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  the 
  bases 
  of 
  leaves 
  of 
  Freycinetia 
  and 
  other 
  plants, 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   being 
  arboreal 
  and 
  not 
  living 
  in 
  water, 
  and 
  they 
  occur 
  regularly 
  

   on 
  Tantalus, 
  koelense 
  being 
  very 
  common. 
  Psocidae 
  are 
  very 
  

   common 
  and 
  several 
  native 
  species 
  are 
  present, 
  but 
  many 
  

   recently 
  introduced 
  forms 
  have 
  now 
  occupied 
  this 
  mountain, 
  

   and 
  the 
  native 
  ones 
  are 
  more 
  agreeably 
  studied 
  in 
  more 
  remote 
  

   Icoalities. 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  lists 
  though 
  no 
  doubt 
  very 
  imperfect, 
  are 
  suffi- 
  

   ciently 
  extensive 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  a 
  fine 
  field 
  for 
  work 
  is 
  close 
  at 
  

   hand 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  any 
  ambition 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  peculiar 
  

   fauna 
  of 
  Hawaii. 
  The 
  best 
  localities 
  are 
  within 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  a 
  

   half's 
  walk 
  of 
  our 
  meeting 
  place 
  here. 
  I 
  would 
  rather 
  advise 
  the 
  

   thorough 
  study 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  interesting 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  

   already 
  known, 
  than 
  the 
  usual 
  hunt 
  after 
  new 
  species, 
  the 
  

   acquisition 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  of 
  comparatively 
  little 
  

   importance. 
  To 
  know 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  Rhyncogonus 
  blackhurni 
  

   and 
  why 
  it 
  remains 
  so 
  comparatively 
  weak 
  in 
  individuals; 
  or 
  to 
  

   fully 
  ascertain 
  the 
  life-history 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Carabids, 
  and 
  why 
  

   again 
  some 
  are 
  so 
  common, 
  others 
  so 
  extremely 
  rare; 
  what 
  fur- 
  

   nishes 
  food 
  for 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  such 
  common 
  species 
  as 
  Metromenus 
  

   epicurus 
  or 
  Colpocaccus 
  tantalus 
  would 
  be 
  far 
  more 
  interesting 
  

   than 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  new 
  Proterhinus 
  , 
  which 
  would 
  

   surely 
  difiEer 
  but 
  little 
  from 
  species 
  already 
  known. 
  However, 
  

   looked 
  at 
  even 
  from 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  acquiring 
  new 
  species 
  he 
  would 
  

   be 
  a 
  bold 
  man, 
  who 
  would 
  say 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  not 
  many 
  such 
  to 
  

   be 
  obtained 
  on 
  Mount 
  Tantalus. 
  

  

  MARCH 
  1st, 
  1906. 
  

  

  The 
  fourteenth 
  meeting 
  was 
  presided 
  over 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy. 
  

  

  Notes 
  and 
  Exhibitions. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Cobb, 
  in 
  examining 
  sugar-cane 
  affected 
  with 
  the 
  "iliau" 
  

   disease, 
  had 
  observed 
  a 
  Lepidopterous 
  larva 
  in 
  numbers 
  constantly 
  

   present 
  where 
  the 
  disease 
  existed. 
  The 
  latter 
  being 
  saprophytic 
  

   he 
  was 
  inclined 
  to 
  suspect 
  that 
  some 
  relation 
  existed 
  between 
  

   these 
  caterpillars 
  and 
  the 
  disease. 
  At 
  the 
  Hutchison 
  Plantation 
  

   he 
  had 
  observed 
  another 
  sugar-cane 
  disease 
  associated 
  with 
  

   Lepidopterous 
  Larvae. 
  On 
  one 
  plantation 
  on 
  Hawaii 
  he 
  had 
  

   observed 
  earwigs 
  in 
  the 
  cane 
  in 
  great 
  abundance, 
  while 
  in 
  Hilo 
  

  

  