26 Jilr. A. E. Venill on the 



tlio Ceylon and Ja]ian forma of 0. secretus, hut unfortunately 

 a varietal name (/ohnlata^ ]\Iaskell) has been applied to the 

 Japanese insect, which is the true secretus. 



Monophlebus Championi, sp. n. 



Monophlebiis sp., Ckll., Biol. Centr.-Amer., Coccidae (1899), p. 3, middle 

 of page. 



This name is proposed for the species described in the place 

 cited from a male, having only four fleshy processes on the 

 abdomen. It was hoped that the female might be obtained ; 

 but as this now soems unlikely, it is best to give a name to a 

 species so strongly distinguished. 



Cr2/piopki/Ilaspis Riibsaameni, sp. n. 



Gall small, cylindrical, about 2 millim. long, thickly clus- 

 tered on leaves of Codiceum. 



$ . — Orange, oblong, caudal end sunken, overlapped at 

 the sides by lobiform projections ; no circumgenital glands ; 

 anal orifice broad-oval, about 17 /x long, and distant about 

 39 /x from bases of median lobes ; lobes and squames formed 

 as in C. occultus (Green) ; three pairs of lobes, not even the 

 median ones darkened in the least ; median lobes slightly 

 notched on each side ; squames narrow and pointed, strongly 

 fringed ; beyond the third lobe are three double squames, 

 each having the appearance of two squames united basally ; 

 spines small. 



llab. Bismarck Archipelago; received from Mr. E. 11. 

 Kiibsaamen. 



I sent a copy of the description to Mr. Rubsaamen, to be 

 published in connexion with his studies of galls, but it seems 

 desirable that it should also appear in a paper devoted to 

 Coccidaj. 



Eust Las Vegas, New Mexico, U.S.A., 

 Oct. 31, I'JOl. 



IV. — The " Cahuw^^ of the Bermudas^ an Extinct Bird. 

 By xV. E. Veukill. 



During my two recent visits to Bermuda I made special 

 investigations in regard to the history and identity of the 

 " cahow " or " cohowe,'^ a bird duserib'd by the earliest 

 settlers as very abundant and easily captured, so that its 

 llesh and eggs were large ly used as food. Indeed, had it not 



