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-collection of Hawaiian Psvllids of Mr. Giffard's which he had 

 been workino- up have been tnrned over to Mr. Giffard who in 

 turn will place them in the Collection of the Hawaiian Entomo- 

 logical Society. The list is as follows: Trioza lanaiensis, T. 

 pullafa, T. Imwaiiensis, Ilevaheva hyaUna, H. giffardi. The 

 stipulation by Mr. Giffard was that his types should not leave 

 the Territory, altho the Society might itself provide for their 

 disposition in case it conld no longer care for them. The re- 

 maining of ]\rr. Crawford's species of Hawaiian Psyllidae 

 have also been turned over to the same collection. 



Futassium cyanide iiiucidation. — Mr. Crawford called at- 

 tention to a note in Science, page 344, April 5, 1918, in regard 

 to killing Coccidae by inoculating potassium cyanide into trees. 

 He also made some remarks on the very extensive work on 

 Philipi^ine insects and fungi by C. F. Baker, Dean of the 

 College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. 



JL^E ()TH, 1918. 



The one hundred fifty-third meeting of the Society was 

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

 Other members present : ^lessrs. Ehrhorn, Fullaway, Giffard, 

 Rosa, Swezey, Timberlake, Willard and Williams. 



^linutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



]Mr. Giffard as committee on seeking financial assistance, 

 reported that he had received favorable response from the Trus- 

 tees of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, A vote of 

 thanks was extended to Mr. Giffard for his efforts on behalf of 

 the Society. 



Committee on Exchanges presented a list of institutions 

 with whom it was considered desirable to offer exchange of 

 publications. It was voted that the Secretary address a letter 

 to each institution inviting an exchange of publications. 



