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eating the nut somewhat also. Two of the moths were reared. 

 This is another addition to the host plants of this moth. It 

 feeds mostly in pods of Acacia famesiana and Acacia hoa, 

 but has also been found in lima beans, Sapindus seeds, litchi 

 nuts, and in the pulp of mangoes. 



Tenodera sinensis. — ]\[r. Swezey reported for Professor 

 Bryan that one of his former boy scouts had brought Lim a 

 specimen of the praying mantis, collected at Waikiki. Several 

 times the young mantids have been liberated in Honolulu as 

 they hatched from egg masses brought from Hawaii, but no 

 adults have been previously collected here. 



Termites in telephone poles.— '^iv. Swezey reported tliat in 

 examining telephone and electric light poles broken down in 

 the recent severe wind storm, many of them were found to 

 be badly eaten by termites. Three species were found : 

 Calotermes mar gimp ennis, Cryptotermes sp. and Coptotermes 

 gestrd. The latter when present was the most destrnctive, 

 eating out the heart of a pole below the surface of the ground 

 and forming immense colonies. Cryptotermes was found to have 

 eaten from bottom to top of a 20-foot pole that had been up 

 only five years. They fed chiefly in the outer part of the pole. 



