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liiku. ]\laui. This is the lirst record of this insect on Muni. 



riusld ptcryhita. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a specimen of this 

 rare moth given him l)y lirother Matthias N^ewell wlio had 

 canght it in Ililo. Brother ^latthias stated that this moth had 

 been described nnder the name newelli, by Dr. Perkins, from 

 specimens which he had given him from Hawaii. In the 

 Fanna Hawaiiensis, however, it appears nnder the name ptery- 

 lota. from Oahn. It was not recorded in literatnre from Ha- 

 waii nntil hiter. 



Bnichld lit iiionkey-pod seeds. — Mr. Swezey exhibited foni" 

 specimens of a Brnchid bred from a seed of the monkey-pod 

 tree. The seed was taken from a pod picked np at the Wai])io' 

 Snbstation Jnne 10th. There was a hole in the pod and the- 

 seed \v&.Q fonnd to have several eggs on it. Recently these- 

 Brnchids have issned from the seed. The species ai:)in:'ars to 

 be new to the Islands. 



Leaflioppers from Barhers Point. — Mr. Swezey recorded 

 the capture of the following leaflioppers at Barber's l^oint 

 near the sea coast on the Ewa Coral Plain, June 20tli, 1019 r 



Aloha Diyopoiicohi. on Myopormii saiidiclrlicnsis:. (First 



record of this insect from Oahn.) 

 NesopJirosync sp., this Jassid on the same host. ( Pre- 



vionsly collected only on Hawaii.) 

 OJidi-Ks sp., Du the same host. fPrevioiisly collected at 



Ewa ]\rill and in ^Nfanoa Valley.) 

 Illtiinud Iralii. on Ix'ach form of LI pod met a. 

 Aetisia sporotjoticota, on Sporotxdus viir/iniciis growing in 



marshes and sandj^ places. 



Tasmanian iiusects. — Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a collection of 

 insects recently received from Tasmania. He also gave some 

 account of a recent trip to California. 



Kelisia eragrosticola. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited specimens 

 of this Kelisia, of which he and Mr. Bridwell took a large 

 series from Eragrostis on Kalihi Eidge at about 1000 ft. eleva- 

 tion, on .Time l.")th. The species was described bv ^Muir from 



