Ilcto-ospiliis jirosopidis. One specimen taken on a cane leaf 

 at Waihiku. It is the introduced ]iarasite on the al)Ove 

 Brnchid. 



Diacliiis auratas. Six specimens taken on flowers of Lu- 

 caciKi (jldiica at Laliaina. 



C'dhindni linearis var. siridfiis. Several dead specimens in 

 old tamarind pods at Lahaina. 



><c]iistoceros cornutus 'di\d Sinoxylon conlgennn. liotli 

 these beetles fonnd in the branches of a dying Hibiscns in a 

 hedge at Wailnkn. 



Catoratna me.ricana. One specimen in tamarind, pod at 

 Lahaina. 



FEBRUARY Tth, 1918. 



The one hundred forty-ninth meeting of the Society was 

 held in the usual place. President Pemberton in the chair. 

 Other members present: Messrs. Bridwell, Crawford. Fulla- 

 way, Gift'ard, Mant, Swezev, Timberlake, Wilder, and Wil- 

 liams. 



^linutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



KOTES AXD EXHIIUTrOXS. 



Bniclius pruininus. — Mr. Bridwell gave some notes on the 

 habits of this beetle in Honoluhi. ]Mr. Swezey reported having 

 colected it last year at Chico, California, where it breeds in the 

 seeds of the black locust. 



Halohates sp.— ]\Ir. Pend)erton reported again finding this 

 nuirine bug numerous along the beach at Waikiki during a 

 heavy ''kona" storm. They appear, according to his observa- 

 tion, only when the wind blows steadily from the south for two 

 or three days. 



Samoan Insects. — Mr. Giffard exhibited a small lot of 

 insects from American Samoa, collected bv Dr. TI. C. Kellers, 



