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The cocoons vo(|uiro about two davs for coiistnu-tiou ;nnl 

 arc I milt in a fairly compact mass in the vicinity of the prey 

 npon which the larvae have fed. This has ordinarily been al- 

 most completely consumed l)y the larvae and their mother. 



As has been previously recorded, the mother feeds with 

 the larvae and on occasions when the prey deteriorates before 

 the lar\'ae are full-grown she may resort to cannibalism, feed- 

 ing upon her eggs or larvae. In one instance two larvae were 

 found feeding upon one of their own kind which had perished 

 on account of the deterioration of their food. 



The f'''male does not pierce the skin of her prey with her 

 mandibles but apparently forces the juices out through the 

 cuticle with her mandibles. She later feeds upon the juices 

 exuding fvom the wounds made by the larvae. I have not 

 been able to discover any certain evidence of any kind of ma- 

 ternal assistance to the larvae. 



12. Sc'leroi)er:\ius Iine^siigeais's. an Imisftgrant fro:\[ the 

 PiiiLiPPixE Islands. 



"^I'liis species was taken originally from the cocoons of the 

 Bruchid/V/r///>o/"(i/.s' i/oiiaf/ni, in the ]iods of Acacia farnesiana 

 on the island of Oahu. In describing the species it was said 

 to be in all probability an immigrant into the Hawaiian Isl- 

 ands. This belief has been contirmed since a female collected 

 by Dr. F X. Williams at Los Banos, Luzon, Philippine 

 Islands, nov: in the collection of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Association proves to belong to this species. Dr. Williams 

 informs me that the species is not uncommon there and is 

 semidomestic, being associated with P)Ostrychid l)eetle larvae 

 in the houses. 



lo. XOTE.S ox THE BrOT.OOY OF A CEPirAEoxo:vrTA. 



Several small Scdlyticbu^ of the genus TTi/pofJioicmus and 

 its allies have b(>;'n described from the Hawaiian Islands, are 

 numerous in individuals but at present we have but little 

 detailed inforiiiatiou re2:ardinii: their habits and thev 



