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cies this name referred. In his reply of January 16, 1923, he 
states: 
“Blatta punctata Eschscholtz, described in 1822 from the Hawaiian 
Islands, is a synonym of Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus), as 
has been indicated by Kirby in his catalogue of 1904. This record 
was overlooked in my recent study of Hawaiian Orthoptera, where | 
noted only the first record for the islands as surinamensis.” 
Elytroteinus subtruncatus (Fairm.).—Note by J. F. Illng- 
worth. An interesting new habit for this weevil is recorded in 
the New Zealand Journal of Agriculture (Vol. XXVI, p. 34, 
January, 1923.), where it is called “the Fiji Lemon Weevil.” 
Lemons from Cook Islands were found to be infested by the 
larvae of this: species; the adults being determined by Dr. G. A. 
K. Marshall of the British Museum. The attack on the fruit 
was at the base of the stalk, the larvae boring into the pulp, 
where pupation took place. Recently this species was _ re- 
corded from Honolulu by Swezey (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., Vol. 
IV, pp. 82-83), who found it infesting the roots of white 
ginger. Dr. Marshall identified the Hawaiian material as 
Pteroporus subtruncatus Frm. (See idem. p. 361); but after- 
wards proposed (Bull. Ent. Res., London, Vol. IX, p. 278) 
Elytroteinus n. n. for Pteroporus rm. of which the only species 
is Elytroteinus subtruncatus. The indications are that this is 
a dangerous introduction, and it behooves entomologists to be 
on the lookout for infestations of other crops. Such a general 
feeder might even decide to levy a heavy toll upon our pine- 
apple industry. 
Pheidole megacephala Fab—Mr. Willard exhibited a vial of 
the dead bodies of this ant, which he had found very abundant 
on the trail into Waianae Valley on March 19, 1923. It is 
estimated about 200 piles, ranging in size up to three inches in 
diameter and to three-quarters of an inch deep, were observed 
in the trail. Mr. Illingworth and Mr. Swezey stated that they 
had seen similar piles of these ants in irrigation ditches in 
sugar-cane fields, and that the dead ants had apparently been 
removed from the nests after being drowned. 
Coelophora inaequalis Fab.—Mr. Timberlake reported that 
specimens of the nine-spotted form of this ladybeetle had been 
