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Pteromalns piiparum. — Mr. I^lirliorn iiuiuircd whether any- 

 one had taken this insect. ISTone had. Attempts at its intro- 

 dnction here had been made by both him and JMr. Ivoebele. 



Attagenus plehius. — Professor Illingworth reported this 

 Dermestid abnndant in clothing- in trind\s. lie is working on 

 its life history. 



Smilax insects. — In dead stems of Sniila.v on Waialae-i^ui 

 ridge, April 30, Mr. Swxzey fonnd the following insects, which 

 were exhibited : 



Senmoprcpia sp. — Larvae and empty jnipae. 



Oodcmns sp. — Adidt, larvae and pupae. 



Anohiid. — Two adults, one freshly emerged. 



Dromaeolus sp. — Larva. 



Sdcrodenna sp. — Two females, one larva. 



EuppJmns s]i. — One larva feeding on Oodenias larva, one 

 pupa from which an adult emerged ALiy 11. 



Notes on a Peregrine Bethylid. 



i:V J. C. I'.IM DWELL. 



Additional species of inmugrant liethylidae are constantly 

 appearing in the Hawaiian Islands. The present paper de- 

 scribes and gives a sununarj- of our knowledge of the distri- 

 bution of a recently discovered species of Epyris, the first au- 

 thentic species of the genus taken here. Ashmead (Fauna Ila- 

 waiiensis I, p. 2S('), 1!)01) descril)ed an Epyris liatraiicnsis, 

 l)ut in revising the genera of the family the Abbe Kieffer 

 has referred the s])ecies to his newly established genus Holepy- 

 rls (Ann. Soc. Scieut. do Bruxelles i>0:lll, 11)05). 



The first adult of this new species was taken by Mr. 

 Swezey on a sugar cane leaf in the Ex])eriment Station 

 grounds of the II. S. \\ A. in llonolidu on October 27, 1015, 

 and anothei' on rlie window of his hd)oratory there on Nov. 12, 





Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. Ill, Xo. 4, May. 1917. 



