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hikii. Maui. This is the first record of this insect on ^lauL 

 Phisia ptcvylota. — ^Ir. Swezej exhibited a specimen of tliis 

 rare moth given him by Brother Matthias Xewe]] who had 

 caught it in Plilo. Brother Matthias stated that this moth had 

 been described nnder the name newelli, by Dr. Perkins, from 

 specimens Avhich he had given him from Hawaii. In the 

 Fauna Hawaiiensis, however, it appears under the name ptery- 

 lota, from Oahu. It was not recorded in literature from Ha- 

 waii until later. 



Jliucliid ill ijujjikey-pud seeds. — Mr. Swezey exhibited four 

 specimens of a Bruchid bred from a seed (^f the monkey-pod 

 tree. The seed was taken from a pod picked up at the Wai])io 

 Substation June 10th. There was a hole in the pod and the 

 seed was found to have sen'eral eggs on it. Kecently these 

 Bruchids have issued from the seed. The sj^ecies appears to 

 be new to the Islands. 



Leafhoppers from Barher's Folni. — Mr. Swezey recorded 

 the capture of the following leafho]-»pers at Barber's Point 

 near the sea coast on the Ewa Coral Plain, June 20th, 1019: 



Aloha myoporieola. on ^I ipiporiun sdndiricliciisis. (First 

 record of this insect froui Oahu.) 



Nesoplirosyne sp., this Jassid on the same host. ( Pre- 

 viously collected only on Hawaii.) 



Oliarns sp., <;n the same host. (Previously collected at 

 Ewa Mill and in Manoa Valley.) 



Jlhuriihi lealil. on beach form of Llpochaeta. 



Kelishi sporoholieola. on Sporoholus rirginieiis growing in 

 marshes and sandy places. 



Tasmanlan iiisecls. — Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a collection of 

 insects recently received from Tasmania. He also gave some 

 account of a recent trip to California. 



Kelima eragrosticola. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited specimens 

 of this Kel'ma, of which he and Mr. Bri dwell took a large 

 series from Eragrodis on Kalihi Ridge at about 1000 ft. eleva- 

 tion, on June 15th. The species was described by ]\ruir front 



