115 

 DECEMBER 2xd, 1909. 



The fiftj-eightli regular and the fourtli annual meeting of the 

 Society was held in the nsnal place. 



Member elected WM. A. BRYAN 



EX TOMOLOCilCAL PKOGKAM. 



^Fr. Fnllaway stated that he had sent specimens of the mango 



thrips to Mr. Monlton, who ha<l identified it as llcViothrips nihn- 

 cinctiis Franklin. 



The Secretary reported that ]\Ir. Kotinsky had sent specimens 

 of the introduced fern weevil to IMr. Lea of Tasmania, who had 

 identified it as Sjmgrius fulvitarsus Pasc* 



Mr. Ehrhorn exmBTfed'specimens of the largest Coccid known 

 Lophococeus maximus. He also exhibited a very ingenious fold- 

 ing heating-net. 



Mr. Muir exhibited two specimens of Pseudosphinx discis- 

 triga, one from Coram and the other from Larat, with the clas- 

 pers dissected out to show the stridulating organs. This is the 

 species mentioned by Mr. Muir in a note published in Proc. 

 Haw. Ent. Soc, Vol. II, p. 12, 1908. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a pair of a rare species of Hawaiian- 

 wasp (Oreocrahro ahnormis), which he had bred from their nest 

 in a rotten branch of Eleocarpus, collected on Mt. Olympus, 

 Oahu, ^OY. 14, 1909. 



Mr. Shiraki, the government entomologist of Formosa, was 

 present and exhibited a very interesting collection of Formosan 

 Orthoptera, many of which were new to science. 



Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a few butterflies from ISTew Zealand., 



* This Is the Insect mentioned by Mr. Swezey In some notes pub- 

 lished in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, Vol I, p. 163, 19Q8. 



