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formations. There are quite a number of species of this genus 

 here, and when their habits are fully studied they will prob- 

 ably be found to be parasitic on similar caterpillars to the above. 



Atliyreodon dehiJis P. — I have reared from Phlyctaenia io- 

 crossa. 



Ailiyreodon sp. — Dr. Perkins records it from a species of 

 Ph lyctaenia. 



Atrometus taisatus Ashm. — I have reared from Hyposnio- 

 coma trimacidata. 



Atrometvus sp. — I have reared from Aristotelia n. sp. in 

 galls on Gould ia. The parasite transformed to maturity within 

 the pupa of its host similarly to Echthromorpha. 



Cremastus hymeniae Vier. — This undoubtedly is an intro- 

 duced species, for it w^as not known till 1910. It appeared on 

 the lowlands about Honolulu, l)ut has now spread to the moun- 

 tains as well, and all over the Island of Oahu. Its first notice- 

 able host was Hymenia recurvalis Fab., whose life-history was 

 being investigated by Mr. H. O. Marsh in 1910. Other hosts 

 from which I have reared it are: Genophantis lealii Sw., Phlyc- 

 tania platyleuca Meyr., PJilydaenia calcophanes Meyr., Plihjc- 

 taenia campylotheca Sw., Thyrocopa sp., CryptopliJehin HI e pi da 

 (Butl.), Capua santalata Sw., Batracliedra cuniculator Busck, 

 Petrochroa dimor-pha Busck, and Bacfra stramiuea. 



Limnerium polynesiale Cam. — This must be an introduc- 

 tion, for its only known host here is the diamond-back cal)l)age 

 moth (PluteJIa macuUpennis Curt.), which it parasitizes very 

 extensively. 



Limneriunt h]ac}A>urui Cam. — This species has a very large 

 number of hosts. I have reared it from the following: Nesa- 

 miptis ohsolcta (Butl.), Scotorythra sp., Nacoleia accepta 

 (Butl.), Nacoleia asaphomhra (Meyr.), Nacoleia anastrepta 

 (Meyr.), Nacoleia blachhurni (Butl.), Nacoleia localis 

 (Butl.), Nacoleia monogona (Meyr.), Phlyctaenia endopyra 

 Meyr., Phlyctaenia platyleuca Meyr., phlyctaenia campylothe- 

 ca Sw., Pyrausta const rlcta (Butl.), Pyrausta dryadopa Meyr., 

 Mecyna aurora (Butl.), Scoparia sp., Platyptilia rhynchophora 

 Meyr., Homoeosoma humeralis (IButl:), G-enophantis iodora 

 Meyr., Phthorimaea operculella (ZelL), Mapsidius auspicata 

 Walsm., Bat inch edra sp., Archips capucinus (Walsm.), Tortrix 

 metalhirr/ica Walsm., Tortrix thoracina Walsm., and Epagoge 

 infaustana Walsm. In addition to these, it was reared from 

 Phlyctaenia stellata (Butl.) by Dr. Perkins, from Phlyctaenia 



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