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39. *Walker, F. a., Catalog of the specimens of neuropterous insects 



in the collection of the British Museum, London, 1852. 

 Myrineloii perjurus n. sp., p. 340; M. violcntus n. sp., p. 348, are 

 described. 



40. MoTscHULSKY, ViCTOR DE, Etudes entomologiques, 1852: Soc. Lit. 



Finnoise, 1853. (AF) 



Under synonymies (p. 76), the author states: "Ptagithmysus pulveru- 

 lentus Esch. decrit et figure dans le nieme ouvrage, appartient au genre Oene- 

 mona Newman." 



41. Smith, Frederick, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the col- 



lection of the British Museum, London, 1853. (HSPA) 

 Prosopis antliracina n.sp. and P. flavipes n.sp., from the Hawaiian 

 islands, are described (pt. i, p. 23). 



42. Chamberlain, Warren, Report of the committee on the honey bee: 



Roy. Haw. Agric. Soc. Trans., vol. 2, No. i, pp. 53-57, also 

 letter from C. R. Bishop, pp. 57-60, Honolulu, 1854. (BM) 

 This paper discusses the difficulties encountered in an attempt to in- 

 troduce honey bees. 



43. SiGNORET, DocTEUR V., Revue iconographique des Tettigonides : 



Soc. Ent. France Ann., p. 15, pi. i (colored), fig. 15, 1854. 

 (HSPA) 

 Describes Tettigoniu vcvicolor n.sp., Honolulu, coll. Boheman et Sig- 

 noret. 



44. *Stal, Carl. Nya Hemiptera: Ofv. af K. Vet.-Ak. Forh.. vol. 9. 



1854. 

 Includes a reference to Dclphax pulchra Stal. 



45. Marsh, J. W., Report on birds, bees, insects, and worms : Roy. 



Agric. Soc. Trans., vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 47-50, Honolulu, 1855. 

 (BM) 



This is a purely economic paper dealing with pests and suggesting the 

 introduction of natural enemies, various' sorts being enumerated. 



46. KnudsEn, ValdEmar, Report on worms: Roy. Haw. Agric. Sec. 



Trans., vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 94-97, Honolulu, 1856. (BM) 

 Contains interesting suggestions for the control of cutworms by pro- 

 tecting natural enemies and importing others, such as the black ant of North 

 America. 



47. Smith, Frederick, Catalogtie of hymenoterous insects in the col- 



lections of the British Museum, London, 1856. (HSPA) 

 Crabro unicolor (pt. 4, p. 421), C. distinctus (p. 422), and Mimcsa 

 antennata (p. 431), described from the "Sandwich Islands." 



48. BoHEMAN^ C. H., Coleoptera: Voyage de "I'Eugenie." Insecta, pp. 



1-112, pi. I, Stockholm. 1858. (BM) 



The following species' are described from Honolulu : Calleida insularis, 

 p. 4. also found in Tahiti; Calleida amoemtlo, p. 4; Lebia insularis, p. 6, 

 also found in Tahiti ; Selenophorus insularis, p. 10 ; Selenophorus picinus, p. 

 II; Trechus fasciatus, p. 17; Canthon balteatus, p. 41; Onthophagus nuitictis, 

 p. 48; Ammophorus insularis, p. 89. 



