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tory of the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A., specimens of 

 Lepisma-Yike Thysanuran not previously recorded here. It dif- 

 fers from Lepisma, however, and probably belongs to a dif- 

 ferent genus. It is more or less spotted, the scales on the body, 

 however, are similar to Lepisma. 



Semnoprepia larvae in o/iia. — Mr. Bridwell reported observ- 

 ing caterpillars (probably Semnoprepia larvae) attacking" the 

 living bark of ohia trees on Mt. Kaala. This is his third record 

 of larvae attacking living wood tissue, which were supposed to 

 attack only dead wood. 



A'coclytarlus indecens. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding the 

 larvae of this beetle in Smilax stems, December 26, on Mt. 

 Kaala. He found that the eggs were laid at the nodes of green 

 stems, and the work of the larvae at the nodes kills the stem. 

 Later, the entire stem is eaten out by the larvae. This is an- 

 other instance of a native insect attacking living plant tissue. 

 In the same material was also found the first winged female of 

 an endemic species of Sclerodermus. This was 5. polynesialis, 

 and it was attacking the larvae of A^. indecens. The same 

 species was also reported attacking the larvae of Oodemas in 

 Manoa Valley. 



Sierola sp. — Mr. Bridwell reported having reared from Smi- 

 lax stems two species of Sierola attacking lepidopterous larvae, 

 probably of the genus Semnoprepia. 



Periplaneta americana. — ^Ir. Bridwell reported observing the 

 mating dance of this cockroach, while walking in Palolo Valley 

 in the moonlight, January 4. Fifty to seventy-five individuals 

 were so engaged in the middle of the road. This same roach, 

 Mr. Ehrhorn reported having observed feeding on canna blos- 

 soms in Manoa Valley. 



Ornithoica sp. — Mr. Bryan exhibited specimens of a Hip- 

 poboscid fly reared from pupae found on the neck feathers of 

 a pheasant shot on Kauai by Mr. Broadbent, who stated that 

 the same insect is also found on mynah birds. The fly appears 

 to belong to the genus Ornithoica. 



