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Parhodyncnis. siniplironiis Sauss. 



"Brethes calls attention to the fact that Pachody- 

 nerus has only 12-jointed antennae (the 12th joint being 

 small and knob-like) and considers it to be a genus. 

 Brethes also figures the genitalia of the male of nasideris 

 and brevWiorax. Your insect differs from these but 

 agrees with what we have as simpllcornis. As the t^pes 

 have never been examined it is possible that error may have 

 crept in, but for the time being it may be well to consider 

 your insect simpllcornis. It is my impression that there 

 are more species in this group. 



''If it were possible to examine the types of the spe- 

 cies in question, especially in reference to the genitalia, I 

 thing it possible that your insect would be classed as a new 

 species. As this is entirely out of the question it is best 

 to leave it as I have determined it." 



iVOTKS AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Mr. Swezey reported that Caryohoru^ gonagra, the tama- 

 rind weevil, had been found on Kauai ; quite a number of spe- 

 cimens having been sent to the Experiment Station li. S. P. A., 

 that liad been collected in Mr. Hans Isenberg's gardens at 

 Lihue, where they were thought to be some new bug destructive 

 to all kinds of garden vegetables. Mr. Swezey thought that 

 they were probably only hiding in the dead or crumpled leaves, 

 as he had found them quite numerous in the dried up dead 

 leaves on papaia trees at his place in Kaimuki. 



Mr. Ehrhorn read a letter from Q. Q. Bradford, Formosa, 

 in which he reported having seen but one specimen of the 

 Japanese rose beetle there ; also that he considered the melon 

 fly scarce there, having seen a few cucumbers with the spots 

 where the eggs had been laid. 



Mr. Ehrhorn also reported having discovered the presence 

 of the mite which causes the "Kiawe itch," it being the same 

 species' (Pediculoides ventricosus Newport ) that attacks the 

 joint worm in straw, in the States, where severe cases of itch 

 have been traced to it from that source. He expects to con- 

 tinue observation and experiments with this mite. It breeds 

 on the larvae of weevils feeding in the Kiawe beans. 



Mr. Ehrhorn further called attention to the abundance of 

 the pigeon fly (a species of pupiparous fly), at a place on the 



