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Length II mm.; wings 9 mm.; abdomen 7 mm.: ovipositor | nnn. 

 Antennae about a.s long as the body. 



Glyptogastra hawaiiensis Ashmead. 



A single $ specimen of Glyptogastra taken on the foliage 

 of Acacia l-oa at Olinda, Mani, was at first snpposed to repre- 

 sent a new species bnt having only 5 of Glyptogastra hawaii- 

 ensis Ashmead for comparison the question remained unsettled. 

 Another specimen in the Bishop museum from Maui is some- 

 what intermediate in the supposed differentiating characters. 

 I believe the species has not previously been reported as occur- 

 ring on Maui. 



Since writing the note above the examination of three 

 $ Glyptogastra hawaiiensis taken by Mr. W, M. Giffard, one 

 from lao A^alley, Maui, March 6, 1909, and two from Kilauca. 

 Hawaii, 1911 and 1912, make the reference of the Maui speci- 

 mens to this species certain. The single $• known to be in the 

 collections in the Islands is in the collection of tlie Hawaiian 

 Sugar Planters' Association and was taken \)\ the late F. AV. 

 Terrv in the koa forest at Kilauea, Hawaii, -Tune •», lOO,",. 



The more metallic coloration of Ashmeadi with the reddish 

 l)ands of the abdomen make it easily distinguishable from 

 Iiairaiiensis. 



4. A:mbl ytei.es Koebelei (Swezey). 



I had always supposed that Ichneumons parasitized the pu- 

 pae of lepidoptera but an observation made June 10, 1918. 

 upon this species showed a different procedure. While coming 

 down near the base of one of the ridges of the Waianae ]\roini- 

 tains above Waipahu, Oahu, at about 3 p. m., a large, full-fed 

 cutworm was observed in violent contortions on the ground. 

 T^pou examination it was foimd that it was being attacked bv 

 a large ichnenmon which was stinging it in various places. Tt 



