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antly collected by him in nnnierous places on Oalui ; Waianac, 

 Mokuleia, Wahiawa, N. W. Koolau Kange, Fanoa and IMt. 

 Tantalus. 



iVll along the trail from Olympus to Konahuanui, the Brous- 

 saisia trees have their leaves much mined hy this weevil. The 

 mines largely follow the larger veins and the midrib, though 

 they also traverse to some extent the parenchyma between veins. 

 This leaf-mining habit has not been previously observed for any 

 species of ProtcrJiinus, their larvae being largely dead-wood and 

 bark feeders. 



In one mine a pupa of a parasite was found, from which the 

 adult emerged later. One beetle larva was found having a 

 parasite larva feeding on it externally; but it failed to go 

 through to maturity. The parasite was examined by Dr. Per- 

 kins, who says that it belongs to the genus Toxeuma, or to Neo- 

 lelaps — two genera that are not readily separated and perhaps 

 should be considered identical. 



Dr. Perkins, who had determined the species for Mr. Swezey, 

 remarked that of the considerable number collected by Mr. 

 Swezey all were males. He said that this was a very variable 

 species, some being entirely black ; and that in his former collec- 

 tion of this species from different localities, those from each 

 locality differed from those of the other localities. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of moths made by Messrs. 

 Giffard and Fullaway at the mountain home of the former, Ki- 

 lauea, Hawaii during a few nights in the past month. There 

 were about 70 species, several rare ones and three or four new 

 ones. Mr. Giffard said that at the time these moths were being 

 collected, great numbers of Tipidids also came to the lights. 



Mr. Fullaway exhibited a specimen of a wingless species of 

 Phenopria collected by him March 3, 1912 ; along the trail going 

 up from Xuuanu Valley at the mauka or back end of Pacific 

 Heights Ridge. He also reported finding a specimen of the 

 Pipturus Delphacid (Nesosydne pipturl) parasitized by Gona- 

 topus perl'insi. Dr. Perkins said that there was a hyperparasite 

 on this Gonatopus that had not yet been described. 



Mr. Fullaway also reported having bred two parasites from 

 Hemichionaspis minor: Aphelinus diaspidus and Aspidiotipha- 

 gus citrinus. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited some eggs and freshly hatched nymphs 

 of Prognathogryllus sp., one of a group of crickets peculiar to 

 the Hawaiian Islands. The eggs of any of the species had never 



