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eies of Psyllids, and iiiaterial showiiiii' their \\ov\i on leaves of 

 the ohia tree, and reported briefly on a few days' investigation 

 of these and other insects of the ohia forest in the Kohala 

 Mountains, Hawaii. 



Baeus sp. — A s])eeinicn exhil)ite(l l)y ^fr. Eridwell, taken 

 by him in Palolo Valley. 



GJi//)fo(/(i.sfr(i as]i)n('ti(li. — ]\Ir. liridwcll exhibited fonr speci- 

 mens of this Ichnennionid, taken l)y liim in Palolo Ti-ater, 

 Kalihi liidge and Lanihnli Eidge. 



Dutch ns (tiirdiii.'i. — ^Ir. Eridwell exhibited specimens of 

 this Chrysomelid from Palolo Valley. 



PIa(ji(lnin/siis (tciiiiiinatiis. — ^Ir. iiridwell exhibited a speci- 

 men of this beetle collected ^lay -'h-d, by Mr. Forbes in Wai- 

 Ini^e Valley, on Sdpindus oalinensis. 



ScoJytid in palm seeds. — Mr. Eridwell exhibited specimens 

 of a Scolytid beetle which he had found attacking palm seeds 

 on the ground at the Queen's Hospital, in April. 



Mifcs on pohitocs. — ]\lr. Eridwell stated that ^Ir. Car- 

 penter, the Pathologist at the Federal Experiment Station, 

 had called his attention to a diseased condition of potato vines 

 apparently caused by a peculiar species of mite. 



Mango blight. — Mr. Ehrhorn reported that dusting mango 

 trees with powdered sulphur was very successful in checking 

 the blight which causes the blossoms to blight and fall off. 



Acgosoina trflc.vnni. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a specimen of 

 this Prionid beetle reared from a pupa found by him in a dead 

 ohia tree in the Kohala ^Mountains. ^Ir. Ehrh(n-n related the 

 digging u]) of a Prionid larva from a root 25 feet under 

 ground in the Santa Clara Valley, California. 



Trimera larerta. — ]\Ir. Eridwell called attention to the 

 scarcity of this dragonfly, which in Dr. Perkins' time was evi- 

 dently as abundant as the other two species: Pantala flarrs- 

 ccns and Ana.v jnniiis. It is ])ossibly retreating before the 

 more successftd related species. 



