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  Scy7n7ius 
  7iotescens 
  Blackburn. 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Australia 
  in 
  

   1894. 
  Numerous 
  on 
  Aphids. 
  

  

  Sticholotis 
  pu7ictata 
  Crotch 
  . 
  Introduced 
  from 
  Japan 
  and 
  China 
  

   in 
  1894-5. 
  Rather 
  variable 
  in 
  both 
  places. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  exhibited 
  the 
  following 
  specimens 
  with 
  notes: 
  

  

  Melittobia 
  hawaiiensis 
  Perkins. 
  Described 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  

   Pt. 
  IV, 
  Proc. 
  Haw. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Bred 
  from 
  material 
  collected 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Giffard; 
  reared 
  later 
  on 
  Odyjierjcs 
  ni^ripeyinis, 
  Sceliphron 
  

   caementariuni 
  and 
  Pison 
  hospes. 
  Oct. 
  1907, 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  nest 
  at 
  H. 
  

   S. 
  P. 
  A. 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  of 
  Megachile 
  pahnarum, 
  in 
  which 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  cells 
  contained 
  parasitized 
  larvae. 
  

  

  Megachile 
  diligeris 
  Smith. 
  Collected 
  previously 
  l)y 
  me 
  at 
  Na- 
  

   poopoo, 
  Hawaii, 
  1 
  specimen. 
  Several 
  collected 
  today 
  at 
  Wai- 
  

   manalo, 
  Oahu. 
  In 
  the 
  "Fauna," 
  reported 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  as 
  

   "rare" 
  occurring 
  on 
  Oahu, 
  Molokai, 
  and 
  Kona 
  districts 
  of 
  

   Hawaii. 
  

  

  Scelipro7i 
  caementariuni 
  (Drury). 
  Oct. 
  19, 
  1907, 
  at 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  

   A. 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  one 
  female 
  with 
  3 
  males 
  perched 
  on 
  top, 
  

   one 
  above 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  each 
  holding 
  to 
  the 
  neck 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  

   below 
  with 
  its 
  jaws. 
  The 
  lower 
  one 
  had 
  no 
  sexual 
  connection. 
  

   On 
  a 
  previous 
  occasion 
  2 
  males 
  were 
  found 
  similarly 
  perched 
  

   upon 
  one 
  female. 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Life-history 
  of 
  an 
  Endemic 
  Hemerobiid 
  

  

  (Nesomicromus 
  vagus 
  Perk.). 
  

  

  BY 
  F. 
  W. 
  TERRY. 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  collecting 
  trip 
  up 
  the 
  local 
  valley 
  of 
  Palolo 
  last 
  March, 
  

   several 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  small 
  Hemerobiid 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  

   a 
  composite 
  which 
  was 
  infested 
  with 
  aphides. 
  From 
  these 
  eggs 
  

   several 
  larvae 
  hatched, 
  from 
  which 
  adults 
  were 
  finally 
  bred.* 
  

   The 
  young 
  emerged 
  Mar. 
  5th, 
  '07., 
  feeding 
  readily 
  on 
  aphides 
  of 
  

   various 
  species, 
  becoming 
  fully-fed 
  Mar. 
  14th. 
  They 
  commenced 
  

   spinning 
  cocoons 
  the 
  following 
  day, 
  and 
  pupated 
  Mar. 
  16th, 
  

   emerging 
  as 
  adults 
  Mar. 
  24th. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  period 
  occupied 
  from 
  eggs 
  to 
  adult 
  being 
  about 
  3 
  

  

  * 
  For 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  adult, 
  vide 
  Fauna 
  Hawaiiensis 
  II. 
  pt. 
  2, 
  

   pp. 
  37-38. 
  

  

  