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pose to furnish a paper on the Neuroptera first, and to arrange 

 tliat paper in the form of some remarks on each of the families 

 recorded as Hawaiian. 



PSEUDO-NEUEOPTERA. 



TermitidsB. 



I have not met with any more than the two American 

 species recorded in Mr. McLachlan's paper. They are both 

 extremely common near Honolulu, flying in numbers to lamps 

 at nightj and doing much damage in the destruction of furni- 

 ture and other woodwork, also frequently destroying trees. 

 Without having given sufficient attention to the subject to 

 generalize with absolute confidence, I may say that the Ter- 

 mitid connected with household dej)redations, when identified 

 by me, has always been Calotermes castaneuSj Burm. (which, 

 moreover, I have not observed outside Honolulu), while the 

 tree devastator when identified has always been C. margini- 

 pennis, Latr. This latter species I have observed on several 

 of the islands and occasionally in remote parts of the forests. 



Embiidse. 



The single Embiid I have noticed [Oligotoma insularis, 

 McLachl.) seems to be widely distributed. It is a common 

 visitor to lamps at night. I have frequently discovered it 

 feeding in numbers in old wooden roofs of houses, but do not 

 remember meeting with it elsewhere, though doubtless this 

 is merely the result of insufficient observation. 



Psocidie. 



Of these 1 have three or more species allied to that which 

 Mr. McLachlan considers may be P. bifasci'atus, Latr., but 

 no other near Elipsocus vtnosus, McLachlan. These insects 

 were all taken from dead branches of trees in the forests, 

 where they abound. 



Odonata. 



Pantala JIavescens, F., Tramea lace7'afa, Hag., and Anax 

 Junius^ Drury, are all very common all over the islands. 



1 have a single specimen taken on Maui which I have no 

 doubt is A. strenuus, Hag. The expanse of its wings is just 

 about a quarter greater than that of my largest A. Junius. 

 Its colour is much darker, noticeable especially in the ner- 



