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Miscellaneous Notes and Exhibits of Insects Collected at 

 Puuwaawaa, North Kona, and Kilauea, Hawaii/-' 



K.V W. ,M. GIFFARL). 



The following exhibits were collected on a short visit to 

 Pnnwaawaa, Xorth Kona, Hawaii, Angnst, 1917. 



Bhyncogonus sp. — One specimen collected on Acacia koa 

 in the monntains at an elevation of approximately 3800 feet. 

 It is the first specimen of this genns to be colle<'ted on the 

 Lsland of Hawaii. It was sent to Dr. Sharp v.ho has de- 

 scribed it as new under the name 7?. fi'iffardi. (See page 80 

 of this issue of the Proceedings). 



ClytarJus nodifer. — Four perfect specimens collected on 

 Acacia I'oa. 



Calandra oryzae. — Two specimens of this common domestic 

 grain weevil collected on Acacia hoa. This is apparently the 

 first record of this insect being taken in the high forest re- 

 gions. Possibly it may attack the seeds of Acacia koa but the 

 trees in this locality were not noticed to be in fruit at the time. 



From a few seeds and seed pods with stalks attached of 

 the rare Hihiscaclelphus hualalaiensi^ collected on vhis visit by 

 Mr. J. F. Eock, I bred out the following aggregation of in- 

 sects : 



Lepidoptera. — Four specimens of the pink boll-AVorm (Pec- 

 f'niopli-ora f/ossypiella). 



Parasitic Hymenoptera. — One specimen of Spalangla sp., 

 probably simplex which parasitizes small Diptera. 

 One specimen of Angitia blackburni. 



Diptej-a. — One .specimen (undetermined). 



Xeuroptera. — Two Pscocids (undetermined). 



Hemiptera. — One Nysius sp. (undetermined). 



C*oleoptera. — Two specimens of Anobiids (2 undetermined 

 species) . 



*These notes were presented by Mr. Giffard at the October, 1917, 

 meeting, but were inadvertently omitted from the records and thus 

 missed being printed in the Proceedings for 191 7. As considerable im- 

 portance is attached to some of them, they are printed at this time. 

 -[EdI. 



