and near Ililn, l)nt witliont tiiidiirg any traces of the presence 

 of the weevil. Since that time, I have also searched for it on 

 coconut trees in Honolnhi, at AVaikiki, and at _\K»analna, with- 

 out finding any evidence of it. Perhaps it is not present on 

 the Island of Oahn. If so, it fnrnishes an exam])le of an 

 insect immigrant becoming established first on another Island 

 of the group than the one containing the main port, Honolulu. 

 The method of its arrival is a subject of conjecture, especially 

 as, where it is present on the Island of Hawaii, is the opposite 

 side from Ililo, the main ])ort. where it is not to be found. 

 Specimens were sent to Dr. (luv A. K. Marshall of the 

 Imperial Bureau of Entomology,- who confirmed the identifica- 

 tion of the species and its being distinct from frumenti, the 

 species on coconuts in the Phili])pines and the Malayan and 

 Asiatic regions. 



The Genus Phytometra (Plusia) in Hawaii (Lepidoptera). 



BY O. H. SWEZEV. 



I'wo immigrant species have been known in the Hawaiian 

 Islands for some time: chaJciles Esper and hiloha Stephens. 

 Both are listed under Plvs-lo' in the Eauna Ilawaiiensis, I, page 

 159, 1899. The former is (piite a cosmopolitan species and a 

 garden pest. It is found abundantlv tliroughout the Hawaiian 

 Islands and even on Midway Island. BUoha is an American 

 species and is only rarely collected here, l)ut is proba])ly on all 

 the islands, ]ia\ing l)een collected at Kona, Hawaii; llalca- 

 kala, ^Taui ; and on Lanai by Dr. Perkins; at Ivilauea, Hawaii, 

 by ]\lr. Gifi"ai'd : and at Ilalemano Kauai, by ^Mr. J. A. 

 Kusche. 



/''. pfcri/lofd M(yrick was rlic tir^t cudcniic species dis- 

 covered. It was desei-il)ed in the l^'auna Ilawaiiaensis, ill. 

 Pi. IV. page 3-18, 1904, from a single male s|)ecinien collected 

 bv Dr. Perkins on Mt. Tantalus. Oaliu The female was first 

 colected at Kilauea, Hawaii, liv Pi-oilier .Maltliias Xewell. 



Proc. Haw. Entoni. Soc. ]\', No. 2, June, 1920. 



