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Mr. Terry stated that lie had sent spceiinens of the Horn 

 Fly to a specialist, Prof. M. Bczzi of Florence, Italy, and then' 

 had been identified as Lijperosia irriians L. a south European 

 form. 



Prof. l>rvan ga\'(' an interesting account of his travels dur- 

 inii; the past year and of his efforts to i^et the next meeting of 

 the American Association for the Advancement of Science at 

 Honolulu. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 

 nv o. 11. s\vf:zkv. 



in) The La.ntana Bftterflifs. (Lycaenidae). 



These two species of butterflies were introduced from Mexico 

 by Mr. Koehele at the same time as the other lantana insects, 

 about 10 years ago. The larvae of these butterflies feed upon 

 the flower clusters and also on the leaves to some extent. A few 

 months ago these were identified by Dr. Dyar from specimens 

 that I sent to the U. S. National Museum. Thecla echion L. is 

 the larger prettier species with delicate tails to the hind wings. 

 Thecla agra llewitson is the smaller species without tails to the 

 hind wings. 



(b) Lifliiirf/iis alho/iiiihrltitiis Sich. (Megachilidae). 



This is the large black bee discussed by Dr. P(M-kins on page 

 112 of Vol. I of the Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological 

 Society, and listed on page 605 of Vol. II, Part VI, of Fauna 

 Hawaiiensis. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell recently determined the 

 species from specimens sent him by Dr. Perkins. The species 

 occurs in Tahiti. Mr. Cockerell stated that the Hawaiian speci- 

 mens were larger than those from Tahiti. 



(r) Ahpfiis ( () sp. (Mymaridae).'^^' 



This is the tiny black insect that has occasionally been taken 

 on windows of recent years ; but no one has learned its habits. 

 Feb. 5, I collected a nest of MrgacliUe paJmarum in an old Sceli- 

 phron nest at Koko Head. A few days later on examining it for 

 Melittohia, I found that this parasite had bred out in every cell 

 of the nest and nothina: remained but dead male melittobias and 



♦Probably Lfiniat-is peregrina Perkins. See Fauna Hawaiiensis II. 

 Part VI, p. 661, 1910.— [Ed.] 



