27-7 



(IcscripTiuns in The '•Faima", so far as mv expeneuee goes. 



Phdijniis amhicns lias one peculiar eliaraete:- in tbar tlie 

 I)ronotum along its posterior margin has distinct and fairly 

 nnincrous punctures ; and therein somewhat resembles some 

 members of the Disenochiis group (e.g. Mauna) though I can- 

 not i-emouilu'r to have observed this in any of the ^fetrohl('nus 

 -(^•tiou. 



XOTKS AM) EXHIBITIONS. 



DoJlclitu IIS sfaiifoiil. — ^Ir. JJridwell reci>r(l('<l this ruach 

 ])arasite abundant on the south ridge of Kalihi Valley, April 

 27tii : two specimens were captured and half a 'lozen others 

 observe<l. 



Si-nliii iiinnUac. — ]\lr. Timlierlake recorded the tindiug df 

 Tlii< \v;i-]i otablished at Lahaiua, Maui. April 12th. Mr. Swe- 

 y.vy rcitoi'tcd its spread to the coast west of Ewa Plantation on 

 Oaliu. whci'c it was found flying over Yifex frifolia and Ipo- 

 iiiDi'ii j)cs-r(ijj)(ic. ]\rr. Osborn found it recently at Wahiawa. 

 Oahu. (^)uito a rapid spj'cad for a new introduction. 



Ps('udo()()iiaUjinis liospes. — Mr. Swezey mentioned this Chi- 

 licse Dryinid leafhopper parasite as a contrast to the above, 

 for nothing was seen of it from 1906-7, when it was introduced 

 and bred colonies sent around to the different sugar plantations, 

 until 101<;. when it was first recovered in the field, and was 

 found to be (piite generally established in the plantations of 

 Oahu. 



Tcnudf'ni sliK'itsis. — ^fr. Swezey exhil)ited a female mantis 

 whi(d) he had captured alive on the S.S. Mauna Kea shortlv 

 after Icavim: Ililo, Hawaii, ^Nfarch -"^rd, 1919. She had been 

 kept alive until her death ^lay 1st. She ])roduced four ega- 

 mass(>s on the frdlowing dates: .Mandi I'l. .Vjiril 4, April lo, 

 A].ril i'.".. 



riiKlltlnii i/siis >])/■• — Mr. Swezey exhibited a series of 7 



^Described by Dr. Perkins as Pla,i:itlunysus f^hifydcsiiuu'. see page 

 345 following. ( Ed. ) 



