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a three days' "Koua" storm. The species was apparently the 

 same as collected by Mr. G. P. Wilder from the surface of the 

 sea between Maui and Kahoolawe, October, 1913, and by Mr. 

 C. M. Cooke from the surface of the sea near Palmyra, July, 

 1913. There is no previous record of its capture on the shores 

 of Oahu. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited an insect box made from a cigar box 

 lined with parafin instead of cork, and certain advantages of 

 this method of lining insect boxes were pointed out and discussed 

 by himself and Mr. Muir. Cheapness of material and ease of 

 preparation were factors in its favor. Mr. Muir stated that 

 he had learned that this method was being used at the British 

 Museum. 



Hawaiian Species of Laboulbenia and Their Hosts. 



BY OTTO II. SWEZEY. 



The few species of LahouJhenki here listed with their hosts 

 are taken from Prof. Poland Thaxter's "Contribution Toward 

 a Monograph of the Laboulbeniaceae, Part II", ^lemoirs of the 

 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XIII, Xo. VI, 

 1908. 



The hosts are all species of Hawaiian Carabidae. Of the 

 34 species listed, 5 occur on Kauai, 7 on Oahu, 11 on ^laui. 6 

 on Molokai, 2 on Lanai, and 3 on Hawaii. 



LahouJhenia hawaiiensis Thaxter: 

 - Atelothrus erro (Blkb.) Maui. 

 Atelothrus gracilis Shp. Maui. 

 Mauna frigida (Blkb.) .Maui. 

 Colpodiscus lucipetcns (Blkb.) Maui, Hawaii. 

 Chlpocaccus tantalus (Blkb.) Oahu. 



" hawaiiensis Shp. Hawaii. 



" lanaiensis Sh]). Lanai, ^Molokai, Maui. 



" postlcatus Shp. Kauai. 



Mesothriscus musical (Blkb.) Oahu. 



" tricolor Shp. Maui, ^lolokai. 



" (tltcrnans Shp. Kauai. 



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



