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Mr. Terry stated that he had sent specimens of the Horn 

 Fly to a specialist, Prof. M. Bezzi of Florence, Italy, and they 

 had been identified as Lyperosia initans L. a south European 

 form. 



Prof. Bryan gave an interesting account of his travels dur- 

 ing the past year and of his efforts to get the next meeting of 

 the AmericaTi Association for the Advancement of Science at 

 Honolulu. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



BY O. II. SWEZEY. 



(a) The Laxtana Butterflies. (Lycaenidae). 



These two species of butterflies were introduced from Mexico 

 by Mr. Koebele at the same time as the other lantana insects, 

 about 10 years ago. The larvae of these butterflies feed upon 

 the flower clusters and also on the leaves to some extent. A few 

 months ago these were identified l)y Dr. Dyar from specimens 

 that I sent to the U. S. National Museum. Tlieda echion L. is 

 the larger prettier species with delicate tails to the hind wings. 

 ThecJa agra Hewitson is the smaller species without tails to the 

 hind wings. 



(b) Lifliurgiis alhofhnbriatus Sich. (Megachilidae). 



This is the large black bee discussed by Dr. Perkins on page 

 112 of Vol. I of the Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological 

 Society, and listed on page 605 of Vol. II, Part VI, of Fauna 

 Hawaiiensis. Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell recently determined the 

 species from specimens sent him by Dr. Perkins. The species 

 occurs in Tahiti. Mr. Cockerell stated that the Hawaiian speci- 

 mens were larger than those from Tahiti. 



(c) Ala pf IIS (() sp. (Mymaridae).* 



This is the tiny black insect that has occasionally been taken 

 on windows of recent years ; but no one has learned its habits. 

 Feb. 5, I collected a nest of Mer/achile palmarum in an old Sceli- 

 phron nest at Koko Head. A few days later on examining it for 

 Melittohia. T found that this parasite had bred out in every cell 

 of the nest and nothing remained but dead male melittobias and 



*Probably Leirnarifi pcrefjrina Perkins. See Fauna Hawaiiensis II. 

 Part VI. p. 661, 1910.— [Ed.] 



