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February 18 and April 5, 1922, eighty-two seedling plants were 
obtained. 
As a check, 100 non-infested seeds were similarly planted, 
and ninety-five seedlings were secured. This is a further demon- 
stration of the fact that the Agromyzid does not thoroughly 
destroy the embryos of the lantana seeds. 
Note on fumigation with carbon bisulphid. — Mr. Ehrhorn 
exhibited a dry limb of Paulownia imperiahs from Japan, which 
was imported for use as floats for fish-nets. Upon its arrival, 
this limb contained a nest of ants, and was fumigated with 
carbon bisulphid. He called particular attention to the fact that 
the hollow center of the limb, used by the ants as a nest, had a 
very small entrance hole at one end, through which the carbon 
bisulphid fumes successfully penetrated and killed all of the 
ants during an exposure of forty-eight hours. 
An undetermined fly.*—Mr. Illingworth reported the finding 
of a new fly at Kaimuki. He noticed them flying in a group like 
Syrphid flies, but he had not yet established their identity. 
MAY 4, 1922. 
The 199th meeting of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 
was held at the experiment station of the Hawaiian Sugar 
Planters’ Association, with Vice-President Fullaway in the chair. 
Other members present were Messrs. Bissell, Crawford, Bryan, 
Ehrhorn, Giffard, Ilingworth, Swezey, Timberlake, Rosa, Wil- 
lard, and Williams. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
Mr. Swezey reported the receipt from the printers, of the 
new indexes for Vols. I and IV of the Proceedings. 
PAPERS. 
“Halobates in Hawaii (Hemiptera).” 
BY E, H. BRYAN, JR. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 
Tinea pelionella—Mr. Swezey exhibited a specimen of this 

* Later determined by Dr. Aldrich as Limnophora arcuata Stein. [Ed.] 
