only locally entirely clears off the freshly grown grass, but. also does 

 some damage to the young leaves of sugar cane. 



"For these reasons the plover is worthy of all encouragement by 

 the agriculturist and should never be shot on or around his land, 

 or, if this is done, he should not complain when his crops are rav- 

 aged by cut-worms, as is often the case." 



The English sparrow is al)ini(hiiit on Oahu, though not on 

 all the other Islands, and has been ohserved to prev upon arniv 

 worms to some extent. 



TACIIIXA FI.IKS. 



Th(^se })arasites are very valuahh' in helping keep cntwornis 

 and arniv worms in eheek. They prty n])on nnmerons other 

 kinds of caterpilhirs also; 1 have reared one species from four- 

 teen s])ecies of eaterjnllai's, and another from eleven species. 



There are eight natix'e s])ecies of cntworms of the genus 

 Leucania, and 24 s})ecies of the genus Agrotis." The most of 

 these are rare, and are ])rol)ahly ke])t so by these parasites. 

 They are found common on all of the Islands, and where cut- 

 worms or army worms are numerous they will be found numer- 

 ous also. I have collected caterpillars in (pumtity in cane fields 

 in different ])arts of the Islands and exandned for maggots of 

 these parasites, and often found as many as 25% to 35% of 

 them parasitized. In one lot sent to the p]x])eriment Station 

 from Tlann^kuajioko, Maui, "0% were })arasitized. 



Frontina arcJiljqiirord (Williston). 



'Idle haldts of this species are given on ])ages -1-7 to 49 of 

 P)ulletin V, Ex])eriiu(mt Station, TT. S. P. A., Division of En- 

 tomology. It is figured on Plate VI, fig. 4. 



Cactogaedia inonticola (Bigot). 



Phite III, figs. 8-1.3. 



■ Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Erance, (H) VTII, p. 91, 1SS8. 



This large Tachina fly was described from the Pocky Moun- 

 tains; has also been reported from California. , It occurs 

 ? As given by Meyrick in Fauna Hawaiiensis. 



