Hoiiolnlu. Fonr siDeciiueiis of a l>lack Clieloiin.s wasj) and 4 

 speeiineiis of a small Oiifli(){>Jia(ju.'< beetle were liberated in H(,»- 

 nohdu and at Wahiawa respectively by D. T. Fullaway. The 

 Coeciiiellids are also being bred in the laboratory. All this 

 material was recently bronght by Mv. Williams from llerberr 

 Hiver, Xorthern (^neensland. 



tiyrphid flics from Culifoniid. — Mi'. Oslxtrn reported the 

 breeding and liberation of a mixed colony uf abont GO adults 

 of Eupeoch's ruhwris. ^^^Jrl)lnls (inierlcdnu.'i and possibly other 

 species. These were first placed in a large cage containing 

 aphids on cane in order to give opportunity for mating, and 

 then released on the H. S. P. A. Station grounds. This 

 material was forwarded from the California State Insectary 

 at Sacramento. 



OCTOBER 2nd, 101!). 



The inOrh meeting of the Society M'as held in the nsnal 

 place, President Giffard in the cliair. Other members ])re.sent: 

 Messrs. Bridwell, Bryan, Ehrhorn, Osborn, Rosa, Swezey, 

 Timberlake and Williams. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Bridwell was appoint- 

 ed Secretary pro tern. 



Minutes of the ])revious meeting were read and ajiproved. 



PAPERS. 



The Tahiti Coconut Weevil, Calandra taitensis Guerin, 

 in Hawaii. 



1!V (). II. SWKZEY. 



This insect was described from Tahiti in 1840, by Guorin, 

 in Iconographie der Regne Animal, page 171. and figuv(Ml on 

 plate 30, Fig. 4. 



Doane, in Xotes on Insects Aft'ectinii ihe ("ocoinil Trees of 



Proc. Haw. Entom. Soc. 1\'. Xo. 2, June, 1920. 



