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   COLEOPTERA 
  

  

  Coccinclla 
  rcpanda: 
  Common 
  everywhere, 
  especially 
  in 
  cane 
  

  

  fields, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  aphis 
  and 
  young- 
  leaf-hoppers. 
  

   Cryptolacmiis 
  montronzieri: 
  Common, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  cane 
  mealy 
  

  

  bugs, 
  and 
  the 
  mealy 
  bugs 
  of 
  guava 
  and 
  alligator 
  pear. 
  

   Rhkobius 
  vcntralis: 
  Abundant, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  mealy 
  bugs 
  on 
  

  

  guava 
  and 
  alligator 
  pear. 
  

   Platyomus 
  lividigastcr: 
  Common, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  aphis 
  of 
  various 
  

  

  species. 
  

   Scymniis 
  vkndiis: 
  Common, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  cane 
  aphis. 
  

   Vcdalia 
  cardinalis: 
  Two 
  specimens 
  seen 
  at 
  Ookala 
  feeding 
  upon 
  

  

  cottony 
  cushion 
  scale. 
  

   Sphenophorus 
  obscunts: 
  Found 
  on 
  all 
  sugar 
  plantations, 
  but 
  

  

  not 
  doing 
  any 
  special 
  damage 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  few. 
  

  

  HEMIPTERA 
  

  

  Icerya 
  pitrchasi: 
  A 
  few 
  seen 
  in 
  Hamakua 
  District. 
  

  

  Orthesia 
  insignis: 
  Was 
  not 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Trechocorys 
  cakeolariac: 
  (Sugar-Cane 
  Mealy-Bug.) 
  A 
  few 
  

   on 
  most 
  plantations, 
  but 
  doing 
  no 
  special 
  damage. 
  Mealy 
  

   bugs 
  are 
  very 
  abundant 
  on 
  guava, 
  palm, 
  and 
  alligator 
  pear. 
  

  

  Aphis 
  sacchari: 
  Cane 
  Aphis. 
  A 
  few 
  found 
  on 
  most 
  plantations 
  

   but 
  usually 
  of 
  not 
  much 
  significance. 
  

  

  Siphanfa 
  acuta: 
  Very 
  abundant, 
  feeding 
  upon 
  cofifee, 
  mango, 
  

   sumac, 
  and 
  other 
  shrubs. 
  

  

  Perkinsiclla 
  saccharicida: 
  Plenty 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  -hoppers 
  on 
  most 
  

   plantations, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  the 
  managers 
  consider 
  them 
  on 
  

   the 
  decline. 
  This 
  is 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  increase 
  in 
  abund- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  their 
  insect 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Oechalia 
  griseus: 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  higher 
  cane 
  fields 
  of 
  Kau, 
  

   feeding 
  upon 
  leaf-hoppers 
  and 
  leaf-rollers. 
  

  

  Zelus 
  peregrimis: 
  Common 
  on 
  the 
  windward 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Rednviolu-i 
  blackhurni: 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  cane 
  fields 
  everywhere. 
  

  

  ORTHOPTERA 
  

  

  Anisoluois 
  annnUpes 
  and 
  

  

  Chelisochcs 
  morio: 
  These 
  two 
  earwigs 
  feed 
  upon 
  leaf-hop- 
  

   pers, 
  the 
  former 
  at 
  the 
  north 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  

   more 
  generally 
  distributed. 
  

  

  Cockroaches 
  : 
  Several 
  species 
  .-ibundant 
  in 
  situations 
  thev 
  are 
  

   respectively 
  accustomed 
  to. 
  

  

  