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AOTKS AND KX II I UlTIO-X S. 



Scypophonis sp. — Mr. Miiir exhibited a large blaek weevil 

 captured l)eeeinl)er 17th. 1918, while crawlino- on a hasenient 

 window of I he Suitar Phmters" Expcriinciir Sijitioii. It was 

 found to be a npeeies near to S. (tciipinicfahis. of which rhere 

 are specimens in the Harford \' Uaron collection of .Viucrican 

 (■oleoptera ovv'ued l)y My. W. \\. (iifl'ard. In regard lu the 

 habits of the weevils of this genus, one is known u> li\c ai ihc 

 base of the yucca ]ilant and another is injurious to sisal in 

 Yucatan. It is the tirst record of the tin<ling of anything of 

 the kind here, and (piite unex])hiinable how This singh' speci- 

 men could have made its arrival here. 



Tr'ioinjmiLS insuJarls and ()dona.'<pis ridhae. — ^fr. Khi'lioni 

 recorded the finding of these two scales on Eragroslh from 

 Koko Head, handed him by My. W . M. (Hffard, Deceml»er It'.. 

 1918. lie mentioned Pscudococciis eraf/rostldi'< as a third 

 species known to oceui' on this grass. 



Rhyncoplioroiis larvae.- — Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a vial con- 

 taining 122 larvae of a rhyncophorous beetle, found in (|uar- 

 autine inspection work in soil at the base of a Thuya plant 

 fi'om Japan. 



Snio.ri/loii coiiirjeniiii. — Mr. Swezey exhibited ])ieccs of 

 bran(dies of the algaroba tree slidwiug the work of the ailults 

 (if this beetle. The specimens of wood were taken from a 

 fallen tree that had been down about three weeks. In each 

 instance a beetle liad Inirrowod into the liranch and cut away 

 so much that it nearly se\'ered tlic bi-anch, very much a> does 

 the well-known ti'ee-prunei- in oak and hickory trees of Amer- 

 ica, so that tluy- broke ofl" veiw readily. The branches were 

 one inch to an inch and a lialf in diameter. 



Nesotocus gijfardi. — M\. Swezey exhil)ited ])ieces of 

 branches of the Cheirodendron tree showing the characteristic 

 ])upal cells of this large weevil. They were cidlected in the 

 forest on the i'i(l<i(> at Kuliouou. Dec. 22nd. Xo beetles were 



