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  exhibition 
  of 
  an 
  inflated 
  larva 
  and 
  two 
  live 
  pupae 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  exhibited 
  three 
  old 
  entomolog-ical 
  works 
  which 
  

   he 
  had 
  recently 
  purchased 
  : 
  there 
  were 
  Thomas 
  Moufet's 
  "Thea- 
  

   trum 
  Insectorum," 
  London, 
  1634; 
  Swammerdam's 
  "Historia 
  In- 
  

   sectorum 
  Generalis," 
  1693; 
  and 
  Fnsch's 
  "Beschreybung 
  von 
  aller- 
  

   ley 
  Insecten 
  in 
  Teutschland," 
  1720-38. 
  Considering 
  their 
  age, 
  

   every 
  one 
  present 
  marvelled 
  at 
  the 
  excellent 
  state 
  of 
  preservation 
  

   of 
  the 
  prints 
  and 
  cuts. 
  Dr. 
  Cobb 
  stated 
  upon 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  an 
  

   expert 
  on 
  paper 
  that 
  our 
  modern 
  half-tones, 
  which 
  are 
  printed 
  on 
  

   paper 
  so 
  heavily 
  chalked, 
  will 
  not 
  last 
  over 
  fifty 
  years. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  exhibited 
  dipterous 
  larvae 
  in 
  a 
  tube 
  ; 
  into 
  this 
  

   tube 
  were 
  originally 
  deposited 
  whatever 
  larvae 
  or 
  pupae 
  seemed 
  

   dead 
  or 
  dying 
  selected 
  from 
  a 
  lot 
  sent 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Koebele 
  from 
  Aus- 
  

   tralia. 
  The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  selection 
  was 
  to 
  breed 
  up 
  some 
  parasite 
  

   of 
  these 
  Diptera. 
  but 
  he 
  was 
  surprised 
  to 
  find 
  some 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   days 
  later 
  that 
  the 
  tube 
  swarmed 
  with 
  live 
  dipterous 
  larvae, 
  al- 
  

   though 
  he 
  had 
  constantly 
  kept 
  the 
  tube 
  closed 
  with 
  a 
  cotton 
  plug. 
  

   Mr. 
  Terry 
  suggested 
  that 
  some 
  Sarcophagid 
  might 
  have 
  surrepti- 
  

   tiously 
  inserted 
  her 
  ovipositor 
  and 
  dropped 
  some 
  eggs 
  or 
  larvae 
  

   into 
  the 
  tube. 
  Dr. 
  Cobb 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  several 
  dozen 
  

   flies 
  aboard 
  ship 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  San 
  Francisco 
  to 
  Honolulu. 
  

   Mr. 
  Bryan 
  stated 
  that 
  during 
  a 
  cruise 
  on 
  a 
  sailing 
  vessel 
  lasting 
  

   some 
  two 
  months, 
  he 
  had 
  observed 
  flies 
  constantly 
  upon 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  raised 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  regarding 
  the 
  seasons 
  

   of 
  these 
  islands, 
  as 
  judged 
  by 
  the 
  manifestations 
  of 
  life, 
  elicited 
  

   an 
  extensive 
  discussion, 
  participated 
  in 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Br>'an, 
  Terr}', 
  

   Kirkaldy, 
  and 
  Kotinsky. 
  Mr. 
  Bryan 
  stated 
  that, 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  rule, 
  

   birds 
  upon 
  these 
  islands 
  nest 
  most 
  commonly 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   February 
  to 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  April, 
  which 
  leads 
  him 
  to 
  believe 
  

   that 
  our 
  month 
  of 
  March 
  corresponds 
  in 
  a 
  way 
  to 
  May 
  or 
  June 
  

   in 
  the 
  temperate 
  zones. 
  It 
  so 
  happens 
  that 
  it 
  rains 
  very 
  freely 
  

   during 
  the 
  nesting 
  season, 
  and 
  many 
  nests 
  with 
  eggs 
  of 
  young 
  

   are 
  often 
  drowned 
  out. 
  His 
  belief 
  is 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  the 
  

   rainy 
  weather 
  or 
  the 
  food 
  supply 
  that 
  affects 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  nest- 
  

   mg 
  as 
  such 
  chmatic 
  conditions 
  as 
  temperature, 
  etc. 
  He 
  had 
  one 
  

   nest 
  of 
  young 
  of 
  an 
  owl 
  (Asia 
  accipifriniis 
  siibsp. 
  sandz>.'iccnsis), 
  

   that 
  is 
  a 
  sub-species 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  type-fonn, 
  

   which 
  was 
  secured 
  in 
  November. 
  Another 
  nest 
  of 
  owls 
  was 
  

  

  