bci^aiiso n{ viii'iatioiis in color or because of these heiiia at- 

 tached ill iiiiiulx'i's to food-phmts so far not re(^orde<l. 



Of the iic'iiiis JIhiirnia, the collection also included ") 



new sjK-cies in .--erics of hotli >c\c<, \iz. : 



One s|)ecies oti ( 'o/irdsin/i cniodiundcs, taken in Olaa. 

 OiK^ species ofl' Simlnx suiK/ificensis^ taken in ()laa. 

 One species otl' Llpocliacla suhcordata, taken in ilic a-a 



tiows at Kahuku. Kau. 



Saiiioaii insects. — ^Ir. (Jitfard exhihited a second consiiiu- 

 iiieiit of insects recei\-e(l from l)r. II. ( '. Kellers, U. S. X., 

 collected at various ele\-atioiis on the Island of Tntuila of the 

 Samoan group. Of particular interest was the larffe series of 

 a imuiher of species of Fiilgoridae and Jassidae. 



1 1 hum la Icodc. — ^Ir. Swezev exhihitecj a series of tin- Pcl- 

 j)liacid collected on koa at Ivaiwiki, Hawaii, some of wliicli had 

 sliorter teginina than usual and lacked wings. This form was 

 thought not to have heen ]n'eviousl_y recorded. 



Inserts from k'diirilri. Ifairnii. — Mr. Swezev exhihited a 

 miscellaneous collection of insects made on a one-day tri]) to 

 Kaiwiki, Hawaii, in the forest about !> miles above Hilo. 

 There were 200 s])('ciniens. re])reseuting about 75 species. 



Tn/pn.n/Ion s]). — Mr. Swezev i'c])or1('(l ilic caplni'c in Ililo 

 of the small undeterinined Tryixi.rylon coninion in llouolnlu. 

 This species had not been previously reported from Hawaii. 

 However, when brought to the attention of Brother ^Vfatthias 

 Xcwell, he said he had known of its presence in Hilo for sev- 

 eral years but had not i-ecognized it as being distinct from tln^ 

 larger species 7'. hicolor. 



Nesodryas riif/cniac. — ^Ir. Timberlake exhiliited s]»e<'initii- 

 of this Helphacid taken on Straasffia hadunmi. which consti- 

 tutes a new host for the sjiecies. It was taken on it at ditfci-- 

 ent times during the past month. 



Nesodn/as n. s]). — ^Ir. TinilHi'lakc rxliibittd specimens ot 

 a new s])ecies of Xrsodri/'is taken on Kndini. 



<)('<liid'i(i. — Mr. TIridwell i)rcsentc(l notes on ilii- iienu- ot 



