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has niidei'takcn to carry out the Avork of cradicaliiiji" thi~ fol- 

 ony. ^fr. Giffard oonsidered that tlu- area liad iidt ]hh-\\ in- 

 fested for a gi'eater time than six ov seven niontlis. 



x()VF;^rp>EK (uh. 1010. 



The 170th nieetiui;' of rhc Society Avas held in the ii>nal 

 place, Vice-President Crawford in the chair. Other iiieiid»ers 

 present : Messrs. Bridwell, Bryan, Ehrhorn, Pend)erton, Pot- 

 ter, Rosa, Swezey, and Timberlake. 



In the ahsence of the Seci'ctary, Mr. liridwcll was ap]>oiiiteil 

 Secretary pro teni. 



Minntes of previons meeting were read and a])])roved. 



A Committee was a])pointed to prepare an achlitional li.-r 

 of connnon names for Hawaiian economic insects. ]\ressrs. 

 Timl)er]ake, Pemherton, and Bridwell. 



PAPERS. 



Some new Hawaiian Coleoptera. 



BY DR. R. C. T.. PKPMCTXS, PAIGNTOX, EXGT.AXD. 

 ( Presented by Mr. Swezey. ) 



This ])a|)ei" deals Avith a small consiouiiiciit nf hccrlcs \)0- 

 loni>ini>' to the Loni2,iconis of the ti'iljc Plaiiithmysiiii, anil to 

 the family Proterhinidae, r<'cently sent to me iov detei-mination 

 and description by ]\ressi's. (). IF. Swezey and >] . C. Pridwell. 

 File ty])e .specimens of the new .s])ecies in this lot Avill be de- 

 posited ill the eolleciioiis of the Hawaiian Knt :iiii(»loo-ical S(V 

 ciety. In addition to these I have describe(l a fi'W new >])ecies 

 of Pi-ofcrlinnis of my own collectinii' which I iiad oeea-ion to 

 examine in the conrse of workini>' ont the oilie.s. The iv|)es 

 of these are in my own collection. 



The specimens sent had been collected with <:i'eat cai'e and 

 in nearly every case the trees or ])lants on which they were 

 fonnd had been carefnlly noted. This is of iii'cnt inipoi'rance 



