880 



AVaii)onli, Koloa and Makaweli. This is the first record for 

 it on any of the Hawaiian Islands except Oahn. 



(rrt/llcfaJpa afrlraiia. In low land at Wainiea a few bnr- 

 rows of the mole cricket were observed in the irrigation 

 ditches. By digginc a few niinntes a s])ecinien of the cricket 

 was socnred. The first record for the Islands ontside of Oahn. 



CeroiiKisiri spJwnopJioi-i. In a coconnt grove at Wai])onli, 

 (jnite a nnniher of th(> coconnt leaves had the borings of the 

 sngar cane borer {liJtahdoniciius oJjsciira) in the bases of the 

 petioles. In some of these the l)orer grnbs themselves were 

 fonnd ; in others were borer cocoons with pnparia of the import- 

 ed Xew Gninea Taehinid ; and some borer larvae were fonnd 

 having the maggots of the Taehinid. This is the first record in 

 the Islands of this fly attacking the borer larvae in any other 

 plant than sngar cane. 



Note on Occurrence of an Endemic Itonidid on Oahu. 



1!V 1'. H. TIMIiKKLAKK. 



On ]\larch 4 the writer captnred a female Itonidid ovipos- 

 iting in the terminal l)ml of Felea clusiae folia on Mt. Kaala, 

 Oahn, at an elevation of abont 2500 feet. Only three species 

 of Itonidids have been recorded from the Hawaiian Islands 

 and all these are introduced forms of the lowlands (Swezey. 

 Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. vol. 1, ]). 71)). One or two other species 

 of this class hav(> been observed more recently. Xo endemic 

 s])('<'i(s lia\e been taken hithcrtofore, or none at least have 

 been ])laced on record. 



Note on Rearing of a Native Carabid Larva. 



l:V I'. II. TI.M IIKKI.AK K. 



A hir\'a of Mcfioiiicjuis /lahiKic (Blackburn) was captured 

 hiding at the bases of teruiiual h-aves of Frci/ciiicfKt on the 

 west side of Kalilii Vallcv. Oahn. on Marcli 11. at ;ibout 1200 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, No. 5- April. tqiS. 



