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Diptera. — Dicranuniyla sp. (lai-vae mining in leaves of Gyr- 

 tandra), Flpunculus sp., Dyscriioinyia sp., several species of 

 I)rosopliilidae and of other families. 



(^oleoptera. — CoelopJiora inequalis, Scyninus vinidus, eight 

 species of Proterhiims, one Annohiid, two Carabids, two Niti- 

 dulids, four Elaterids. 



Orthopetera. — Bracliytnetopa hldckhnnil, Paratrigonidium 

 sp., Lohoptera extranea. 



Heteroptera. — Reduviolus lusciosus, R. subrufus, Oechalia 

 grisea, Nysius sp., several species of Capsids. 



Homoptera. — One species of Psjllidae (on native palm), 

 lolania perhinsi, Oliarus montivagus, 0. nuhigenus, Oliarus 

 n. sp., eight or ten species of Delphacidae, four or five species of 

 Jassidae. 



OCTOBER Htji.. 1911, 



The seventy-seventh n^gnlar meeting of the Sotdety was held 

 in the usnal place. 



E N TOM O I.< )(H ( ' AL I*K( )G KA M . 



A Newly Introduced Wasp (Odynerus.) 



BY W. M. GIFFARD. 



(Specimens exhibited.) 



A few weeks ago whilst in my garden at Makiki I observed 

 what appeared to me to be a peculiar species of wasp flying 

 rapidly over certain low-growing trees. The lateness of the day 

 prevented more than a casual observation but on the following 

 morning I watched for its reappearance. The weather being 

 sunny and with little wind every opportunity was afforded for 

 the occasion with the result that several individuals were ob- 

 served and a few captured. These all proved to be males of a 

 species of Odynerus which I had never before seen in the Terri- 

 tory and which certainly did not belong to our indigenous or 

 endemic Aculeate fauna. For a few days I continued without 

 success my search for female specimens meanwhile securing a 

 sufficient number of males to form a series of that sex. With 

 the object of capturing females I finally decided to closely ob- 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, 11, No. .5, July. 1913. 



