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eating the nut somewhat also. Two of the moths vrere reared. 

 This is another addition to the host plants of this moth. It 

 feeds mostly in pods of Acacia faniesiana and cicada l-oa. 

 but has also been found in lima beans, Sapindus seeds, litchi 

 nuts, and in the pulp of mangoes. 



Tenodera sinensis. — Mr. Swezey reported for Professor 

 Bryan that one of his former boy scouts had brought him a 

 specimen of the praying mantis, collected at Waikiki. Several 

 times the young mantids have been liberated in TTonolulu as 

 they hatched from egg masses brought from Hav. aii, but no 

 adults have been previously collected here. 



Termites in telephone poles. — Mr. Swezey reported that in 

 examining telephone and electric light poles broken dowm in 

 the recent severe wind storm, many of them were foimd to 

 be badly eaten by termites. Three species were found : 

 Caloiermes marginipennis, Cryptotermes sp. and Coptotermes 

 gestroi. The latter when present was the most destructive, 

 eating out the heart of a pole below the surface of the ground 

 and forming immense colonies. Cryptotermes was found to have 

 eaten from bottom to top of a 20-foot pole that had been up 

 only five years. They fed chiefly in the outer part of the T)ole. 



