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Miscellaneous Notes and Exhibits of Insects Collected at 

 Puuwaawaa, North Kona, and Kilauea, Hawaii.* 



BY W. M. GIFFARI), 



The following exhibits were collected on a short visit to 

 Pnnwaawaa, Xorth Kona, Hawaii, Angust, 1917. 



Rhyncogonus sp. — One specimen collected on Acacia koa 

 in the mountains at an elevation of approximately 3800 feet. 

 It is the first specimen of this genus to be colle<'ted on the 

 Iisland of Hawaii. It was sent to Dr. Sharp v.ho has de- 

 scribed it as new under the name R. giffardi. (See page 80 

 of this issue of the Proceedings). 



Clytarliis nodifer. — Four perfect specimens collected on 

 Acadia hoa. 



Calandra oryzae. — Tw'o specimens of this common domestic 

 grain weevil collected on Acacia hoa. This is apparently the 

 first record of this insect being taken in the high forest re- 

 gions. Possibly it may attack the seeds of Acacia koa but the 

 trees in this locality were not noticed to be in fruit at the time. 



From a few seeds and seed pods with stalks attached of 

 the rare Hihiscadelphus huaJalaiensis collected on ihis visit by 

 ]\Ir. J. F. Rock, I bred out the following aggregation of in- 

 sects : 



Lepidojitera. — Four specimens of the pink boll-NVorm ( Pec- 

 tinoplwra gossi/pieUa). 



Parasitic Hymenoptera. — One specimen of SpaJangia sp.,, 

 probably simplex which parasitizes small Diptera. 

 One specimen of Angitia bJackbiirni. 



Diptera. — One specimen (undetermined). 



Xeuroptera. — Two Pscocids (undetermined). 



Hemiptera. — One Nysius sp. (undetermined). 



Coleoptera. — Two specimens of Anobiids (2 undetermined 

 species) . 



*These notes were presented by Mr. Giffard at the October, 1917, 

 meeting, but were inadvertently omitted from the records and thus 

 missed being printed in the Proceedings for 1917. As considerable im- 

 portance is attached to some of them, thev are printed at this time. 

 -[Ed]. 



