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apparently been deposited by the female thrustint;- her ovi- 

 positor thru the hole in the pod made by the moth larva which 

 ate the seed, and were in the space formerly occupied by the 

 seed. In one pod five successive seed cavities were occupied by 

 masses of the egg's of A. fascicitlatiis. 



NOTES AXD EXHIBITIONS. 



Sfntiiiigcnys lcwisi.-^\lr. Will-tams exhibited specimens of 

 this ant taken January 4. 1920, under stones at the head of 

 Manoa Valley, at 900 feet elevation, and made the following 

 note : The first record of this species in Hawaii was made in 

 the spring of 1911 by Ehrhorn, who took the species in quaran- 

 tine, from material originating in Japan. In April, 1917, Brid- 

 well took the species in rotten wood in Palolo Valley. The 

 present record is apparently the third. 



Cclerio calida. — JMr. Williams reported finding, on the same 

 day, numerous larvae of this native Sphingid on Scacvola cham- 

 issoniana at the head of ]\Ianoa Valley. He remarked that Dr. 

 Perkins stated the larvae to be polyphagous. They have pre- 

 viously been found upon Stranssia, Coprosma, etc. 



J^ancssa tammcamca. — Mr. Williams reported observing this 

 butterfly clustering in numbers on the under side of the limb 

 of a koa tree. There were seven in the largest cluster. It 

 resembled the hibernation habit of similar butterflies in the 

 Temperate zone, and may be the relic of an instinct. 



Melanocrahro curtipes. — Mr. W^illiams exhibited a male ex- 

 ample of this wasp, collected November 1, at Kilauea, Hawaii. 

 The deeply excavated abdomen and rough sculpture are pecu- 

 liarities of this wasp. 



Plagithniysinc larvae in Pittsosponim. — \lv. Bridwell re- 

 ported rearing successfully four adult beetles from larvae found 

 in Pittosporiim on the windward side of Konahuaiuii. He 

 stated that the fonu is transitional between Xcoclytarlus and 

 Plagitliinysus, having the form of body and markings like the 

 former, and form of tarsi and pubescence of hind legs like the 

 latter. He thought, however, that it should be considered a 

 A'eoclytarlus. 



Lepisiiia sp. — Mr. Bridwell reported capturing in the labora- 



