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colony of this grasshopper at Haiku, Maui, August 24th. It 

 has been knoAvn on Oahn and Kauai since 1897, but has not 

 previously been reported from Maui. 



ScoJia manilae. — ]\Ir. Swezey reported observing a male 

 specimen of this introduced Philippine wasp in his garden at 

 Kaimuki, Sept. 2nd. A colony of female wasps had been lib- 

 erated there several months previously, and this is the first evi- 

 dence of their having become established there and breeding 

 on the grubs of Adoretus. Mr. Timberlake reported having 

 recently observed one of the wasps on the window at the Ex- 

 periment Station. 



Euphorbia insects on Maui. — Mr. Swezey exhibited the fol- 

 lowing insects collected by him on Euphorbia in lao Valley, 

 Maui, August 8th, 1918, in each case being the first record of 

 these insects from Maui : 



* Dictyophorodelphax n. sp. Diflerent from the two 

 species occurring on Oahu. 



Jassid. Apparently closely related to an undeseribed 

 species that has been collected abundantly on Ewpliorbia 

 on the coral plain below Ewa Mill, Oahu. 



Ithamar n. sp. Apparently the same undeseribed spe- 

 cies of bug that was collected on Euphorbia on ISTiu Ridge, 

 and at the Pali, Oahu. 



Cimex lechdaris. — Mr. Pullaway exhibited specimens of 

 the bed-bug with eggs and nymphs. Six eggs were laid bv one 

 female and they hatched in seven days. The young frequently 

 sought protection beneath the body of the mother. All were 

 active after a week in confinement without food. 



Pentarthron flavum. — Mr. Fullaway reported breeding this 

 Trichogrammatid from the eggs of Lycaena boefica and Pedi- 

 nophora gossypieUa. 



* Described on page 72 following. [Ed.] 



