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times. Soiiio of the species exhibited were very coiiinion, some 

 rather rare, and a few apparently new to science. 



Mr. Giffard added that hc^ collected Baiicliogastm nigra and 

 other Ophionids also at lights, 



Mr. Giffard further reported having found Pachodyneras 

 nasidens very nnnierons at Makaweli, Kanai. 'J'his is the new- 

 wasp exhibited by Mr. Giffard at the previons meeting. Mr. 

 Severin reported collecting it at the College of Hawaii. Mr. 

 Swezey reported rearing two specimens from a Sceliphron nest 

 at the Experiment Station, H. S. P. A. ; and Mr. Mnir reported 

 collecting a specimen on the window at the same place. 



DECEMBER 21st, 1011. 



The seventy-ninth regular and sixth annual meting of the 

 Society was held in the usual place. 



x\NNlTAL ADDRESS. 



Suggestions for the Future Growth of the Hawaiian Entomolog- 

 ical Society. 



BY E. M. KTIRHORX, 



The Hawaiian Entomological Society is now seven y(uirs old, 

 for on December 15, 1904, the first meeting to consider the ad- 

 visability of forming the society took place and the first regular 

 meeting was held January 26, 1905. As the seventh president 

 of the Society, I desire to say that in looking over the Proceed- 

 ings I find that the society today is not doing as much nor 

 possibly as important a work as it did in the first three or 

 four years of its existence. It is true that many of our mem- 

 bers have been a])sent and we have lost several by death and 

 resignation. Article 11 of our Constitution says: ''The objects 

 of the Society shall be to promote the study of Entomology in all 

 possible bearings, and to encourage friendly relations between 

 those in any way interested in the science." In 1905 we had a 

 membership of twenty of which two were honorary members ; 

 today we have a membership of twenty-five with four honorary 

 members. Our Constitution in Article III says: ''The society 

 shall consist of active, corresponding and honorary members. ISTo 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, II, No. 5, July, 1913. 



