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according to Mr. Snyder, this insect is very destructive to the 

 woodwork of buildings and furniture. It is able to work in 

 dry wood. This species, through specimens preserved in the 

 collections of the H. S. P. A. Experiment Station, is known to 

 have been in Hawaii previous to 1904, but its generic position 

 was not determined until the discovery of the soldier a few 

 years ago. 



A New^ Immigrant Weevil Attacking Banana 

 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). 



r.V O. H. SWEZEV. 



On February 19, I found this weevil in the decaying portion 

 of a banana stump at my garden in Kaimuki. It is so small 

 that it was only by chance that it was first discovered. The 

 white larvae were first seen, then with careful search, pupae 

 and adult beetles were found. Continuing the search in the 

 decaying substance, a large number of the beetles were found. 

 They were in the very rotten part of the underside of the corm, 

 the larvae were found feeding in the part that was more solid. 



This species is smaller than any of the known native species 

 of Dryophflionis, and has a longer and more slender rostrum 

 in proportion to its size. However, it runs to the genus Dr\- 

 ophilionis in Blatchley & Leng's Rhynchophora or Weevils of 

 N. E. America, it having five-jointed tarsi, on account of which 

 structure this genus is stated to difl^er in this respect from all 

 American Rhynchophora except a few species of Scolytidae. 



The Hawaiian species of the genus are deadwood feeders, 

 and perhaps all species of the genus have similar habits. It 

 may be that this new form belongs to some other near related 

 genus. Specimens will be sent to Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall for 

 determination.* 



* Dr. Marshall 's determination received before going to press. He has 

 described it as a new species Stenommatus rmtsae, the genus being very 

 closely related to Dryophthorus. Publication of the species is in Bulletin 

 of Entomological Eesearch, XI: 277, PI. VII, fig. 7, 1920. (Ed.) 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, IV, No. 3, September, 1921. 



