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rial becomes a slow process. Mr. Timberlake also exhibited 
another specimen strictly congeneric with Mr. Swezey’s, which 
he collected from a Raillardia tree on Haleakala, Maui, at an 
elevation of about 5800 feet, July 22, 1919. The association 
of this unnamed genus with Compositae is therefore more 
assured, and this is easily explained if the species are really 
parasitic in Tephritis, as species of the latter breed in the 
flower heads of both Dubautia and Raillardia. 
Insects on Chinese cabbage—Mr. Whitney exhibited three 
species of insects intercepted in quarantine, on Chinese cabbage 
from San Francisco. 
Syrphidae: Melanostoma stegnum (Say) and Syrphus sp. 
Anthomyiidae: Phorbia fusciceps (Zett.), commonly known 
as the seed-corn maggot. 
PE BRUARY 3, 1921. 
The 185th meeting of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 
was held at the experiment station of the H. S. P. A., with 
Mr. Timberlake presiding. Other members present were 
Messrs. Crawford, Ehrhorn, Giffard, Muir, Osborn, Swezey, 
Whitney, and Willard. Mr. T. L. Bissell and Dr. L. O. Kunkel 
were visitors. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read 
and corrected. 
Mr. Swezey gave an interesting report on his attendance 
of the meetings of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science, American Association of Economic Entomolo- 
gists, and Entomological Society of America, held at Chicago 
University, December 27 to 31, 1920. 
Mr. T. L. Bissell was nominated for active membership in 
the Society. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 
Mitrastethus bituberculatus (Fabr.)—Mr. Swezey exhibited 
a specimen of this weevil, identified by Dr. Marshall of the 
British Museum, who stated that it was a New Zealand species. 
A letter from Commander J. J. Walker, President of the 
_ Entomological Society of London, states that he has found this 
