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There are some obscure metallic reflections on tergite 4. 



Wings brownish hyaline. 



$ Resembles the 9 but the head smaller, the antennae longer : the 

 propodeum is more golden in coloration, reticulation of the propodeum 

 is more regular in the middle and less complete laterally ; the surface 

 is less even and the posterior marginal carina less complete, the lateral 

 angles less acute. The abdomen has greenish reflections on all the ter- 

 gites at least laterally, the surface is less highly polished and morf con- 

 vex, the punctures are less definite on segments and there is more pilos- 

 ity on the surface. 



Five tergites can be seen, the fifth very small. 



The legs have the tibiae dark with greenish reflections and the reflec- 

 tions on the femora are very much stronger. 



One 9 Corvallis, Oregon, Sept. 15, 1907. One £ Pamelia 

 Lake, Mt. Jefferson, Oregon, July 17, 1907 (J. C. Bridwell), 



JfOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Maul insects. — ]\rr. Giffard exhibited a collection of insects 

 representing six days collecting by himself and Mr. Tullaway 

 on the island Mani. 



Ascyltus penicillatus. — Mr. Pemberton exhibited a male of 

 this large spider a pair of which he had fonnd on vanilla in 

 Kona, Hawaii. The female had been sent to Washington for 

 determination. 



Kelisia. — Mr. Fnllaway exhibited eggs of this leafhbpper 

 in bunch grass, parasitized by a species of Anagrus. 



Pseudococcus straussiae. — Mr. Ehrhorn stated that hp had 

 collected this mealybug at Kilanea, Hawaii, and that it was 

 parasitized by the same species of Anagyrus as is obtained from 

 it on Oahii. 



Trionymus insularis. — This mealybug Avas reported by Mr. 

 Ehrhorn as taken on Deschampsia at 29 miles, Kilauea, Ha- 

 waii. 



Pipunculus sp. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited specimens of a 

 species of Pipunculus fly, four of which were obtained by Mr. 

 Williams in field 40, Oahu Sugar Co.'s plantation. A fifth 

 specimen was bred by Mr. Eosa from material collected in cane 



