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MARCH 4th, 1909. 

 Tlie forty-ninth regular meeting was held in the nsual ])lace. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Mr. Fnllaway exhibited specimens of a new Coccid species, 

 Ccroputo amhigua, found on the salt marsh grass, Salicornia 

 aiiibigua, in the saU marsh regions of Cahfornia. and offered 

 some no'tes on its hfe-history. The species is small (about 3 

 nim.) and covered with a white waxy secretion. There are three 

 larval stages before the mature female appears. The mature 

 males, which are wingless, develop through the so-called pupal 

 stage from individuals having the characteristics of the second 

 larvae. There is one generation annually. The species, although 

 exceedingly abundant in spite of predaceous and parasitic ene- 

 mies, is without economic importance, the salt marsh grass- 

 its only known host plant — not being fit for consumption. 



Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a new IMirideous Heteropteron from 

 Borneo, and two boxes of Homoptera & Cimicidae (Pentato- 

 midae) from New Zealand. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens illustrating his paper on 

 "Another Banana Leaf- roller." 



Mr. Kotinsky exhibited a huge scorpion (Palajnnaciis sp.) a 

 pair of which were brought alive from South Java by Mr. 

 Terry and which he was obliged to kill in order to prevent their 

 possible escape. The incident emphatically demonstrates the 

 usefulness of an inspection service. Mr. Terry called attention 

 to the absence in the Board of Agriculture laws or regulations 

 preventing the importation of pests of this character. 



Mr. Kotinsky told of a mealy bug that he had been collecting 

 on the roots of Koa and other plants on Tantalus ever since 

 1905. From its apparent confinement to higher elevations, he 

 was inclined to believe it to be endemic, especially since it was 

 undoubtedly a new species to science. A few days ago, Mr. 

 Fullaway brought specimens of a mealy bug collected on the 

 roots of a pot-grown mango tree in the city in which he recog- 

 nized his interesting Tantalus Coccid. Closer study with Mr. 

 Fullaway showed it to be an undescribed RipersieUa. Shortly 

 it is contemplated to publish a description jointly by Messrs. 

 Fullaway and Kotinsky. 



