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Ichneumon purpuripennis. Allograpta obliqua. 
Bassus laetatorius. Frontina archippivora. 
Angitia hawaiviensis. Chrysomyia dux. 
Pheidole megacephala. Sarcophaga pallinervis. 
Trichogramma sp. Stomorhina pleuralis. 
DIPTERA. Lyperosia irritans. 
Psychoda sp. Musca domestica. 
Eristalis tena. SIPHONAPTERA. 
Xanthogramma grandicornis. Saxcopsylla gallinacea. 
JULY 7th, 1921. 
The 189th meeting of the Society was held in the usual 
place, President Timberlake presiding. Other members pres- 
‘ent: Messrs. Bissell, Crawford, Ehrhorn, Fullaway, Grinnell, 
Muir, Swezey and Wilder, and Dr. Kunhi Kannan of Banga- 
lore, India, visitor. 
In the absence of the secretary, Mr. Swezey was appointed 
secretary pro tem. 
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, 
with a few corrections. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 
ee Amblyteles purpuripennis—Mr. Fullaway reported that 
specimens of this Ichneumon forwarded to the U. S. National 
Museum for determination, have been identified with purpuri- 
pennis (Cresson), a California species, by Mr. Cushman. This 
is one of the species introduced by Mr. Koebele about twenty- 
five years ago, probably at the same time that koebelei was 
introduced. 
Buprestid larva—Mr. Ehrhorn reported finding Buprestid 
larvae in bamboo, imported from Japan, at a Japanese store, 
the bamboo being so much eaten as to be readily crushed. 
Pleistodontes froggatti—Mr. Muir reported the establish- 
ment of this fig wasp on the Moreton Bay fig tree at Emma 
Square. A large number of the insects were liberated on the 
tree in February, and just recently a crop of figs has matured 
on the tree for the first time in its history, and when the fallen 
figs were examined they were found to have the exit holes 
where the insects had issued. 
Nitidulid beetles in pineapples—Mr. Crawford called atten- 
