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recent introduction into these islands, from Australia, it may 
have an important bearing upon our other carrion feeders, espe- 
cially the Diptera. It is worthy of note that Lucilia sericata is 
already noticeably scare here, while both Ch. albiceps and Ch. 
megacephala have become exceedingly abundant. 
While in Honopu, Napali, Kauai, last June, Mr. Bryan col- 
lected a very similar fauna from a dead goat in the advance 
stages of decay, with the addition of the predaceous Histerid 
beetle, Saprinus lugens Erich., the other Clerid, Necrobia rufi- 
collis Fabr. and some earwigs. 
