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noticing this species of Agiioii common in the lowlands. Spe- 

 cies of this g-enns are all considered endemic and the others 

 seem to be confined to the monntains. 



Xeir Genus of Eneijrtidae. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited 

 specimens of an Encyrtid which appears to be new and which 

 will constitnte a new genus of Encjrtidae near Ocmyrtus 

 Ashmead. Only two specimens have been seen so far, one 

 taken by Mr. Bridwell at Palolo Crater three or four months 

 ago and one recently taken by himself on the Avest side of Mt. 

 Kaala above Waianae. Whether it is endemic or not is not 

 known. 



Horuiiupfenis vagrans.^ — Mr. Tind)erlake reported taking 

 this Braconid in the same locality (west side of Mt. Kaala 

 above Waianae). It has previously been taken only in the 

 S. E. Koolau mountains and on the lowlands. 



Xesophri/ne sp. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a specimen of 

 a thick-set Jassid belonging to this genus, which he had col- 

 lected recently on west side of Mt. Kaala above Waianae. Two 

 other species of the genus have been previously collected on 

 Oahu. one of these was taken by Bridwell, Swezey and Tim- 

 berlake, the other only by ^Ir. Bridwell on windward side of 

 Konaliuanui f Malamalama) . 



Ilhiiniia oahumsis. — This leaf-liopj.cr was also taken bv 

 Mr. Tind)erlake in the above locality (west side Mt. Kaala 

 above Waianae) recently, on its usual host-plant Charpcjiflcra. 



Ilolochlora venosa. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a female speci- 

 men of this large katydid which he collected' May 25th on the 

 top of Lanihuli Peak. This is the highest elevation and the 

 greatest distance from Honolulu that the insect has been taken. 

 Tt has also l)een found by ]\Ir. Bridwell on the Bowman Trail. 



Lagocheirus ohsolctus. — Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens of 

 the adult, larvae and pu]>ae of this Cerambycid beetle taken 

 from a standing dead kukui trunk, May nOth, on Wailupe 



*Described on page 390 following. (Ed.) 



