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a Chinese thrush broui;ht to San Francisco hv ;i ( "liinese that 

 fed only on live grassho])]>(M-s. ^'^ice-Presi(l('llt Terry then read 

 a letter from Dr. Cobh in -laiuaica stating' that turkeys were 

 very effective in' keeping down insects in Jamaica cane fields. 

 Mr. Ehrhorn said that he had seen turkeys doing good work 

 against crickets in (\difornia. ^Mr. Terry noticed al Hong 

 Kong sonic insectivorous birds wbich lie tliought might |)i'ove 

 very useful. 



Prof. Bryan said the comuiou house wren was a very g(wd 

 insect feeder. He mentioned also an African })ird that lived 

 around animals picking off flies and other insect pests. After 

 reading all the available literature regarding this bird the only 

 thing not to its credit was the picking at the saddle galls or sores 

 on stock. This bird he thought would be an efficient enemy of 

 the horn fly. 



Mr. Ehrhorn wanted to know what insects besides the Jaj)- 

 anese beetle and the 'Olinda bug" affected the Eucalyptus in 

 Hawaii. Mr. Swezey said that the Torpedo l)ug (SiDlnintn 

 acuta Walk.) could be added to the list. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a nest of Polish's aiirifer that had 

 been' made under cround. 



JITXE 2nd. 1010. 



The sixty-fourth regular meeting of the Society was ludd 

 in the usual place. 



EXTOMOLOGIC'AT. PROGRAM. 



A Few Notes on Solenopsis Geminata. 



BY L. V. LEWIS 



Dr. Wheeler says that this species is common everywhere 

 in the warmer parts of the world, and is both highly carnivorous 

 and highly vegetarian ; that is, it will prey on any defenseless 

 or moribund insect and stores seeds in the chamber of its nest. 



One day while hunting for Coccids on the roots of grass I 

 noticed a small bare spot with a little hole in the center, out 

 of which a Solenopsis would come at frequent intervals, and 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, II, No. 4. April, 1912. 



