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scure, perhaps obsolete, KSeji'iiieiit -2 sti-undy conipressed in front 

 thickening- posteriorly, with souk' hi-own chitinizcMl ])at('lies both 

 dorsally and ventrally; a median eloiigate soiucwhat roughened 

 patch both dorsally and ventrally. Similar roughened patches 

 anteriorly on the other segments, those of segments 3 and 4 

 somewhat horseshoe-shaped; those of seg-ments 5-12 round or 

 roundish-oval ; a median-round or oval ring near posterior mar- 

 gin of segments 4-12 both dorsally and ventrally. Segment 13 

 has a patch of short, conical, backwardly-directed spines on ven- 

 tral side, in front of it a curved line of similar spines ; probably 

 these and the roughened patches on the segments are concerned 

 with locomotion, assisting the larva in working its way through 

 the soft, rotten wood ; this segment is thickened, somewhat com- 

 pressed, blunt and rounded posteriorly, punctuate all over pos- 

 terior portion. Spiracles circular, brown, situated on segments 

 3, 5-12. 



The pupa is pale yellowish white; 7-8 mm. 



SEPTEMBER 9tk, 1909. 



The fifty-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in 

 the usual place. 



XOTES AND EXHIBITIOlSrS. 



jMr. Fullaway exhibited a collection of insects recently made 

 on Molokai and gave notes on the same. 



Mr. Ivirkaldy reported that the mantid (Tenodera sinensis) 

 formerly reported only from Hamakua and Hilo districts of 

 Hawaii, was now present in Kohala, Hawaii. 



Mr. Kotinsky exhibited a peculiar Fseudoccus, possibly a 

 new species, recently collected on Straussia on Tantalus. 



Mr. Kotinsky reported having several times recognized 

 Pscudococcus nipae on green-house palms (Keniia sp.) coming 

 from Springfield, Ohio. 



