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  HEMIPTERA 
  

  

  {Heteroptera 
  ) 
  

  

  REDUVIIDAE 
  (Zelus 
  renardii=peregrinus) 
  

   MIRIDAE 
  ( 
  Hyalopepltis 
  pelhicidiis 
  ) 
  

  

  TINGIDAE 
  {Teleoneviia 
  layitanae) 
  

  

  The 
  lantana 
  Tingid 
  ( 
  Teleonemia 
  layitanae) 
  is 
  not 
  thickly 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  see, 
  which 
  fact 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  to 
  lan- 
  

   tana, 
  its 
  food 
  plant, 
  being 
  scarce 
  on 
  the 
  Island. 
  Lantana 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  a 
  pest 
  on 
  Lanai 
  which 
  fact 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  in- 
  

   troduction, 
  by 
  a 
  former 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  Island, 
  of 
  Prof. 
  Koebele's 
  

   lantana 
  insects 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  the 
  effect 
  of 
  preventing 
  its 
  

   spread. 
  Its 
  scarcity 
  on 
  the 
  Island 
  is 
  most 
  marked 
  and 
  during 
  

   my 
  33^-day 
  visit 
  I 
  never 
  saw 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  it 
  although 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  

   the 
  Island 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  occasionally 
  comes 
  across 
  a 
  few 
  

   small 
  patches 
  in 
  remote 
  spots. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  endemic 
  insects 
  seen 
  and 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  

   valleys 
  mentioned, 
  was 
  very 
  discouraging 
  considering 
  the 
  hard 
  

   tramping 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  do 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  get 
  over 
  the 
  ground, 
  

   but 
  a 
  trip 
  from 
  the 
  Ranch 
  house 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  

   at 
  Haalelepakai, 
  which 
  as 
  I 
  said 
  before 
  is 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  3,400 
  

   feet, 
  is 
  well 
  worth 
  making, 
  even 
  if 
  it 
  only 
  allows 
  one 
  the 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  for 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  hours 
  collecting 
  in 
  any 
  one 
  day. 
  This 
  small 
  

   forest 
  section 
  certainly 
  seems 
  more 
  natural 
  as 
  a 
  collecting 
  ground 
  

   for 
  the 
  entomologist, 
  but 
  even 
  here 
  the 
  paucity 
  of 
  insect 
  fauna 
  is 
  

   marked 
  when 
  compared 
  to 
  similar 
  situations 
  on 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  

   Islands 
  in 
  the 
  group. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  certain 
  that 
  if 
  one 
  intends 
  to 
  

   make 
  a 
  successful 
  day 
  of 
  it 
  there, 
  one 
  cannot 
  afford 
  to 
  loiter 
  on 
  

   the 
  collecting 
  ground 
  or 
  en 
  route. 
  On 
  the 
  day 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  moun- 
  

   tain, 
  Haalelepakai 
  and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  forest 
  were 
  enveloped 
  in 
  mist. 
  

   This 
  was 
  varied 
  with 
  occasional 
  showers 
  of 
  drizzling 
  rain 
  making 
  

   collecting 
  disagreeable, 
  but 
  for 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  time, 
  however, 
  there 
  

   were 
  glimpses 
  of 
  sunshine 
  during 
  which 
  I 
  hoped 
  to 
  see 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   native 
  Aculeates 
  flying 
  about. 
  In 
  this 
  I 
  was 
  extremely 
  dis- 
  

   appointed 
  and 
  my 
  visit 
  to 
  Haalelepakai 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  produced 
  

   the 
  same 
  result 
  as 
  was 
  experienced 
  in 
  the 
  valleys 
  below 
  — 
  ab- 
  

   solutely 
  nothing 
  of 
  any 
  kind 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  common 
  

   blow-fly. 
  I 
  was 
  more 
  fortunate 
  with 
  other 
  things, 
  particularly 
  

   with 
  Coleoptera 
  which 
  ranks 
  equally 
  with 
  Aculeate 
  Hymenoptera 
  

  

  