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visited the same spot and searched in vain for these insects, 

 bnt from phints he brong'ht l)ack numbers of nvmphs hatched. 

 Xo parasites hatched from these eggs. The absence of njanphs 

 or adnlts from these plants while the eggs were present in 

 snch numbers is cnrions, and wonld indicate that some enemy- 

 made away with them npon their hatching. Ants (Pheidole 

 megacepltahi ) wvvo abimdant all over the food plant and are 

 the only enemy we can attrilmte the absence of nymphs and 

 adnlts to. A large series of adnlts was obtained by rearing 

 the nymphs which hatched from eggs in the plants collected. 



PI. 2, fig. 19. 



4. A. hirlx'aldy'i sj). n. 



^ Tegmina reaching just to the end of abdomen. Near to A. 

 ipomoeae but with face broader, with carinae and lateral edges more 

 arcuate. Pronotum, vertex, face and clypeus yellowish, fuscous on 

 pronotum between carinae and on outer edges; mesonotum dark 

 thrown: legs yellowish, with indistinct fuscous longitudinal mark on 

 femora, abdomen yellow with brown spots, mostly on sides. Tegmina 

 hyaline, with indistinct fuscous mark across middle, darker and nar- 

 rower on hind margin at apex of clavus, wider but more indistinct 

 on costa; three or four small brown dots on apical margin; veins 

 whitish on basal and apical portions. 



The genitalia differ considerably from A. ipomoeae, the spines 

 on anal segment being longer and thinner, the styles flatfish and 

 curving to a point at apex; the aedeagus also differs. 



Length 2.2 mm. ; tegmcn 1.6 nmi. 



5 The female T associate with this is light brown with 

 slight infnscation on abdomen ; the infnscation on tegmina 

 mnch more indistinct. 



Length 2.7 mm. ; tegmen 2.0 mm. 



Hab. Pnnalnn, Oahn (Swezey, June). 



I name this species after ]\lr. G. W. Kirkaldy, to whom 

 we are indebted for so much of onr knowledge of Hawaiian 

 Delphacidae. 



PI. 2, fig. 20; PL -3, fig. 0.3. 



5. A. Sirczeyl sp. n. 



$ In structure this agrees with artemisiae except in genitalia. 

 Vertex, face and clypeus brown, darker along outer edges of carinae, 

 surface slightly granulated, antennae yellowish; pro and mesonotum 

 Ijrown, latter darker than former, legs lighter brown, abdomen brown 



