380 



Waipmili. Koloa and ^Nfakawoli. This is the first record fni- 

 it on any of the ITawaiian Tshmds except Oahn. 



< lii/llc/filpa africdiKi. In low land at Waimea a few hnr- 

 rows of the mole erieket were observed in the irria,'ation 

 ditches. By dii)s>inf>' a few nunntes a specimen of the cricket 

 was s( cui-ed. The first record for the Islands ontside of Oahn. 



('ri'oiiKisia splu'iioplidri. In a coconnt ii'rove at Wai])oiili, 

 (piitc a nnnd)er of the coconut leaves had the horino-s of the 

 snitar cane horer ( n/iahdornciiiis ohscHra) in the bases of the 

 ])etioles. Tn some of these the borer grubs themselves were 

 fonnd ; in others were borer cocoons with pnparia of the import- 

 ed XcAv Gninea Tachinid ; and some l)orcr larvae were found 

 having the maggots of the Tachinid. This is the tirst record in 

 the Islands of this fly attacking the borer larvae in any other 

 plant than sugar cane. 



Note on Occurrence of an Endemic Itonidid on Oahu. 



BY P. 11. TIMP.KRLAKE. 



On March 4 the writer captured a female Itonidid ovipos- 

 iting in the terminal bud of Pelca dusiaefolia on Mt. Kaala, 

 Oahu, at an elevation of about i^">00 feet. Only three species 

 of Itonidids have been recorded from the Hawaiian Islands 

 and all these are introduced forms of the lowlands (Swezey, 

 I'roc. Haw. Ent. Soc. vol. 1, ]>. 7l*)- One or two other species 

 of this class have l)een observed more recently. Xo endemic 

 s])eci(s have been taken hithertofore, or none at least have 

 been ])laced on record. 



Note on Rearing of a Native Carabid Larva. 



I'.v 1". II. I'lM i;i;i;i.AKi:. 



A larva of JMetroincniin paliiKic (Blackburn) was captured 

 hiding at the Itases of terminal leaves of F rciirhuiht on t\\e 

 west side of Kalihi Valley, Oahn, on Marcli 11. at alnnit 1200 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III. No.. 5, April, 1918. 



