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  brought 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  March; 
  he 
  has 
  nests 
  of 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  hawk 
  

   which 
  were 
  secured 
  in 
  autumn. 
  These 
  facts 
  lead 
  Mr. 
  Bryan 
  

   to 
  the 
  beUef 
  that 
  possibly, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  insecurity 
  of 
  nesting 
  in 
  

   March, 
  they 
  are 
  adapting 
  themselves 
  by 
  transferring 
  the 
  nesting 
  

   season 
  to 
  autumn. 
  However, 
  the 
  data 
  are 
  too 
  meager 
  as 
  yet 
  to 
  

   allow 
  of 
  anything 
  but 
  speculative 
  generalizations. 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  

   based 
  his 
  belief 
  on 
  the 
  present 
  month 
  corresponding 
  to 
  spring 
  in 
  

   the 
  temperate 
  zone 
  on 
  the 
  following: 
  The 
  Koa 
  tree 
  {Acacia 
  

   koa) 
  is 
  now^ 
  everywhere 
  in 
  blossom. 
  Out 
  of 
  six 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Plagithmysus 
  pulverulent 
  us 
  ( 
  ?) 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Terry 
  and 
  

   himself, 
  on 
  Koa 
  on 
  Kalihi 
  Heights 
  on 
  February 
  26th, 
  three 
  were 
  

   in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  oviposition. 
  Pyrameis 
  tameamca, 
  a 
  beautiful 
  but 
  

   infrequent 
  sight 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months, 
  was 
  observed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   GiflFard 
  and 
  himself 
  on 
  Tantalus 
  on 
  March 
  5th 
  in 
  droves 
  of 
  20 
  

   and 
  more 
  fluttering 
  about 
  certain 
  spots 
  on 
  Koa 
  trees. 
  In 
  general, 
  

   there 
  seems 
  a 
  revival 
  of 
  insect 
  and 
  vegetable 
  life. 
  Mr. 
  Terry 
  

   suggested 
  that 
  the 
  nesting 
  season 
  of 
  birds 
  is 
  gauged 
  by 
  the 
  food 
  

   supply. 
  Mr. 
  Craw 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  (Asfidioius 
  per- 
  

   niciosus) 
  as 
  observed 
  in 
  California 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Comstock 
  and 
  himself 
  

   in 
  1880, 
  had 
  only 
  produced 
  one 
  brood, 
  but 
  shortly 
  after 
  that 
  all 
  

   stages 
  of 
  the 
  insect 
  could 
  be 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  trees 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   summer. 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  many 
  entomol- 
  

   ogists 
  the 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale 
  having 
  spread 
  out 
  to 
  its 
  farthest 
  limits, 
  

   north, 
  south, 
  east, 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  North 
  America, 
  seems 
  now 
  to 
  have 
  

   run 
  its 
  course, 
  so 
  to 
  speak, 
  and 
  ceased 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  dread 
  it 
  once 
  

   was. 
  Neither 
  could 
  this 
  degeneracy 
  be 
  attributed, 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   states 
  at 
  least, 
  to 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  parasites. 
  Mr. 
  Bryan, 
  concurring, 
  

   referred 
  to 
  the 
  instance 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  grasshopper 
  which 
  has 
  

   ceased 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  dread 
  pest. 
  Mr. 
  Craw 
  asserted 
  his 
  unshaken 
  

   belief 
  in 
  parasites, 
  and 
  related 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  Lecaniuvi 
  oleae 
  being 
  

   subdued 
  by 
  Sciitcllista 
  cyanea; 
  he 
  also 
  stated 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Boggy 
  had 
  

   recorded 
  a 
  grasshopper 
  parasite 
  which 
  killed 
  90% 
  of 
  its 
  host. 
  Dr. 
  

   Cobb 
  remarked 
  that 
  the 
  grasshopper 
  fungus 
  has 
  been 
  experimented 
  

   with 
  in 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  but 
  met 
  with 
  no 
  greater 
  success 
  than 
  

   elsewhere. 
  The 
  hopper-dozer 
  is 
  used 
  effectively 
  there. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  raised 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  grasshoppers 
  as 
  food; 
  he 
  

   had 
  tried 
  some 
  but 
  found 
  them 
  rather 
  gritty. 
  He 
  had 
  also 
  some 
  

   years 
  ago 
  sampled 
  some 
  dried 
  Arctocorisa 
  mercefiaria, 
  used 
  for 
  

   food 
  in 
  Mexico, 
  but 
  could 
  not 
  speak 
  favorably 
  of 
  the 
  flavor, 
  this 
  

  

  