459 

 APRIL 1st, 1920. 



The 175th meeting' of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 

 was held at the usual place with Mr. Crawford in the Chair. 

 Other members present were Messrs. Bridwell, Bryan, Ehrhorn. 

 Giffard, Osborn, Rosa, Swezey, Timberlake and Williams, and 

 Messrs. J. Aug. Kusche and C. P. Clausen,, visitors. 



In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Timberlake was ap- 

 pointed by the Chair as Secretary pro tenr., and the minutes of 

 the last meeting were then read and approved. 



Mr. Crawford reported that the Executive Committee had 

 voted to sell the Society's set of the Review of Applied En- 

 tomology to Mr. Ehrhorn's office at $3.00 per volume, and the 

 set of Pomona Journal of Entomology to the Planters' Experi- 

 ment Station for $5.00; he also reported that the Executive 

 Conmiittee had appointed Mr. Swezey, editor, Mr. Pemberton 

 librarian, and Mr. Timberlake custodian of the type collection. 



Mr. Crawford then spoke of the preparations that had been 

 made for the Pan-Pacific Scientific Congress to be held in 

 Honolulu in August, and that the Executive Committee had 

 recommended to Dr. Gregory that Dr. L. O. Howard of Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Prof. C. F. Baker of Los Banos, Philippine 

 Islands, and Dr. R. J. Tillyard of New South Wales, ^Australia, 

 should be brought to Honolulu to attend the Congress, with 

 Dr. X'ernon Kellogg of Stanford L^niversity as alternate, if 

 Dr. Howard could not be induced to come. A list of other 

 prominent entomologists was also submitted to Dr. Gregory, 

 with a recommendation that a Vv'arm invitation to attend the 

 Congress be extended to them. Mr. Crawford also reported 

 that the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association had been asked 

 to contribute to the funds of the Congress an amount to be 

 used only for defraying the expenses of the entomologists 

 named above. 



The Society by unanimous vote approved of the action of 

 the Executive Committee in regard to this Congress. 



