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Mr. Kiihns exhibited a specimen of Periplancta anstralasiac 

 which he chloroformed in the act of oothecaposition showing the 

 case partly extruded. 



Mr. Gift'ard asked whether the beetle-roach (Elcuthcroda dytis- 

 coides) which infested cypress trees was viviparous or not. Mr. 

 Swezey thought it was. 



Mr. Wilder reported finding the uncommon roach, Rhyparobia 

 madcrac, in a store on Maui. Mr. Swezey had taken three speci- 

 mens sometime ago, one in Pahala, Hawaii, one in Kekaha, Ka- 

 uai, and one in Honolulu. 



Mr. Fullaway reported finding the eggs of Holochlora venosa 

 in the stems of mangoes. Mr. Giffard said the insect was quite 

 common in Nuuanu, having been collected by Mr. Jordan and 

 himself. He believed the eggs to be heavily parasitized. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a portion of a Polistcs nest, collected 

 amongst the glue bushes of Kaimuki, near Diamond Head. In 

 this nest, inserted amongst the papery substance of the nest were 

 two eggs of Eliinaca appoidicitlata, a large green locustid which 

 normally depo.sits its eggs in leaves of plants, inserting them at 

 the edge between the upper and lower layers of the leaf. 



Mr. Fullaway exhibited five species of Bruchids which he had 

 bred from various kinds of beans. He also exhibited a specimen 

 of CoccincUa abdoniiiiaUs, the rarity of which he thought likely 

 to be due to its being parasitized. 



Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited three drawers of Hemiptera, as part 

 of a large collection made incidentally by Mr. Muir in the Malay 

 Archipelago while searching for parasites. 



FEBRUARY 4th, 1909. 



The forty-eighth regular meeting of the Society was held in 

 the usual place. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Mr. Kotinsky exhibited specimens and presented the follow- 

 ing note on Eleiithcroda dytiscoidcs. "Sunday, December 20, 

 1908, I observed a specimen of this roach with a strange white 

 appendix projecting behind, running about the house, where the 

 insect is a common nuisance. Upon capturing the specimen she 

 parted with the appendix, which upon examination, turned out 

 to be a batch of embryos. An attempt to breed some of these 

 failed." This observation is proof of the species being viviparous- 



