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iiig tliat I reached the locality referred to above by proceeding 

 up the Pauoa Valley to its upper extremity, where it came upon 

 something of the nature of an area of tableland, one part of 

 which lying to one's right as one entered it from the Pauoa 

 Valley overlooks the Manoa Valley. From somewhere in the 

 region just above the Manoa Valley a narrow ridge runs up 

 from this flat by folowing which I made my way with much dif- 

 ficulty, and after several attempts, to the summit, called Kona- 

 huanui, just above the Pali. That summit may very likely be 

 easy to reach now, but in my time there was no distinct track, 

 and I got over some difficult places only with the help of ropes. 

 It was on the flat mentioned above and on the ridge leading up 

 towards Konahuanui that 1 was most successful in collecting 

 Oahuan Coleoptera — among other species: Labetis, Clytarhis 

 microgaster, and some Elateridae occurred to me there — Gonio- 

 rycti, etc., exceptionally numerous in lily-like plants high up on 

 the ridge. 



I see the Society does not keep a library. If it at any time 

 should do so I shall be glad to send in my papers on Australian 

 fauna as they come out, and meanwhile shall be glad if I can 

 hear of any means by wdiich I can serve the interests of the 

 Society, with the proviso, however, that as I have had now for 

 some years past scarcely any leisure time that I can give to 

 scientific work, it is difficult for me to do anything that cannot 

 be done in quite short time. 



Once more thanking the Society for the honour it lias con- 

 ferred on uie, I remain, dear sir. 



Yours sincerely, 



THOS. BLACKBURN. 



PAPEES READ. 



Mr. Terry exhibited specimens and read a note 'On a New 

 Oahuan Trypetid, Tephrifif; duhaufiae."- 



A Few Notes on Coccidae. 



BY E. M. EHRFIORN. 



I desire to record the error of identification of Coccus man- 

 giferae as being found on imported ]\rangoes from India and 



*Not available for publication.— [Ed.] 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 4, April; 1912. 



