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foot ('l(n-atioii. This larvn was broiiiilit homo alix'c and niolted 

 a few (hivs hitt'i', finally pnpatini!,' on Miii'cli -!7 aii<l issuinif as 

 adnlt on A])ri] 'Avd. It was fed on small partially ciMishcd or 

 stnnncd Diplcra, mostly l)r()so])hilids. hnl pi'ohaldy wonld have 

 a(*(.*('])t('d other insect food if it had heen otlercd. The hccllc 

 assnmed a hlackisli hi-own coloration williin iM honi-s after 

 (■mei'iicnce, bnt \\\) to the ])resent ( A])ril ."> ) it still presents an 

 innnatnre a])})earance. The larva was of the nsnal ("arabid 

 type. 



At least two other species of M clroiienus ca])tnre(l on 

 .March -tth hiding' in moss on trees on j\It. Kaala were exhib- 

 ited, these haviiiii' l)een kej)t alive by feeding them with small 

 Diptera. 



Note on the Non-Identity of a Common Hawaiian Jassid with 

 Nesosteles hebe Kirkaldy of Fiji. 



HY 1'. II. TIMI!K]JLAKK. 



Ivirkaldy in IDIO ( P'aima Ilawaiicnsis, vol. 2, pt. <•, 

 p. '>74r) identified one of the common grass-inhabitiug Jassids 

 of the Hawaiian Islands as Nesosteles liehe which he had de- 

 scribed in lOOG (Ent. Bnll. 1, II. S. P. A., p. -W.)) from Fiji. 

 Kecently the writer took occasion to examine the male geni- 

 talia of specimens from Fiji and found that there were good 

 specific differences between them and the genitalia of Hawaiian 

 specimens. The d(n-sal plate or valve of the genitalia in both 

 species is produced into a strong hook on each side. In the 

 Hawaiian species the hook is sim]ile l)nt in liehe it is armed at 

 the base Avith three or four small bnt distinct spurs. The 

 aedeagus also presents some differences. Kirkaldy called atten- 

 tion to a small difference in the coloration, and thought that 

 the Hawaiian specimens might possibly be disting-uished as a 

 variety, for which he proposed the name liospes. This nanu* 

 must be elevated to specific rank for our local form. Kirkaldy 

 also identified an Australian insect as lieJx', but this has en- 

 tirelv different genitalia. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. TIT, No. 5. .April, 191^ 



