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obtained from Captain Thomas Brown, author of a Manual of New 

 Zealand Coleoptera is a specimen of the species under consideration. 

 It lives according to this author* in the wood of the Kauri Dammara 

 a list mils and is placed by him among the Cryptorhynchidae and re- 

 ferred to Mitrastethus Redt.f It should be eliminated from our list. 

 W. G. DIETZ, M. D. 



Doings of Societies. 



The fifty-fifth regular meeting of the Hawaiian Entomolo- 

 gical Society was held in the library of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experiment Station September 9, 1909. 



Mr. Swezey presented a generic synopsis of Hawaiian Mi- 

 crolepidoptera. 



Air. Fullaway exhibited a collection of insects recently col- 

 lected on Molokai and read notes on same. 



Mr. Terry presented notes on Syritta oceanica (Dip.). 



Mr. Kirkaldy reported the Mantid Tenodera sinensis from 

 Kohala, Hawaii. 



Mr. Kotinsky exhibited a Pseudococcus, possibly new, from 

 Tantalus, Oa.hu. 



DANIEL B. KUHNS, Secretary. 



The fifty-sixth regular meeting of the Hawaiian Entomolo- 

 gical Society was held in the library of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experiment Station October 7, 1909. 



Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a series of Scutellerine bugs of 

 several species to show the color variation. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens and gave descriptions and 

 notes on life history of some new Hawaiian Lepidoptera. 



DANIEL B. KUHNS, Secretary. 



The fifty-seventh regular meeting of the Hawaiian Entomo- 

 logical Society was held in the library of the Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Experiment Station November 4, 1909. 



Mr. E. M. Ehrhorn was elected to regular membership and 



Op. cit. p. 504. 

 f Voy. Novara. 



