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found, nor larvae, but the presence nf the pnpal cells in the 

 wood is taken as sufficient indication of the existence of the 

 weevil in the forest at the extreme southeastern end of the 

 Koolau Range. The beetle has hitherto been known only on 

 Mt. Tantalus, Kaumuahona, J.anihuli and Palolo Valley. Xo 

 doubt it will eventually be found to occur tliruout the forests 

 of this Island wherever its host plant occurs. 



Mr. Crawford spoke at some length on three projects for 

 universities of tropical agriculture. 



FEBRUARY 6th, 1919. 



The 161st meeting of the Society was held in the usual 

 place. President Giffard in the chair. Other members pres- 

 ent: Messrs. Bridwell, Crawford, Ehrhorn. Fnllaway, Lang- 

 ford, Muir, Pemberton, Swezey, Timberlake and Williams. 



]\Tinutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



xoTES AXD Exiii r.nio.xs. 



Halictidae. — Mr. Bridwell read the translation of a poj-tion 

 of de Walckenaers Memoires pour Servis a I'Histoire Xaturelle 

 des Abeilles solitaires, que composent le genre Halicte, pub- 

 lished in 1817, on the habits of this family of bees. 



Psycliodld. — ]\Ir. Bridwell reported finding a Psychodid 

 fly very common now at Waikiki. Tt is Idaek. and quite dif- 

 ferent from the Psychodid fly usually taken at light. 



Apion sp. — Mr. ]\[uir exhibited a specimen of this Curcu- 

 liouid found crawling up a slat on a fern house in Manoa 

 Valley, January 26th, 1919. Tlie species is near to but dis- 

 tinct from Apion pennsylvanica, judging from the description 

 of that species. Tt is the first record of the finding of an 

 Apion in Honolulu. 



Psyllidae. — Mr. Crawford reported that the examination 

 of a small collection of Hawaiian Psvllids referred to him bv 



