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Tachinid fly from a chrysalis of Lycaena boetica in Kaimuki, 
March 19, 1921. It is the first record of this fly from this 
host. The maggot issued from the butterfly chrysalis March 
11, and the adult fly emerged from puparium March 19. 
Aloha ipomoeae.—Mr. Swezey reported that Dr. Lyon had 
handed him specimens of this leafhopper taken at light in his 
office at the Experiment Station, March 12, 1921. 
Hieroxestes omoscopa Meyrick—Mr. Swezey stated that 
in a letter from Mr. Meyrick, this name is given for the Tineid 
moth described as Opogona apicalis by Swezey in Bull. 6, 
=p. Staion, biyi aba sep. 1/, pl. IIE, hes..4, 5, 1909: 
Amaranth Jassid—Mr. Swezey reported taking this immi- 
grant Jassid on amaranth at Lahaina, Maui, May 20, 1921. 
This is the first record of its capture on any other island but 
Oahu, where it was first taken by Mr. Ehrhorn in October, 
1918, on Amarantus spinosus near his office on the waterfront 
in Honolulu. 
Oxacts collaris—Mr. Swezey reported this beetle as com- 
ing abundantly to lights at the waiting station at Pawaa Junc- 
tion, Honolulu. Sixty-five of them were counted running on 
the wooden walls near an electric light in a sheltered place, 
and sixteen were counted similarly near another light. 
Eupatorium macrophylla.— Mr. Swezey reported having 
found some clumps of this foreign weed growing up at the 
head of one of the valleys at Maunalua at the dry end of the 
island of Oahu, April 17, 1921. Some of them were in flower. 
This is the pest that has become so widely spread on the island 
of Maui, and is overrunning some of the cattle ranches on the 
upper slopes of Haleakala. It is called “paumakani’’ by the 
Tlawaiians. This patch of this weed was reported to the Terri- 
torial Forester, who has taken measures towards having the 
patch eradicated. 
Simplicia robustalis—Mr. Swezey reported rearing this 
moth from caterpillars which were quite abundant feeding on 
the dead leaves of chayote vine at Kilauea, Kauai, May 4, 
1921. The first record of this immigrant moth on that island. 
Telenomus.—Mr. ‘Timberlake exhibited two females of a 
