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as Bruchus amicus Horn, and stated that several specimens had 
been forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Entomology, Wash- 
ington, D. C., for verification of his determination. The first 
specimen was obtained by Mr. Bissell at the U. S. entomologi- 
cal laboratory, January 18, 1923, where it was bred from pods 
of Prosopis juliflora collected in Honolulu. One specimen of 
this same species was collected by Mr. Swezey at the U. S. 
Experiment Station and reported in the meeting of the society 
on April 5, as a new immigrant Bruchid. Mr. Bissell stated 
that it has since been bred very numerously from both green 
and ripe pods of P. juliflora, which had been collected at vari- 
ous places, Wailupe wireless station and a point two miles 
beyond Waipahu on the Ewa road. 
OCTOBER 451923: 
The 214th meeting was held at 2:30 p. m. at the usual place, 
President Muir presiding. Other members present: Messrs. 
Bryan, Crawford, Fullaway, Giffard, Timberlake, and Willard. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The Secretary reported that the Executive Committee had 
considered the request for financial assistance for publication 
of the Zoological Record. The Committee recommended that 
no funds of the Society be used for this purpose, since it 1s 
necessary to obtain outside assistance each year to pay for its 
own publications. The great value of the Zoological Record 
to systematic workers in all branches of Zoology was recog- 
nized by the Committee, and it was their opinion that voluntary 
subscriptions from the members of the Society might be secured 
for this purpose. 
Upon motion by Mr. Giffard, it was voted that the report 
of the Executive Committee be accepted, and that the Treasurer 
systematically canvass the members and friends of the Society 
and raise at least $25 to forward to the Zoological Record. 
NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 
Ethmia colonella WWalsm.—Mr. Bryan stated that Dr. C. M. 
Cooke, Jr., had reported a Kou tree, Cordia subcordata Lam.. 
