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three weevils per seed. He was unable to account for the 
failure of so large a proportion of the weevil eggs. Mr. 
Wilder commenting on the prevalence of the mango weevil this 
season, stated that in his progagation work he had a germina- 
tion of but 4 per cent of the seeds. 
Nesoprosopis anomala.—Specimens of this rare native bee 
were exhibited by Mr. Swezey, who reported the finding of a 
nest in a borer hole in the dead trunk of a Pipturus tree on 
Tantalus, June 19, 1921. There were 8 pupae in a series of 
cells in a single row. From these, 3 females and 5 males 
appeared a few days later. In the tin box where the pupae 
had been kept there was a strong odor somewhat resembling 
citronella. A female and 2 males of the same bee were caught 
at flowers of Straussia very near to where the nest was found. 
Nesoprosopis unica—Mr. Swezey reported finding a nest 
of this bee in the pith cavity of a dead Pipturus twig on Tan- 
talus; June. 19> 19212 “Prom: this nest one, maleabee issued? 
while the other 4 larvae in the nest each had a larva of Ewpel- 
mus feeding on it. These matured July 5 to 7. They were 
1 male and 3 females, coming near to Dr. Perkin’s species 
eupre pes. 
Dictyophorodelphax mirabilis—Mr. Swezey reported col- 
lecting one male specimen of this strange leafhopper on Eu- 
phorbia at Wahiawa, June 3, 1921. Also two nymphs which 
were parasitized by a Dryinid. It is the first time that he has 
found specimens of this leafhopper that were parasitized. This 
is a new locality record, and extends the known range of the 
species. 
Apomecyna pertigera.—This beetle was exhibited by Mr. 
Swezey, who reported having reared 66 of them from a length 
of eight feet of a gourd vine (Sicana odorifera) growing on 
a fence at the Vineyard St. Nursery, May 10, 1921. The vine 
had made an extensive growth on the fence, and was very 
badly infested by larvae of this beetle. There must have been 
thousands of them. ‘The beetle has been known to attack melon 
and cucumber vines, but not to such an extent as in the present 
instance. Other insects breeding from the same _ eight-foot 
piece of vine as above, while in a decaying condition were: 
