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EXTO:\rOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Mr. Muir exhibited specimens of Anomala orientalis, a beetle 

 whose grubs he had found destructive to the roots of sugar cane 

 in certain spots of Honohilu Plantation, Oahu, in June, 1912. 

 He had compared the grubs with some which Mr. Ehrhorn had 

 collected at various times at the roots of plants imported from 

 Japan, and had found them to be the same. They are quite 

 similar to the grubs of the Japanese rose beetle (Adoretus tenid- 

 maculatus), and probably have previously been mistaken for 

 them, as the indications are that the Anomala has been present 

 for a number of years, grubs having been taken from these same 

 spots but no adult beetles were seen previous to June of this 

 year. 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



BY O. H. SWEZEY. 



Uscana semifumipennis. — An algaroba pod picked up under 

 a tree along the Roundtop Trail, Sept. 2; 1912, was found to 

 have 88 Bruchid eggs on its surface. A later examination 

 showed that 83% of these were, or had been parasitized by this 

 Trichogrammid, introduced by Mr. Fullaway a few years ago, 

 and which is now" known to be very widely spread. 



Syagrius fulvitarsis. — In conversation with Brother Mat- 

 thias at Hilo, August 17th, it was learned that the occurrence of 

 this weevil, that he had reported in Hilo in 1908, was at the 

 Shipman house, and that the weevils were in ferns brought 

 from Honolulu. He had not ascertained whether they had 

 gotten rid of the pest or not. 



Pompihis sp. — This Pompilus that first appeared in 1910, 

 was observed abundant in the cane fields of the Hilo district, in 

 August of this year. 



Mr. Kuhns reported having seen this wasp on Molokai in 

 June. 



On an Abnormal Larva of Lasiorhynchus harhicomis (Fabr.) 



BY F. MUIR. 



Among the insects collected by Mr. O. H. Swezey on his recent 

 trip to Xew Zealand are the larvae, pupae and adults of Lasio- 

 rhynchus harhicomis; one of these larvae is of particular in- 

 terest, it being a good instance of the precocious development of 

 wnngs and legs. 



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



