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Ir was recorded l)y Kirkaldy (Hawaiian l*"nrcsrcr \- Aiiii- 

 culturist, 1, 1004, p. 200) as a parasite ot" OmiotJcs (it-tcpla 

 Butler^ and of several luispeeitied Tineids and 1'oi'rricids from 

 Perkins' rearini>s. Perkins (Proe. Haw. Ent. Soe. 1, 100(j, 

 j). 44) recorded it with other parasites from Omiodcs, A(jrotis, 

 Yanesisa and Scotori/flim, so that some of these records ahuost 

 certainly do not a]iply to this species. Swezey in 1007 (Ent. 

 BnlL. ."), Exper. Stat. H. S. P. A., p. 43) recorded it from 

 Perkins' rearings as a parasite of Omiodes acccptd and O. 

 hlackljurni Bnth-r, Az'ims liiJarelhi now known to lie /'Jtlnnid 

 coloneUa AValsingham, and two species of Cucoccin. at ])res('nt 

 known as Arcliipfi ■postvittanus (Walker) and Ainurhia cnti- 

 (initclJa Bnsck. In 1015 Swezey (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, -'>, 

 p. 1 (».")) recorded it from the following additional hosts: Cryp- 

 tohlahfs aliena Swezey, Euhyposmocoma el-alia Swezc'v, Ciiiplo- 

 phlehia illepida (Bntler), Pectinopliova f/ossyplrlla (Saunders) 

 and HyposmocoDia Vdurato. Walsingham. Afore recently Mr. 

 Bridwell has reared it from (' i-i/ploplilc/iin ndpcs Walsingliam 

 as well as from C. illepida. 



It always issues from the y)npae of its hosts, and pnpates 

 nearly nakedly within the empty pupal shell, as the larva does 

 not spin a definite cocoon although it does line the shell with 

 a coni]iaratively small amount of silk. 

 Itoplectis immigrans n. sp. 



A rather shining Mack species, wirh the tirst fix'c segments 



of ahdonien ferruginous, which in the non-emarginate clypeus, 



the deeply emarginate eyes, somewhat attenuated antennae, 



short cheeks, the simple claws of rhe middle and hind tai'si. 



ohsolete notauli, rather small oval s])ira(des, and nervellus 



hroken far ahove the middle agrees with Itoplectis, although the 



puheseence is neither especially long nor recumbent, and the 



front claws are also sim])Ie. The peculiar coarse and rugose 



fculpture of the ahdomen is similar to tliat of certain species of 



ITemi pimpla. 



9 . — Head, niaiulil)k-s. tliorax and apex of ahdnmen ratlicr shining 

 black: the first fu'c tertiiles of alxloincn and sides of the sixtli nearlv 



