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the abdomen. It was taken May 30 at Waiahole on leaf of 

 Cyrtandra. Two specimens were seen, but only one secured. 

 This is the first instance of the occurrence of a Dryinid larva 

 on the ventral side of a native Delphacid host, they usually 

 being on dorsal side. 



Calandra reuioia. — Mr. Swezey exhibited 65 specimens of 

 this weevil found at base of one banana plant in his garden at 

 Kaimuki, May 27, 1920. They were beneath the dried-up leaf 

 sheaths, but apparently had matured from larvae that had fed 

 in the corm below the surface of the ground. 



Ncsiomiris. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a series of seven 

 species of this endemic genus of Miridae, all of which are 

 sufficiently similar to agree with the description of the single 

 species described, A^ hawaiiensis Kirkaldy. They are easily 

 separated by the genitalia of the male, the characters being 

 easily seen without dissection. "The males are usually dark 

 green and the females paler or more yellowish green. Two 

 species have been found on Oahu, on Byronia and Reynoldsia, 

 three taken on Haleakala, Maui, one of these on Byronia, and 

 three collected in Kona and Kau, Hawaii, on Byronia, Cheiro- 

 dendron, and Reynoldsia, the one on the last-mentioned tree 

 being the same as the Oahu species on the same plant. 



Maui and Hawaii Insects. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a col- 

 lection of insects made during the summer of 1919 on Maui and 

 Hawaii. In the collection was a specimen of Sidamita liina- 

 lilo, taken on Freycinetia arhorea, at Kealakekua, Kona, Island 

 of Hawaii, 3500 feet elevation ; also a specimen of Orothreptes 

 callithrix, taken on Pisonia, in the same locality. 



JULY 1st, 1920. 



The 178th meetirg of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 

 was held in the usual place. In the absence of the officers, Mr. 

 Giffard presided and appointed Mr. Timberlake as acting Sec- 

 retary. Other members present were Messrs. Ehrhorn, Muir. 



