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the botanist at the Bishop jMiiseum, on a recent collecting tonr 

 on Kauai, had collected a nnniber of dead specimens of this 

 rare Lncanid beetle. 



Pycnophion fuscipcnnix. — Mr. Bridwell also reported that 

 Mr. Forbes collected this Ophionid on Kanai. 



Megachile palmarum. — Mr. Timberlake reported that in 

 examining- collections of this bee he had separated ont some 

 which are of a different species, hitherto not recognized. This 

 makes the fonrth species of Megachile known here. Some spec- 

 imens of it bore date of 15)02 ; and Avere c(^llected at the Gov- 

 ernment I^ursery. 



Alphifohius s]). — Mr. Fullaway exhibited specimens of a 

 Tenebrionid beetle near to this genns, collected bv J\lr. P]hr- 

 horn in destroying a nest of the fire ant on the waterfront. 



Ilormiopterns sp. — ^Ir. Fullaway exhibited specimens of 

 this and another Braconid near Euhadizon which had been in 

 the collections a lone" time without notice. 



Notes on Some of the Immigrant Parasitic Hymenoptera of 

 the Hawaiian Islands. 



BY 1'. 11. TI.MBERLAKK. 



During a recent visit in Washington, D. C, the writer com- 

 pared certain of our introduced or immigrant parasitic Hymen- 

 optera with types or other specimens in the U. S. jSTational 

 Museum. The comparisons in some cases continued previous 

 determinations, but brought to light errors of identiiication in 

 other cases. The writer's thanks are due to Mr. A. B, Gahan 

 for aid in the dt^termination of several species. 



Ichneumonidae. 



Exoclnis fe mural is (Fourcroy). A feuuile from Honolulu 

 (Oct. IG, 1910) was found identical with a female from 



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



