PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Hawaiian Entomological Society 



V..1. \\\ Xn. 1. Foit TiiK Veak lOlS. JrxE, 1019. 



JAXUARY 3rd, 1918. 



TIk' one hundred forty-eighth meeting of the Society was 

 hehl in the nsnal phice. President Pemberton in the chair. 

 Other niend)ers |)r(\sent : Mes'si-s Bridwell, Crawford, Elirhorn, 

 FnHaway, ^Nfant, Swezey, Tiniberhike and Willard. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved, with cor- 

 rections. 



EXTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Lepidoptera from India. — Mr. Mant exhibited a collection 

 of Lepidoptera from Sikkim, India, including one specimen 

 from Am. 



Vanessa iammeampa. — ^fr. Swezey reported seeing a Ka- 

 mehameha l)uttei'ily in his garden at Kainiuki. The insect 

 seldom conies down from the mountain forests where its native 

 food-plant (Pipfuriis) grows. 



Pantala fJavcscens. — .Mr. Pemberton reported finding a 

 specimen of this dragonfly 15 miles from land in the channel 

 between Oahu and Molokai. 



riinra sp. — ]\[r. Pemberton exhibited a series of a Plmi'id 

 fly l)red from decaying pinea])ples. 



Sicrola from Fiji. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding a species 



