Illingivorth — Early references to Haiuaiian entoinologv 45 



ian Islands ; in none have such extraordinarj' results followed the introduction 

 of beneficial species to destroy them," 



179. Perkins, R. C. L., Notes on Oligotoma insnlaris McLach. (Embii- 



dae) and its immature conditions: Ent. Month. Mag., 2d ser., 

 vol. 8, pp. 56-58, London, 1897. (BM) (AF) 

 Discusses development and habits. 



180. *Perkins, R. C. L-, Notes on some Hawaiian insects: Phil. Soc. 



Cambridge Proc, vol. 9, pp. 373-380, 1897. 



181. Sh.\rp, D.wid, On Plagithmysus, a Hawaiian genus of longicorn 



Coleoptera: Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 33, suppl. p. 12, London, 



1897. (AF) (HSPA) 



Description given of Plagithmysus albertisi n. sp., collected in West Ho- 

 nolulu by Signor d'Albertis in 1874. 



182. Walsingham, Lord, Western equitorial African Microlepidoptera : 



Ent. Soc. London Trans., pp. 33-67, pis. 2, 3, 1897. 

 Describes Monopis Hb. {Blabophancs Z.) longella Wlk. recorded from 

 the Hawaiian islands (Honolulu). 



183. Alfken, J. D., Megachile schauinslandi n.sp. Eine neu Megachile- 



art aus Honolulu: Ent. Nachr., vol. 24, pp. 340-341, 1898. 

 (HSPA) 



184. Clark, B. O., Official bulletin of the Bureau of Agriculture: The 



Hawaiian, vol. i, p. 6, Honolulu, Aug. 13, 1898. 



The Hawaiian was a weekly newspaper which started February 12. l8g8, 

 its object being to advertise the islands. Mr. Clark, then secretary and com- 

 missioner of the Hawaiian Bureau of Agriculture, edited a page dealing with 

 agricultural subjects. The only complete file, so far as known is owned by 

 Mrs. B. J. Mesick, 2029 Beckley Street, Honolulu, widow of the editor, L. H. 

 Mesick. This; the first reference dealing with the melon fly {Dacus cu- 

 curbitac Coq.) in Hawaii or elsewhere, consists of correspondence. A letter 

 dated August 8, 1898, from L. C. Swain, Laupahoehoe, Hawaii, described this 

 new pest, which he had observed affecting pumpkins, squashes, beans, to- 

 matoes, and watermelons. Mr. Clark, in his' reply gave the life history of 

 the flies, which he had observed carefully the previous year near Honolulu ; 

 he also suggested measures of control. 



A complete copy of this correspondence appears in Haw. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. Rept. for 1907, pp. 30-31, also in U. S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 491, pp. 57-58. 

 1917. 



185. CoCKERELL, T. D. A., The Coccidae of the Sandwich Islands: Ent., 



vol. 31, pp. 239-240, London, 1898. 



The species described are : Icerya purchasi Mask., Sphacrococcus bam- 

 busae Mask,, Astcrolecaniiim pustulans Ckll., Dactylopins cilri Risso., D. al- 

 bizziae Mask., D. vastator Mask., D. virgatus Mask. (syn. ceriferus Newst.), 

 Ceroplastes rubens Mask., Lecanium nigrum Nietn., L. nigrum, var, depres- 

 sum Targ., L. hesperidum L., L. oleae Bern., L. acuminatum Sign., L. longu- 

 lum Dough, Pulvinaria mammeae Mask., P. psidii Mask., Aspidiotus aurantii 

 Mask., A. longispina Morg., A. hederae Vail., var. nerii Bouche, A. cydoniac 

 Comst., A. maskelli Ckll, A. persearum n. sp. A. perniciosus Comst., Mytilaspis 

 gloverii Pack., M. hawaiiensis Mask., (as var. of flava), M. pomorum 

 Bouche, M. pallida Green, var, maskelli Ckll., Howardia biclavis Comst., var. 



