Kclisia sii-czci/i. — K('])(ii'Ic(l l»_v Mr. r»i-i(l\vcll fi-uni ihc lower 

 slo]ie of Mt. Kaalii. Tlu' tirst record of iliis 1 )cli)liaci(l fi-oiii 

 the \\';;iaii;U' Mountains. 



Pi)l(tU) mile. — Mr. IJridwcll rcjxtrtod that; ^Iv. Carpenter of 

 tlie Agricnltural Ivxpei'inient Station had found tliat sul])hur 

 dusted onfo })otato plants was qnitc successful in couihating 

 this pest. 



PAPERS. 



Notes on the Habits of Brosconymus optatus Sharp 

 (Carabidae). 



j;V .1. ('. JIKIDWKLL. 



The g'enera Derohroscus and Broscoiii/ynns were described'" 

 irom eight specimens collected hv Dr. Perkins in the nionn- 

 tains of Oahn and I have been unable to find any records of 

 their having been taken since. U]ion two occasions while in 

 eonii)any with Mr. Timberlake it has been mj good fortune 

 to take what I take to be Broscoiiijiiius optafus in considerable 

 nund)ers. The locality in which it was found is somewhat 

 <iut of the range of Dr. Perkins' collecting grounds. 



The trail which leads u]) from Leilcliua to the snnunit of 

 ^bnmt Kaala in the AVaianae ^lountains ascends a lateral spur 

 at right angles to the main ridge, the initial sharp ascent 

 ending at aliout i^.KX) feet in elevation and for a mile or more 

 the ascent is much more gradual, the ridge joining the main 

 mass of the mountain at about .'5r>00 feet. Along this ridge 

 the ohia lehua (Melrosideros polytiioj-plia) trees have their 

 trunks covered with mosses and on their branches from six to 

 (aght feet from the ground are mats of moss of several species 

 but ])rincipally of two species, one pale green, erect and densely 

 mattid together, the other dark green, ln*anched and in loose 

 mats. While Ih-osroiii/inns was occasionally found among tli(^ 



* Sharp, Fauna Hawaiicnsis 3:197-9 and 290, 1903. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, No. 5, April, I9I<S. 



