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Xesosijdne ci/flditdficold s]). iiov. 



^ Vertex longer than wide, length of faee 2.5 times the width, 

 sliglitly narrowed between the eyes, the sides subparallel, median earina 

 fureate about one-third from l)ase; anlcimae reaching beyond the middle 

 of the clypeus, second joint 1.7 limes tlie length of lirst ; first joint of 

 hind tarsi distinctly longer tlian the other two together. 



Light green, a fuscous or black line between the carinae of face, 

 elvpeus, genae and thorax; pleura and first and second legs (especially 

 tlic tibiae) light fuscous, hind legs with a longitudinal line along femora 

 and lihiae, the tarsi fuscous; pygophor and styles dark l)rown, a few 

 fuscous marks or spots along tlie medio-lateral line of abdominal tcrgites. 

 Tegmina liyaline. yellowisli. a small dark mark at apex of costal cell 

 and dark along the costa, a larger dark mark at apex of clavus which 

 spreads out over the middle of the tegmen, becoming lighter as it readies 

 the radius where it reaches to near the apex and to near the base ; veins 

 thick, especially the radius, with minute granules bearing black hairs, 

 apical veins and border light. 



Genitalia figured (figs. Nos. i. 2). Armature of diaphragm forming 

 a thin, small, perpendicular plate below the acdeagus. 



Length 2.6 mm.; tegmen 1.5 mm. 



5 Similar to male but somewhat lighter, tlie ovipositor brown. 



Length 2.9 mm.; tegmen 1.7 mm. 



Ilal). Glenwood, Olaa, Hawaii, -IlMH) foct clovation ; a 

 loiiii- series of l)oth sexes and Yoiing from Cyrtaii(Ji(i s]). Also 

 some _vonni>' reared to adults on Charpetiiierd ohordhf Gand. 

 (W. ]\L (JiU'ard). Tlie vonnp; nvmplis are lii;lit ureen, later 

 accjniring dark marks similar to the adnlts. This species 

 comes near to X. anccps bnt is quite distinct. T_v])e deposited 

 in the collection 11. S. P. A. Experiment Station. 



Notes on Delphacids Collected on a Short Visit to Portions of 



the Intermediate Forests in Olaa and in North and 



South Kona, Island of Hawaii. 



BY wAT/rER :\r. giffard. 



Diirinu' the latter ])ai't of Ang'ust, 1017, I had occasion to 

 make a very hurried \isit by automobile from Kilauca to 

 Punwaawaa, Xorth Kona, Hawaii, via the belt road through 

 the districts of Kan and South Kona. Accompauviug me wer(^ 



Proc. Haw. Ent. vSoc. HI. Xo. 5. April. 1918. 



