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(lata as to the insects of tliis aliii(»st coiitiinionsly wet region 

 uiiii'lit have been gathered had it heeii ])ossihl(^ foi- iii(> to I'eniaiii 

 at Kihnu a for a siiffieient length of time. As it was I was ahh' 

 to \isil aiul eolleet at these hitter phlees for a few hours on two 

 se])arate thivs with satisfaetory residts. Besides the discovery 

 of on(» new s])ecies of I)el])luicid (Nesosydiip cyrtdiHtncoln) tlie 

 hitherto uid<n(Avn food phint of the siugh^ nude X. (iiiccps 

 taken l)y ]\Inir in 1915 was found to l)e Frrj/rliic/ id in-iio/ll 

 ( ieie vine). A good series of hoth sexes of the hist named Deh 

 ])hacid w;is taken. Un(h)nhtedly the ahsence of moisture over- 

 head and on foot in the hoggy forests of this region wouhl have 

 produced much hetter collecting had 1 l)een able to stay over 

 another week, as insects in general were more phnitiful there at 

 the time than I had ever found them on previons visits, which 

 Avere always attended by more or less precipitation and conse- 

 (pient inaldlity to properly collect. 



I am indebted to my friends Messrs. ]\[uir and Ixock for 

 assistance, by the former in the determination of the Delpha- 

 cids collected and by the latter of tlu^ food plants. 



Following are the detailed held notes* covering certain 

 of the species taken during the visits referred to, viz. : 



Lcialulia leliuae haivailcnsis Muir. Olaa i'9 miles ( Xos. 7 

 and oO. Long series mules and females oft" Mctrosidpros; polij- 

 iiiorpJia var. tiicdiui (Ohia lehna). Also reared a nund)er of 

 adults from nymphs on the leaves of this food plant. One male 

 (Xo. 44) Olaa 25 miles, ;]000 ft. elev., off Phdyde^ma sp. 

 Probably this was an accidental capture althongh no ohia was 

 growing in this particular section of forest. 



Ncsodvjjas. dryope Kii'k. Glenwood 22 miles, 2'^)0() ft. elev. 

 (Xos. 26, ?A and 38) 12 males and '> females oft" A)didcsin(i 

 phdypJiylhun. 



Nesodrya.'^ mandatd ^Fuir. Tva])ua, South Xona, 2000 ft. 



* Numliers refer to writer's field notes. 



