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NOTES AXD EXHIBITIONS. 



F'k) Wasps. — ]\rr. Elirhorn exhibited a Philippine fig con- 

 taining' galls from which lig- wasps had been dissected. The 

 latter were also exhibited.' 



AnomaJa flavilahris. — Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a specimen 

 of this beetle killed by fnngns. It had been sent from Japan 

 hy Mr. Langf ord, who Avrote that thousands of the • beetles 

 \vere found dead on the ground in a locality near Tokyo. Mr. 

 Ehrhorn stated that the pathologists of the Experiment Station, 

 H. S. P. A., were attempting to cnltivate the fnngus, and that 

 they thought it to be the same as the fimgns introdnced by Mr. 

 ^Inir from the Philippines a few years ago. 



CaUithmysus koebelei. — ]\Ir. Bridwell exhibited a speci- 

 men of this beautiful beetle, bred from niamake (Pipturiis al- 

 hldus), and stated that he found the larvae in considerable 

 numbers about two months ago on the Manoa Cliffs trail. He 

 also reported finding larvae of another species in Bijronia at 

 the same place ; and additional larvae of the species in 

 Fltfosporum on the windward side of Mt. Konahuanui. 



DoIicJiuni-s stdittonl. — ^Er. Bridwell remarked on the gl-eat 

 decrease in roaches of the genus PliijUodromia, brought about 

 by the recently introduced Dolicliurus from the Philippines, 

 and paralleling the case of Anomala orientaUs being quickly 

 reduced to harmless numbers by the introduction of Srolla 

 rnanUae from the Philippines. 



Aphis middJetoni. — Mr. Timberlake identified an Aphid 

 which Mr. Swezey had found on the roots of Coreopsis in 

 Kaimuki, as this species and stated that he had found it also 

 on China aster. Mr. Ehrhorn added that this species was 

 found connnonly by Mr. INfarsh on asters as early as 1910, 

 and that it caused considerable damage to the plants. 



