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Length II mm.; wings 9 mm.; abdomen 7 mm.; ovipositor 1 mm. 

 Antennae about as long as the body. 



Glyptogastra hawaiiensis Ashmead. 



A single S specimen of GIijpto(ja.stra taken on tlie foliage 

 of Acacia hoa at Olinda, Mani, was at first snpposed to repre- 

 sent a new species bnt having- only ? of Glyptogastra liaivali- 

 ensis Aslimead for comparison the question remained unsettled. 

 Another specimen in the Bishop museum from Maui is some- 

 what intermediate in the supposed differentiating characters. 

 I lielieve the species has not previously been reported as occur- 

 ring on ]\Iaui. 



Since writing the note above the examination of three 

 S Glyptogastra- hawaiiensis taken by Mr, W. M. Giffard, one 

 from lao Valley, Maui, March 6, 1909, and two from Kilauea, 

 Hawaii, 1911 and 1912, make the reference of the ]\[aui speci- 

 mens to this species certain. The single ? known to be in the 

 collections in the Islands is in the collection of the Hawaiian 

 Sugar Planters' Association and was taken l)y tlie late F. W. 

 Terrv in the koa forest at Kilauea, Hawaii, June •'!, 190r,. 



The more metallic coloration of Ashmead't with the reddish 

 bands of the abdomen make it easily distinguishal)le from 

 lirniriiiensis. 



4. Amblvteles Koebeeei (Swezey). 



T had always supposed that Ichneumons parasitized the pu- 

 pae of lepidoptera but an observation made Jtme 10, 1918. 

 U])()n this species showed a difl'orent ])roeedure. While coming 

 down near the base of one of the ridges of the Waianae ^Moun- 

 tains al)Ovc Waipahu, Oaliu, at about •') ]>. m. a large, full-fed 

 cutworm was observed in violent contortions on the ground. 

 TTpon examination it was fomid that it was lacing attacked bv 

 a large ichneumon which was stinging it in various places. It 



