414 



the seeds to have been very badly infested. This is the first 

 record of this insect in seeds of this native tree, altho Mr. 

 Rock had previously reported its seeds badly eaten by some 

 Lepidopterons larvae. 



Colobicus pariUs. — Mr. Tullaway reported the collecting 

 of two specimens of this beetle. 



Passer domesticus. — Mr. Fidlaway reported having ob- 

 served the English sparrow picking mealybngs from the leaves 

 (if poinsettia. 



TAPERS. 



A Note on Euxestus minor. 



BY F. MriE. 



The insect described by Dr. Sharp as Euxestus minor 

 (Fauna Hawaiiensis, III, p. 415) is stated by ArroAv to be 

 the same as E. jxirl-l Woll., which was first described from 

 ]\ladeira and now recognized by Arrow from China, Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula, Philippine Islands, Java, Hawaii, Haiti and 

 Central America (vide Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., (8) 20, p. 138, 

 1917). 



Homopterous Notes 11." 



BY F. :siriK. 

 [Presented by O. H. Swezey.] 



The material dealt with in these notes are two small col- 

 lections, one kindly loaned to me l)y the American Museum 

 of ^N'atural History, 'New York, and the other by Prof. H. 

 Osborn, and a few specimens belonging to the collection of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu. 



Measurements are from apex of head to anus and from 



* Homopterous Notes I was pulilished in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, 

 4. p. 311, 1917. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, HI, No. 5, April, 1918. 



