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APRIL Cm. 1911. 



The seveiil v-third roguluf iiicci iii<;' of ihc Socicly was li(?ld 

 in the usual ])l:i('o. 



KNTOMOLOdlCAl, rilOlJlIAM, 



Mr. Scvcrin exhibited u box coutaiuiiii^' 17 spccinuMis of the 

 Japanese beetle (Adoretu,-^ tcnuiinaculatus) caught on the 

 barbed awns of the heads of a grass (Charforhloa rrrtiriUala) 

 growing in Kapiolani Park, Waikiki. There were also a few 

 other beetles and a roach {Eleidhcwda dytlscoides) which had 

 molted since becoming canght, but failed in making its escape. 



Mr. Severin also exhibited a ninnber of insects canght in 

 a Japanese Nursery on Young Street near Thomas Square, 

 llonolidu, among them -i species not hitherto recorded in these 

 islands : 1 Zygaenid moth ; 4 pupae of a leaf-roller on Japanese 

 cherry ; 1 Chrysomelid beetle ; 1 Otiorhynchine beetle. 



Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a specimen of a slug-caterpillar moth 

 (Cnidocampa flavescens Walker) and its cocoon, the latter 

 fastened to a twig of a pear tree, found in the course of inspec- 

 tion in a shipment from Japan. He also exhibited an ant from 

 Japan taken in inspection work (^^frumigenys lewisi) remark- 

 able for having very long falcate mandibles. 



Mr. Sweezey exhibited the following insects taken l^^\ Mt. 

 Olympus April 2nd : 



One female Brachymetopa utiica P., (juite a rare insect, 

 only an occasional specimen being taken. 



One adult Heterocrossa distincta Walsm., with a parasite 

 worm (Gordius) partially emerged from it. The moth was 

 brouglit home alive and the worm emerged the following day. 



Eight Proterh'nius maurus P. A large species, possibly the 

 largest one known. They w^ere found at base of Myrsine 

 leaves and in cavities in the twigs. He had taken a specimen 

 or two of the same species on previous occasions, once on Palolo 

 Ridge and another time along the trail towards Konahuanui ; 

 always on the same species of Myrsine. 



Experiments in the Hatching of the Eggs of Chaetogaedia mon- 



ticola.* 



BY H. H. SEVERIN. 



*Not available for publication. — [Ed.] 



