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Culex sp.—Mr. Ehrhorn called attention to specimens of a 
mosquito which he collected at Kahala. He reported that this 
species does not make any sound when attacking at night, 
whereas Culex quinquemaculata does make a sound ; and inquired 
if any member of the society had made the same observations. 
Importation of birds—Mr. Ehrhorn reported that the Board 
of Agriculture and Forestry had permitted the landing of six 
peewees for liberation on the Parker Ranch on Hawaii. He 
stated that these birds included in their diet certain soft snails 
in which the liver fluke passes part of its life cycle. 

SERRE MBDRe/ a1922. 
The 202d meeting of the Society was held in the usual place, 
with Vice-President Fullaway presiding. Other members present 
Messrs. Bissell, Crawford, Giffard, Rosa, Swezey, Timberlake, 
and Wilder. In the absence of the Secretary, Mr. Swezey was 
appointed secretary pro tem. 
Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
PAPERS. 
* “A Study of the Male Genitalia of the Hawaiian Cixiidae 
(Homoptera). Part I. Iolania Kirkaldy.” 
BY WALTER M. GIFFARD. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 
Exillis lepidus Jordan.—Mr. Fullaway reported that he had 
recently received a letter from Dr. K. Jordan giving this as the 
name for this immigrant Anthribid beetle. It had recently been 
described in The Entomologist, Vol. LV, p. 152, 1922. It is the 
insect mentioned as “A New Anthribid” on page 273, Vol. III 
of. Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc., 1917; and as “Lawsomao-sp.,- Proc. 
Haw. nt: Soc.) Vi, pp. souands7.5, 1927, 
Pheidole megacephala—Mr. Crawford reported the apparent 
scarcity of this ant during the past eight months in Manoa 
Valley. It has been replaced by the tiny yellow ant, Plagiolepis 

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