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rounded posterior margin with about lifteen narrow teeth, 

 while it is simple in the male. The legs, particularly the an- 

 terior pair, are more elongate in the male and the hind femora 

 beneath toward the base have stout scale-like lance-linear 

 hairs and the posterior tibiae beneath are serrulate and spin- 

 ulose. 



XOTES AXD EXllimTIOXS. 



Saicopliaga fusdcanda. — Mr. Timlierlake stated that Dr. 

 It. I\. Parker had determined for him our unnamed species 

 of Sarcophafja as S. fuscicauda Botteher, described in Eut. 

 Mitt. I (0) 1912, p. 168, fig. 5, from Formosa. It is not 

 known how many years the species has been iii Hawaii. The 

 earliest specimen taken was by F. W. Terry in 1005. 



Exocltiis fehioraJls. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a specimen 

 of this Ichneumonid captured on the window in the laboratory 

 of the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A. A})parentlv this is as 

 yet a rare immigi'aut, as (nily an occasional s])('('iiiH'u lias been 

 taken. 



Japy.r sliarpi. — .Mr. .Muir oxhil>itc'd a live sjx'cimen of this 

 rai'e Thysanurau, fomid in examining some soil fi-oni Ktuiai. 



Jlevahcra giffardi. — ]\Ir. Swezey reported having collected 

 large numbers of this Psyllid on Phift/drsiiKi ((iiupiiiiuhUa at 

 Glenwood, Hawaii. There were no galls ])i-cscnt on the leaves, 

 nor could anj^ J^J^mg' stages be found, so the habits of the 

 young of this species could not be ascertained, 



Megatrioza palmicola.— Mr. Swezey exhibited adults and 

 young of the palm Psyllid collected on a native PrUcfnndta 

 near Glenwood, Hawaii. The young live externally on the 

 leaves, not in galls, and produce a large quantity of woolly wax. 



(h-acUavia liihiseella. — Mr. Swezey exhibiied leaves of 

 iribiscus taken from hedges in Hilo. Hawaii, that were very 

 much mined by this little Tineid. In many of the hedges 

 there the infestation was so severe that the leaves Avere falling 

 and leaving the hedge nearly bare. Many of the mines were 

 found to contain parasites. Stmie were bred ont. 



