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the NeochjtarJus many individuals emerged of an immigrant 

 Horiniopierus (Braconidae) described on another page as 

 II. ragrmis. This species attacks the larvae of the Neoclytar- 

 his while feeding near the surface and the fnll grown lar\'ae 

 spin their cocoons in a mass in the borings of the beetle, emerg- 

 ing through a circular emergence hole. This species is gen- 

 erally distributed in the lowlands of Oahu. 



From the material of Euphorbia attacked were found num- 

 erous examples of the immigrant Bethvlid Sderndermus i))uni- 

 grans Bridwell which furnished the material for the further 

 studies upon this species pul)lished on another page of these 

 P]-oceedings. 



There was also found attached to this species a large 

 species of Eu/pelmits, apparently endemic and nndescribed. 



XeoclytarJas eupJiorhiae readily oviposited and bred in the 

 wood of the native species of Eupliorhia so that a constant and 

 dependable supply of larvae was obtained for use in the 

 studies made of the biology of the species of Scleroderinus. 



This species is the first characteristic species of the gi'oup 

 call('<l ClyiarJas by Dr. Sharp in the Fauna Hawaiiensis 

 of which the food plant is kuowu whicli is not attached tO;One 

 of the legumes, Acacia Jroa or i^ophora chrysophylJa. 



The name Clytarlas will unfortunately have to be given 

 up for this genus since none of this group were included under 

 the name in the first paper (Trans. Ent. Soc Lond. 1878:206) 

 in which it was employed, the only species there included 

 being Clytarlus rohastus y>hi\v])=PIaf/if]i iiiysus piiJreriiJenfus 

 Motschnlsky, the type of the genus PlagitJnnysus and cris- 

 fatus Sharp since referred by Dr. Sharp to Callint.)ni/si(>;. In 

 order to avoid any further shifting of names, the former species 

 may be designated as the type of Clylarhis Sliarp 1878 and 

 being thus isogenotypic with Plagithmysus, this genus must 

 fall as a pure synonym. Clytarlus Sharp 1890 with fraqilis 

 as type thus is without a name and for it Neoclytarlus is 

 suggested. Aurivilius in Coleop. Catal. 29:387, 1912, has 

 merged all the Plagithmysine genera of Sharp into PJagifhmy- 



