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occurring also in Dolichos lab-lab, green gram, red gram, mung, 
moth tur, and probably wild Leguminosae. 
Blabophanes crocicapitella (Clems.).—Mr. Swezey exhibited 
this Tineid moth reared from dead rat material. A large num- 
ber of the moths had issued from a tin of soil containing the 
remains of a dead rat with which Mr. Illingworth was experi- 
menting. 
Setomorpha insectella ab—Mr. Swezey reported rearing 
this moth abundantly from larvae feeding in alfalfa meal, and 
also from the remains of a bale of alfalfa hay which had be- 
come partially decayed, Kaimuki, December 10, 1922. This is 
new data on the habits of this Tineid moth. 
Bruchids in Koa sceds——Mr. Swezey reported the breeding 
of Bruchus limbatus and B. pruininus from koa seeds, and 
stated that, so far as he knew, this was the first record of 
Bruchids from koa seeds, and that B. limbatus was more abun- 
dant than pruininus. He had collected pods from trees on Sugar 
Loaf Hill, to examine for injury to the seeds by Tortricid 
larvae. The examination of 120 pods collected from a height of 
twenty feet and having a possibility of 1285 seeds, contained 
598 good seeds, or 45 per cent (a greater proportion of good 
seeds than usual) ; 545 seeds had been eaten by Tortricid larvae, 
or 42 per cent; 69 seeds, or 5 per cent, were attacked by 
Bruchids. 
Bruchus sallaei on Maui—Mr. Swezey reported having 
reared 26 of this Bruchid from 5 pods of Acacia farnesiana col- 
lected in a gulch of the Honokawai section of Pioneer Mill 
Co., several miles north of Lahaina, December 5, 1922. Many 
eggs were on the pods at time of collecting, and the Bruchids 
issued December 11 to 31. Four parasites, Heterospilus pro- 
sopidis, also issued. Apparently, this 1s the first record of the 
occurrence of this Bruchid on the Island of Maui. It is abun- 
dant there, as shown by the pods collected, and the other pods 
on the bushes of the locality. 
Plochionus timidus Hald.—A specimen of this Carabid beetle 
and its larvae were exhibited by Mr. Swezey. Three of the 
beetles were collected by him on a Pandanus tree at Paia, Maui, 
