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stated also that the determinations had been verified by Ferris. 
Rhipicephalus sanguineus—-Mr. Fullaway reported that this 
dog tick had been very abundant about Honolulu during the 
past summer, and that there were apparently two species. 
Specimens were sent to Mr. G. W. F. Nuttall, who determined 
them to be all one species, Mr. Fullaway stated that this is 
the first time the dog ticks from Hawaii have been definitely 
determined by an authority. 
Formicaleo wilsont McLachl.— Mr. Bryan exhibited six 
specimens of this ant lion collected by W. H. Meinecke at 
Puukamaoa, Kau, Hawaii, September 2, 1921, 1950 feet eleva- 
tion. He stated that they were comparatively common but 
hard to catch. They were previously collected by Swezey in 
1919 near Kawaihae, Hawaii (Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., v. IV, 
p. 338); Giffard, five specimens at Kau, Hawaii, December, 
1911 (v. Il, p. 228); and by Ehrhorn, Perkins and others in 
Kau. Also seen by Swezey just below Pahala Mill, Kau, 1905 
Guo piy2Z28))- 
Xystrocera globosa Oliver—Mr. Bryan exhibited a female 
specimen of this borer, caught by Robert Plunkett in the Kame- 
hameha School grounds November 3, 1921. A discussion of 
its habit of attacking only injured or dying parts of the monkey 
pod tree followed. 
North American Syrphidae—Mr. Bryan read a list of a 
representative collection of North American Syrphidae which 
has been received by the Bishop Museum from W. M. David- 
son of Vienna, Virginia. They were collected both in the East, 
and southern and central California. 
Prosbole hirsuta, a ‘fossil Homopteron—Mr. Muir showed 
Handlirsch’s figure of the upper Permain fossil Prosbole hir- 
suta and specimens of Homoptera of the family Tropiduchidae, 
pointing out the similarity both in the venation and in the heter- 
opterus condition of the tegmen of many species belonging to 
the family Tropiduchidae. In Prosbole the anal furrow is 
behind the cubitus, as it is in Homoptera, whereas in Hemiptera 
Comstock and Needham consider that it is before the cubitus; 
there is no sign of the median furrow which is present in so 
many Heteroptera. These points are all in favor of its being a 
