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«taghorn ferns (Gleichenia dichotoma). A great majority were 

 males but an occasional female was found and when one of 

 them settled on a leaf the males would swarm about her but 

 actual mating was not observed tho I do not doubt that had I 

 taken time to watch it might have been observed. One female 

 was seen carrying something beneath her thorax ap]3arently 

 between the legs of the middle and hind pairs. Upon captur- 

 ing her this was found to be an adult Ollanis, probably 

 haonohi Kirkaldy, which is commonly found on this fern. 

 From my previous observations of the places in which this 

 species is found in numbers I have no doubt that the normal 

 prey of this species is made up of the native leafhoppers as 

 would be expected on account of the habits of ]\rimesids else- 

 where. 



Bruchidae of the Helms Collection (Coleoptera). 



BY J. C. BRIDWELL. 



The Bruchidae of the llehus collection of Australian in- 

 sects at the Bishop JMuseum have l^een cleaned and remounted. 

 Only three species are represented. 



Bruchus semicalvus Lea. Proc. Linn. Soc. X.S.W., 33:638, 



1898. Sydney, Sept. 2, Oct. (Helms). 

 Bruchus diversipes Lea. Proc. Linn. Soc. X S. W., 33. 



640, 1898. Sydney (Carter). 

 Bruchus obtectus Say. 

 North Sydney. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Pectinophora gossijpiella. — Mr. Bridwell exhibited a speci- 

 men of the pink boll-worm bred from the native cotton, Gossy- 

 pium tomentosum. Out of 66 bolls, two showed infestation, 

 and only one larva matured. 



Ninth ea rugicollis. — This rare beetle reported caught at 

 light indoors by Mr. Bridwell. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, No. i, June, 1919. 



