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cies of Psyllids, and material showing their work on leaves of 

 the ohia tree, and reported briefly on a few days' investigation 

 of these and other insects of the ohia forest in the Kohala 

 Monntains, Hawaii. 



Baeus s]). — A s])ceinien cxhihitod l)y ^fr. Bridwell, taken 

 by him in Palolo Valley. 



(ilijj)foga.sti'a asJnncddi. — .Mr. liridwell exhibited fonr speci- 

 mens of this Ichnenmonid, taken l)y him in Palolo Crater, 

 Kalihi Ridge and Lanihuli Ridge. 



Diaclnis aiiraiiis. — Mr. Bridwell exhibited specimens of 

 this Chrysomelid from Palolo Valley. 



PJcujltlimysu.s acmnlnatus. — Mr, Bridwell exhibited a speci- 

 men of this beetle collected May Srd, by Mr. Forbes in Wai- 

 Inpe Valley, on Sapindiis oaJiueiisis. 



SeoJi/lid ill paJin seeds. — Mr. Bridwell exhibited specimens 

 of a Scolytid beetle which he had found attacking ])alm seeds 

 on the gronnd at the Qneen's Hospital, in April. 



Mites on potatoes. — ^Ir. Bridwell stated that ^Ir. Car- 

 jientcr, the Pathologist at the Federal Experiment Station, 

 had called his attention to a diseased condition of potato vines 

 apparently caused by a peculiar species of mite. 



MaiKjo tjlight. — Mr. Ehrhorn re})orted that dusting mango 

 trees with powdered sulphur was very successfid in checking 

 the blight which causes the blossoms to blight and fall oil". 



Aegosoina refJexum. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a specimen of 

 this Prionid beetle reared from a pupa found by him in a dead 

 ohia tree in the Kohala jNIountains. ]\Ir. Ehrhorn rehitcd the 

 digging up of a Prionid larva from a root ir) feet under 

 ground in the Santa Clara Valley, California. 



Trimera laeerta. — IMr. Bridwell called attention to the 

 scarcity of this dragonfly, which in Dr. Perkins' time was evi- 

 dently as abundant as tlic other two species: Pantfda flnres- 

 cens and Anax jiniiKs. It is ])ossibly retreating before the 

 more successful related species. 



