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the seeds to have been very badly infested. This is the first 

 record of this insect in seeds of this native tree, altho Mr. 

 Kock had previously reported its seeds badly eaten by some 

 Lepidopterous larvae. 



Colobicus pariUs. — Mr. Fnllaway reported the collecting 

 of two specimens of this beetle. 



Passer doniesticiis. — ]\Ir. Fnllaway reported having ob- 

 served the English sparrow picking nioalybngs from the leaves 

 of poinsettia. 



A Note on Euxestus minor. 



BY F. :MriK. 



The insect described by Dr. Sharp as Euxestus minor 

 (Fanna Hawaiiensis, III, p. 415) is stated by Arrow to be 

 the same as E. parhi Woll., which was first described from 

 Madeira and now recognized by Arrow from China, Burma, 

 Malay Peninsula, Philippine Islands, Java, Hawaii, Haiti and 

 Central America (vide Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist., (8) 20, p. 138, 

 1917). 



Homopterous Notes II." 



BY r. MUIIJ. /f/f ^ 



[Presented by O. H. Swezey.] 



The material dealt with in these notes are two small col- 

 lections, one kindly loaned to me by the American Museum 

 of Xatural History, Xew York, and the other by Prof. H. 

 Osboi-n, and a few specimens belonging to the collection of the 

 Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu. 



Measurements are from apex of head to anus and from 



* Homopterous Notes I was published in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, HI, 

 4, p. 311, 1917. 



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



