comparison. Your ISTo. 2 differs from mj saccharifolii in the 

 following points: its smaller size; the very short 4th joint of 

 antennae ; the group of strong hairs between the antennae ; 

 the longer hairs on the abdomen and the much longer and 

 stronger hairs of the anal ring. In other respects it is very like 

 saccharifolii. It might be described either as a local variety 

 of saccharifolii or as a new species, according to taste. 



It is certainly not sacchari of Cockerell, nor will it tit cal- 

 ceolariae of Avhich I have typical examples from Maskell him- 

 self. 



Your Xo. 3 may very well stand as bromeliae (Boucho), 

 l)ut I have no other examples of th3,t species with which to com- 

 pare it. Sigiioret compares bromeliae with adoniduni, and 

 remarks that the marginal tassels of the former are smaller than 

 those of the latter. If, as I believe, Signoret's adonidwm is lon- 

 gispinus of Targioni, this description will fit in with your spec- 

 imens. I have written to Kuwana to ask for examples of his 

 ananassae which is not at present represented in my collection. 

 P. calceolariae is a smaller and proportionately more slender 

 species than sacchari. Moreover, it has normally eight jointed 

 antennae." 



It is clear that Pseudococcus calceolariae does not occur in 

 the Hawaiian Islands as far as we know. The finding of P. 

 bromeliae on sugar cane does not astonish me at all, as it is a 

 very general feeder, being found on a great variety of garden 

 plants and on the roots of cannas, and is a serious pest to pine- 

 apples. 



In the discussion following, Mr. Swezey stated that in 

 recently giving more attention to the mealybugs on cane, he 

 had observed all three species in the cane fields of Oahu, Maui 

 and Hawaii. I^sually sacchari was most abundant, sometimes 

 saccharifolii, while bromeliae was usually scarce when found. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited two sj^ecies of flies that were reared 

 from decaying fruits such as papaia, tomato, etc., and called 

 attention to an article by H. H. Severin in the December, 1912, 

 number of the Journal of Economic Entomology, in which it 

 was stated that specimens bred from decaying bananas had 

 been identified by entomologists of the Bureau of Entomology 



