Oct., '09] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 365 



The fifty-third meeting of the Hawaiian Entomological So- 

 ciety was held in the library of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' 

 Experiment Station, July i, 1909. 



Mr. Swezey, exhibited specimens of a lepidopterous leaf 

 miner, Gracilaria uiabaella n. sp., in Hawaiian Ebony (Maba 

 sandwichensis) , and red notes on its life history. 



Mr. Terry read a paper entitled "Notes on Some Common 

 Introduced Insects in Hawaii also Observed in South China;" 

 Lepidoptera i, Coleoptera 2, Hymenoptera 2, Orthoptera 2, 

 Diptera 6. Total 13 spp. 



The fifty-fourth regular meeting of the Hawaiian Entomo- 

 logical Society was held in the library of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experiment Station, August 5, 1909. 



Mr. Kuhns read a few notes on a number of well-known 

 insects observed on a recent trip to Maui, having unusual habits. 



Mr. Kotinsky gave interesting notes on Aspidiotus destructor. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a jar of corn from Kula, Maui, at- 

 tacked by the sugar cane borer Sphcnophorus obscurus (Col.) 



Mr. Swezey gave the following corrections in name of a 

 Tortricid whose habits were given by him in a previous paper 

 under the name Eiiannonia. He had recently determined it 

 to be Adenoneura falsifolccllnin ]} 7 lsm. He also gave some 

 notes on Dromacolus bonvouloiri Shp., a Encnemid with very 

 peculiar larvae living in rotten wood. 



DANIEL B. KUHNS, Secretary. 



A meeting of the Newark Entomological Society was held 

 on March 14, 1909, at Turn Hall. The President was in the 

 chair and nineteen members present. 



Messrs. F. B. Monaghan, of Newark, and Henry Hofer, 

 of Paterson, were elected members. 



Mr. Buchholz reported the capture of Xylina grotci at Eliza- 

 beth, February 22d. 



Prof. Wormsbacher remarked that Phyciodcs m\cteis was 

 locally common in 1908. 



Mr. I'rehme presented a paper entitled "N'otes on Some 

 New Jersey Lepidoptera" in which he reviewed the Rhopalocera 



