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Dolichurus stantoni Ashmead. — I collected this Philippine 

 roach parasite at Lihue and at Waimea at the edge of cane 

 fields. This was first liberated in Makiki Valley near Hono- 

 lulu in 1917. No attempt was ever made to spread it, but it 

 has already reached Kauai and become widely dispersed there, 

 for the two places mentioned are thirty miles apart. 



Megachile timberlakei Ckll. — I collected this bee in company 

 with M. palmarum Perkins at Waimea. 



Pison argcntatum Ashm. — This wasp was collected in com- 

 pany with P. iridipcnnis at Waimea. 



Dcndryphantes sp. — This is a- jumping spider first found in 

 Honolulu about 1911. It is distinguished by the male having 

 red on the back. I found it in a number of places on the 

 lowlands of Kauai. 



Other Records of Interest. 



Atractomorpha crenaticeps Blanch. — This grasshopper was 

 found on Kauai for the first time in 1917, at Makaweli. I now 

 found it at Puu Ka Pele (3500 feet) and at Lihue (1000 feet). 



Monocrcpidiiis cxsul Sharp. — This Elaterid, whose predacious 

 larv^ae have lately become a pest in cane fields in the Hamakua 

 district of Hawaii, I collected abundantly at lights at Waimea. 

 I also found it wherever I went in various parts of the island. 



OrtJwdera prasina Burm.— This little Mantid, known only 

 at Kilauea Plantation, I found a nymph of at the coast near 

 Haena cave. 



Records of Native Insects. 



Kelisia swcceyi Kirkaldy. — I collected this little leafhopper 

 in tussocks of Bragrostis in Olokele Canyon at 1400 feet eleva- 

 tion. The first record of the species on that island. 



Kelisia sporohoUcola Kirkaldy. — I collected this species 

 abundantly on the grass, Sporoholns virgimcus, at the beach 

 near the barking sands of ]\Iana. I also secured two specimens 

 from Eragrostis at Puu Ka Pele at 3500 feet elevation. The 

 first record of the species for the island. 



Melanocrabro discrepans Gififard. — I secured four males of 

 this rare wasp on the trail following the Kauai Electric Power 



