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  others, 
  being 
  polyphagous. 
  The 
  moth 
  itself 
  occasionally 
  is 
  seen 
  

   on 
  lantana 
  flowers. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  butterflies, 
  Vanessa 
  tammeamea 
  and 
  Lycaena 
  black- 
  

   burni 
  are. 
  common, 
  as 
  also 
  their 
  caterpillars, 
  the 
  former 
  on 
  

   Pipturus, 
  the 
  latter 
  on 
  "koa," 
  and 
  on 
  Dodonaea 
  viscosa, 
  as 
  

   well 
  as 
  on 
  introduced 
  pod-bearing 
  trees 
  — 
  the 
  monkey-pod 
  tree 
  

   and 
  others. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Pyralidina 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Talis 
  are 
  found, 
  one 
  

   of 
  them 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  low 
  dry 
  slopes, 
  and 
  the 
  conspicuous 
  green 
  

   Margaronia 
  exaula 
  flies 
  wildly 
  by 
  day 
  or 
  night 
  in 
  ferny 
  places. 
  

   Its 
  larva 
  equally 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  colour 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  native 
  

   Euphorbia 
  trees 
  and 
  likewise 
  attacks 
  introduced 
  species. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   important 
  genus 
  Omiodes, 
  blackburni, 
  epicentra, 
  accepta, 
  con- 
  

   tinuatalis, 
  demaratalis, 
  monogona 
  and 
  localis 
  all 
  occur 
  below 
  the 
  

   native 
  forest 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  (at 
  least 
  most 
  of 
  them) 
  in 
  it. 
  0. 
  euryprora 
  

   was 
  once 
  taken. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  of 
  

   economic 
  importance, 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  rarer 
  species 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  

   found, 
  such 
  as 
  antidoxa, 
  monogramma, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Phlyctaenia 
  yields 
  five 
  species; 
  others 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   only 
  want 
  looking 
  for. 
  P. 
  synastra 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  species, 
  and 
  

   the 
  other 
  four 
  are 
  P. 
  monticolans 
  , 
  nigrescens, 
  stellata 
  and 
  despecta, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  being 
  extremely 
  common. 
  Pyrausta 
  constricta 
  is 
  not 
  

   common 
  but 
  varies 
  much 
  in 
  colour, 
  and 
  Mecyna 
  aurora 
  is 
  taken 
  

   in 
  single 
  specimens 
  occasionally. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Mestolobes 
  are 
  very 
  interesting, 
  and 
  

   as 
  none 
  have 
  been 
  bred, 
  their 
  habits 
  should 
  be 
  studied. 
  M. 
  

   xanthoscia, 
  semiochrea, 
  abnormis, 
  autodoxa 
  and 
  antichora 
  all 
  occur 
  

   here, 
  frequently 
  visiting 
  the 
  Ohia 
  flowers, 
  while 
  the 
  abundant 
  

   and 
  ubiquitous 
  M. 
  minuscula 
  ranges 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  plains. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  allied 
  genus 
  Orthomecyna, 
  only 
  crossias 
  has 
  been 
  taken, 
  but 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  other 
  species 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found, 
  as 
  is 
  also 
  the 
  case 
  in 
  the 
  

   big 
  genus 
  Scoparia. 
  Of 
  the 
  latter 
  only 
  5. 
  balanopis, 
  mesoleuca, 
  

   catactis, 
  ianthes, 
  bucolica, 
  hawaiiensis, 
  melanopis, 
  meristis 
  and 
  

   halmaea 
  have 
  occurred, 
  but 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  no 
  special 
  col- 
  

   lecting 
  of 
  Scoparia 
  has 
  been 
  attempted 
  on 
  Tantalus. 
  The 
  

   microlepidoptera 
  cannot 
  be 
  dealt 
  with 
  at 
  present, 
  but 
  at 
  certain 
  

   seasons 
  the 
  Tineina 
  are 
  very 
  numerously 
  represented. 
  

  

  HYMENOPTERA. 
  

  

  The 
  Aculeate 
  Hymenoptera 
  of 
  the 
  lowest 
  slopes 
  of 
  Tantalus 
  

   have 
  as 
  yet 
  been 
  little 
  studied, 
  the 
  forest-frequenting 
  forms 
  have 
  

  

  