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  Wings 
  rudimentary, 
  the 
  front 
  pair 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thorax, 
  

   the 
  marginal 
  vein 
  very 
  long, 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  

   apex 
  and 
  clothed 
  with 
  many 
  long 
  bristles. 
  

  

  var. 
  jyeles 
  nov. 
  

  

  A 
  single 
  specimen 
  taken 
  at 
  Kilauea 
  in 
  July, 
  1906, 
  is 
  

   probably 
  a 
  distinct 
  species 
  ; 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  larger 
  and 
  wider, 
  

   and 
  is 
  darker 
  in 
  color 
  ; 
  the 
  scape 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  is 
  altogether 
  

   dark, 
  or 
  at 
  most 
  a 
  little 
  rulescent. 
  The 
  thorax 
  is 
  not 
  aeneous. 
  

  

  Hab: 
  Oahu 
  and 
  Hawaii 
  (var. 
  peles). 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  description 
  of 
  M. 
  hawaiiensis, 
  

   he 
  did 
  not 
  indicate 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  and 
  did 
  not 
  con- 
  

   sider 
  it 
  necessary, 
  among 
  other 
  reasons, 
  because 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  preserved 
  in 
  satisfactory 
  condition 
  for 
  subsequent 
  

   comparison. 
  

  

  An 
  Omiodes 
  Eg"g"-Parasite. 
  

  

  Tricho 
  gramma 
  prestiosa 
  Riley 
  [Hymen.] 
  

  

  BY 
  OTTO 
  H. 
  SWEZEY. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  wild 
  bananas 
  growing 
  in 
  a 
  gulch 
  near 
  the 
  

   upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  sugar 
  plantatioUj 
  at 
  Honomu, 
  Hawaii, 
  I 
  ob- 
  

   served 
  some 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Omiodes 
  not 
  as 
  yet 
  to 
  

   be 
  determined 
  till 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  have 
  matured.* 
  I 
  also 
  found 
  

   several 
  batches 
  of 
  eggs 
  which 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  

   Very 
  few 
  caterpillars 
  hatched 
  from 
  these 
  eggs, 
  however, 
  as 
  they 
  

   were 
  nearly 
  all 
  parasitized, 
  the 
  parasites 
  emerging 
  March 
  25- 
  

   30. 
  There 
  were 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  per 
  egg. 
  They 
  gnawed 
  out 
  before 
  their 
  

   wings 
  had 
  expanded. 
  

  

  I 
  referred 
  specimens 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Perkins, 
  who, 
  on 
  comparing 
  

   them 
  with 
  the 
  original 
  description 
  of 
  Trichogramma 
  pretiosa 
  

   finds 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  this 
  species. 
  I 
  have 
  since 
  observed 
  them 
  

   at 
  the 
  Capitol 
  grounds, 
  Honolulu, 
  in 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  ovipositing 
  in 
  

   eggs 
  of 
  the 
  palm 
  leaf-roller 
  (Omiodes 
  blacJcbumi). 
  I 
  take 
  it 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  their 
  presence 
  here. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  

   whether 
  Mr. 
  Koebele 
  introduced 
  them, 
  or 
  whether 
  they 
  have 
  

  

  * 
  On 
  maturity, 
  these 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  species, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Omiodes 
  tneyricki. 
  Bull. 
  V, 
  

   Exp. 
  Sta. 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  A. 
  Div. 
  Ent. 
  p. 
  24, 
  1907.— 
  [Eds]. 
  

  

  