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hrci-'i pcnnh and several other species, Acalles humeralis, Pa- 

 randida acneus, and several species of Oodernas, among the 

 (oleoptera; Anomalochrysa soror, an Aphis lion; Odynenis 

 caHicJuiiis, iiiricola. ('ri/llir<jslarfcs, Xesoprosopis dtfficilis, Dci- 

 noiiinitcsa hcdeakaJac. aiiionii' Aculeates, and one Eupelmtiy. one 

 Pleuroneurophion, Enicospilits mololxalens'is and Scleroderma 

 p()lj/ii('si(de. among the Parasitica; and of IIomo))tcra several 

 species of Jassids and several of Oliarus and -i new species of 

 Delphacids which will be described later on. Unfortunately 

 among the latter the males were sparse in individuals only two 

 or more of the species having been taken in series of both sexes 

 with nymphs. So far as it was possible all food plants of the 

 v<pecies were recorded for convenience of others who may desire 

 to explore this interesting region. 



A day or two later a short visit was made to the new Ilama- 

 kua ditch ti'ail (Lu])o) l)ut the road to this region was almost 

 iiiL])assal>l(' and nnicli time was lost in getting there. The forest 

 here is at an elevation of approximately 1200 feet and is not 

 IK arly so interesting as that near Olinda. The indigenous veg- 

 etation is much more sparsely distributed because of destruction 

 caused Ijy stock ; and foreigni weeds and grasses have crept in 

 and are destroying much of the indigenous growth. It rained 

 almost constantly on the day of our visit and in consequence 

 there was not much to record from this region other than one 

 new species of Nesosydne and several Jassids amongst the 

 Iloiiiopt(M'a and Odynenis t'coslal iis. rrniicrniiis and insiahilis 

 among the Aculeates. 



A morning was spent on the Wailiiku Con'mons but the 

 indigciions vegetation on thes(> sand hills lias become very 

 sparse due to continual pasturing of cattle and use of large 

 portions of the locality in recent years for the gi'owth of sugar 

 cane and other purposes. On Coreopsis mauiensis a large series 

 of what is apparently a new Nesosydne was taken but Aculeate 

 TTviii{'noi)tera, particuhirly the low land species of (^djiiierm 

 and Nesoprosopis whicli wci'c formerly quite abundant in tlh 



