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1919. Brother Matthias Is^ewell has since reported to hiui the 

 finding of an additional specimen at Hilo. 



Trox sp. — ]\Ir. Peniberton exhibited a specimen of a small 

 undetermined species of Trox taken by him at Hih>, Aug. 24rh, 

 1919. This may l)e the species recorded by Perkins, also taken 

 near Hilo. 



Cylene criniconds. — Mr. Peniberton reported observing the 

 algaroba borer (Cylene criniconiis) feeding in nnmbers npon 

 the jnice in the pits on the snrface of the yonng frnit of the 

 Xoni {Morinda citrifolia) from which the flowers had recently 

 fallen. 



ScJerodennii.'^ taniaJiis. — ]\lr. Bridwell reported taking re- 

 cently at the !Nnnann Pali an additional individnal of Sclero- 

 dermus tantalus, previously known only from the nniqne type. 

 S. chiloneUae was recently taken on the Waianae coffee plan- 

 tation in dead wood of coffee associated with larvae identified 

 by Mr. Swezey as those of a species of Semnoprepia. Neither 

 of these insects has previonsly been ol)served in the wood of 

 introduced i)lants. S. chiloneUae has not previously been 

 taken in the Waianae Range. 



Silaon roliiveri. — Mr. Bridwell exhibited the larval food 

 and cocoons of Silaon rohwer'i, recently discovered by him at 

 Waianae village. The present material was found near Sisal 

 on the Ewa Coral Plain in the pupal chambers of Ncoclytarlus 

 eupharhiae. The larval food consists of nymphs, apparently 

 of a Lygaeid bug, Nysius sp. 



Crabro unicolor. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding at the 

 J^uuanu Pali numerous cells of Crabro unicolor stored almost 

 exclusively with adults of Ceratitis capitata. Aside from 

 these, two individuals of the lantana gall fly and two large 

 Drosophilid or allied flies were the only other species represent- 

 ed. From 8 to 14 flies were stored in a cell and the material 

 contained perhaps three hundred flies. The locality Avhere 

 they were found was on the leeward side of the ridge north 

 of the road, where the flies, caught uji by the wind on the 



