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nearest group of islands between the Hawaiian Islands and the 

 Soutli Pacific Islands, being almost in a direct line and nearly 

 half way to Samoa. Of the eighteen species of insects collected, 

 seven species, or over one-third of them, are known in the Ha- 

 waiian Islands ; they are indicated by an asterisk. 



Hy.menoptera. 



'"Tetra)iwr'iam (/uineeDse Fab. This ant very abundant. 



DiPTERA. • 



^ Gnatnptopsilopus patellifcr (Thoius.) 11 specimens. 

 2 species of Ortalidae. 3 specimens of each. 1 known in 

 Honohiln. 



^Ilipprlatf's sp. 3 specimens. 



Le 



PIDOPTERA. 



^ Stagmatophora incertulella (Walk.). The larvae feeding 

 very abundantly in the male inflorescence of Pandanus. 



COLEOPTERA. 



2 species of Oedemeridae. 8 specimens and 14 s])ecimens 

 respectively. 



*Melanox(mtlnis mcJaiioccphaJtis Tliunb. 1 specimen. 



A ])rown Elaterid. 5 specimens. 



A small black Coccinellid. 4 specimens. 



Cossonid. 1 s])ecimen. 



Hemiptkra. 



Halohates wiiUerstorffi Frauenf. 1 s]iecimen taken on the 

 open sea several miles from land. 

 Aphis sp. 



Orthoptera. 



^Aiiisolahls amiurtpes Luc. 7 specimens. 

 PJiisis pcrtliKiia Guer. 11 specimens. 



2 species of small crickets. 1 specimen and 15 specimens 

 respectively. 



