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boles bored in tbe trunks of trees as a remedy for scales and 

 otber sap-feeding insects. 



Mr. Osborn in re])orting on tbe present distrilnition of tbe 

 Jassid, D rare 111 ace phahi moll i pes. gave tbe following points on 

 Oabn at wbieb be bad collected it on rice: Waipio, Marcb 12, 

 1914; Hononlinli, April 20, lOll; AVaiabok", July 0, li)14; 

 Pmiahui, Angnst 9, 1014. 



Mr. Osborn reported tbat on October 10, and for a week or 

 more tbereafter, be bad observed at Waikiki Beacb large nnm- 

 bers of tbe small :fly Seatella liawaiiensis var. sexnotafa. Tbey 

 liad not ]n-evionsly attracted any attention. 



Mr. Fnllaway briefly summarized and mentioned certain 

 interesting features of a recent paper by Professor V. L. Kel- 

 logg of Stanford University on tbe "Ectoparasites of Mammals.'' 

 (American Xatnralist, May, 1914.) 



Prof. Illingwortb stated tbat at present be could find no 

 evidences of tbe activity of tbe palm leaf roller {Omiodes hlacV- 

 hurni), tbat on tbe trees previously infested by it none of tbe 

 stages of tbe insect were to be found at tbe present time. ]\Ir. 

 Swezev ex]u-essed bis opinion tbat tbis was remarkable for wben 

 be bad previously made some studies on tbis pest be could find 

 one or more stages of tbeni present on tbe trees at all times, 

 tbo at certain seasons tbey were scarcer tban at otbers. 



Mr. Swezey exbibited adult specimens of Trynoxylon sp. 

 wbicb were reared from tbe nest in corrugated paper tbat be bad 

 exbibited at tbe previous meeting. 



Mr. Swezey also exbibited male and female specimens of a 

 species of Tiphia recently introduced from Ja])an by ]\Ir. Muir, 

 to attack tbe grubs of tbe beetle, AnomaJa orientaVts. 



Investigation of Spread of Fruitfly Parasites in Kona, Hawaii. 



BY W. .\I. (ilFKAKO. 



Investigations as to distribution of Opius Jiumilis and Dia- 

 chasma tryoni tbrougbout tbe coffee fields in Soutb and iSTortb 

 Kona, eitber one or botb of tbese baving been collected by W. M. 

 Giffard and Dr. E. A. Back in tbe following fields over a dis- 

 tance of twenty-six miles between October 28tli and 31st botb 

 inclusive, viz. : 



(In all tbese fields Dr. Back gatbered sam})les of ripe ber- 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. Ill, No. 2, July, 1915. 



