pecu- 

 liar Coccid secreting itself nnch'r the bracts of the seeds and re- 

 sembling a sea shell. It probably belong"s to the genus Ilalytn- 

 ttococcus. A similar scale has been found on seeds of the 

 native palm (Prifclianlia) in Hawaii. 



DeilepJiila calida. — Mr. Swezey reported that he and Mr. 

 Bridwell had observed one of these moths at Metrosldero.s blos- 

 soms in the daytime on Wailnpe Ridge, April 21, 1918. 



Cremastus liymeniae. — This Ophionid was first recorded by 

 Marsh in 1910, he having bred it from Ilijiiu'nia reriirrahs. 

 ^Ir. Swezey gave the following list of hosts at present known to 

 him: Hi/menia recurvalis, Nacoleia accepta, N. hiackburni, 

 N. monogona, Phlyctaenia calcophanes, P. platyleuca, Plilyc- 

 iaenia n. sp. (on Campylothecci), Ileterocrossa gramin} color, 

 Cryptophlcbia iUepida, Tortrix metaUurgica, Bactra strain inea, 

 P>ai mcliedva cunicidcdor. Pefrocliroa dimorpha. Pyroderces 

 rileyi, Ereimetis flavisfriata. A total of 15 species. 



CopfofrriDcs. — Mr. Crawford re))orted this termite having 

 been taken by Prof. Young (lesrroying boxes in a warehouse 

 near the Waterfront. 



CrypiolcDiies. — ]\Ir. Crawford reported this termite as 

 taken at the same time as the above destroying shooks in the 

 bundle. 



Xylehorus sp. — This Scolytid reported by ]\[r. Crawford 

 attacking living wood of a monkey-pod tree in ^Fanoa V.dley. 



Ilypollicnemits crudltu-s. — Mr. Crawford reported having 

 bred this Scolytid from twigs of Amherstia nobilis last Alarch. 

 The beetles boiuMl tlii'n rlio central axis of living terminal twigs, 

 killing new growth. Th(> same species was very abundant in 

 dead branches of a monkey-pod tree. 



Psyllid lypcx. — ^Ir. (^i-awford reported that tlu^ types in a 



