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Punchbowl though no adequate effort has been made to find it 

 elsewhere. 



2. Bkuchus obtectus Say uxdek Another Xame. 



Alfken (Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. 19:572, 1901) reports 

 Mylahris (Bruchus) mimosae Fab. as found by Schauinsland 

 at Pearl Harbor during a voyage in the Pacific in 1896 and 

 1897. This name was formerly incorrectly, as it is now be- 

 lieved, applied to Bruchus obtectus Say. Unless the determi- 

 nation w^as erroneous then the common bean weevil was here as 

 early as 1897. Possibly, however, the specimens may have 

 been Bruchus prosopis. 



3. Bruchus prosopis. 



Adults emerged May 14, 1918, from eggs secured experi- 

 mentally in pods of Prosopis juliflora between Dec. 27, 1917, 

 and Jan. 4, eggs having been certainly laid on the first date. 

 This gives at least 130 days from egg to emergence of adult. 

 The emergence of the adults was perhaps retarded by the drv 

 condition in which the seeds w^ere kept. This is much the long- 

 est period observed for the development of Bruchidae in 

 Hawaii. 



4. The Dolichos Weevil Identified. 



Specimens of the Dolichos weevil transmitted to Dr. How- 

 ard for determination were identified by Mr. E. A. Schwarz 

 as Pachymerus phaseoli (Gjllenhal) ±^Bruchus phaseoli Gyl- 

 lenhal (in Schoenherr Gen. Cure. 1:37, 1833). The specie, 

 was originally described from Brazil and has been reported as 

 introduced into France and Italy. Whether its host plants have 

 been previously reported the literature at hand does not permit 

 me to ascertain. Probably it has spread with its host plant 

 and is not indigenous to Brazil, which is not rich in 

 legumes related to Dolichos. 



