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  From 
  this 
  comparison 
  it 
  is 
  seen 
  that 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known, 
  there 
  

   are 
  two 
  habits 
  of 
  living 
  for 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  family: 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   some 
  species 
  live 
  on 
  algae 
  in 
  running 
  water 
  or 
  moist 
  places 
  ; 
  

   larvae 
  of 
  other 
  species 
  breed 
  in 
  manure 
  and 
  decomposing 
  

   organic 
  matter. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  had 
  been 
  pestered 
  by 
  this 
  and 
  another 
  small 
  

   dipteron 
  swarming 
  about 
  the 
  lamp 
  in 
  his 
  study. 
  He 
  was 
  

   certain 
  that 
  they 
  both 
  breed 
  in 
  the 
  moist 
  rice 
  chaff 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  

   sake 
  tub 
  with 
  growing 
  ferns. 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  observed 
  that 
  the 
  

   comparison 
  between 
  the 
  Brazilian 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  one 
  studied 
  

   by 
  Mrs. 
  Swezey 
  is 
  interesting 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  replenished 
  

   the 
  air 
  supply 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  tracheal 
  gills 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  

   breathed 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  spiracle 
  tubes, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  tracheae. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  Crabronidae 
  [Hymen.] 
  

  

  BY 
  R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  PERKINS, 
  SO. 
  I). 
  (*) 
  

  

  Observations 
  on 
  recent 
  Swarms 
  of 
  Caterpillars 
  at 
  Kaimuki 
  

  

  BY 
  OTTO 
  H. 
  SW^EZEY. 
  

  

  The 
  copious 
  rains 
  of 
  December 
  and 
  January 
  caused 
  a 
  luxuri- 
  

   ant 
  growth 
  of 
  grass 
  and 
  weeds 
  to 
  spring 
  up 
  in 
  this 
  barren 
  

   district 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  Lantana 
  and 
  other 
  nearly 
  dead 
  shrubbery 
  

   to 
  take 
  on 
  a 
  vigorous 
  growth. 
  This 
  growth 
  was 
  soon 
  attacked 
  

   by 
  numerous 
  caterpillars, 
  however, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  

   plants 
  entirely 
  stripped 
  of 
  their 
  foliage. 
  The 
  following 
  species 
  

   were 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  : 
  

  

  Vionessa 
  cardui, 
  feeding 
  on 
  Malva. 
  

  

  Vanessa 
  huniera, 
  feeding 
  on 
  GnapJialium. 
  

  

  Sphinx 
  convolvuli, 
  feeding 
  on 
  Ipomoea, 
  also 
  occasionally 
  on 
  

   XanithiuTn. 
  

  

  Deilephila 
  lineata, 
  feeding 
  on 
  Portulaca, 
  BoerJiaavia 
  and 
  

   occasionally 
  Xanthium. 
  

  

  Leucanm 
  unipuncta, 
  feeding 
  on 
  various 
  grasses. 
  

  

  Leucanda 
  amhly 
  casts, 
  an 
  occasional 
  caterpillar 
  in 
  grass. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  crinigera, 
  feeding 
  on 
  grasses, 
  Datura 
  and 
  Sida. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  dislocata, 
  feeding 
  on 
  grasses 
  and 
  GnaphaHum. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  sauda, 
  not 
  numerous, 
  feeding 
  on 
  Sonchus 
  and 
  other 
  

   weeds. 
  

  

  Agrotis 
  ypsilon, 
  a 
  few 
  on 
  Sonchus 
  and 
  other 
  weeds. 
  

  

  * 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Perkins, 
  the 
  MS. 
  of 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  not 
  

   obtainable. 
  — 
  Eds. 
  

  

  