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  eater 
  confined 
  to 
  Kauai. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  fly-catchers, 
  

   all 
  entirely 
  insectivorous 
  and 
  very 
  beneficial. 
  

  

  Exhibitions 
  and 
  Notes. 
  

  

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  Swezey 
  exhiliited 
  specimens 
  of 
  Daciis 
  cncurbilac 
  which 
  he 
  

   had 
  bred 
  from 
  string 
  beans 
  ; 
  he 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  red 
  Tortrix, 
  name 
  

   unknown, 
  but 
  identical 
  with 
  the 
  one 
  bred 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wilder 
  from 
  

   lichee 
  nuts 
  and 
  exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  previous 
  meeting. 
  This 
  moth 
  

   Mr. 
  Swezey 
  has 
  also 
  bred 
  from 
  the 
  pulp 
  of 
  mango. 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  

   also 
  presented 
  interesting 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  Callineda 
  tcstndi- 
  

   naria, 
  since 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Bull. 
  H. 
  S. 
  P. 
  A. 
  Ent. 
  I, 
  pp. 
  224-8, 
  

   PI. 
  XV., 
  figs. 
  1-4. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  Dacus 
  cucnrbitac, 
  Mr. 
  Craw 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   also 
  observed 
  this 
  insect 
  at 
  work 
  upon 
  beans, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  

   stated 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Van 
  Dine 
  in 
  his 
  1904 
  annual 
  report 
  refers 
  to 
  this 
  

   same 
  insect 
  observed 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  plant. 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  wondered 
  

   at 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  raising 
  melons 
  or 
  cucumbers 
  anywhere 
  on 
  

   these 
  islands 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  unchecked 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  fruit 
  fly. 
  

   To 
  inquiries 
  for 
  remedies 
  against 
  this 
  pest 
  he 
  always 
  replied 
  sug- 
  

   gesting 
  clean 
  culture, 
  destruction 
  of 
  infected 
  parts 
  and 
  liberal 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  liable 
  to 
  injury 
  by 
  this 
  insect. 
  Mr. 
  Weinrich 
  

   stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  experimented 
  with 
  a 
  tenth 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  plot 
  of 
  

   melons. 
  He 
  covered 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  fruit 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  set, 
  but 
  after- 
  

   ward 
  found 
  that 
  while 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  covered 
  melons 
  were 
  stung, 
  

   many 
  of 
  those 
  uncovered 
  were 
  unstung. 
  He 
  suggested 
  the 
  possi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  raising 
  melons 
  on 
  the 
  windward 
  side 
  of 
  this 
  island 
  by 
  the 
  

   prevalence 
  of 
  strong 
  winds 
  which 
  drive 
  the 
  fly 
  away. 
  His 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  raising 
  musk 
  melons 
  was 
  a 
  total 
  failure 
  ; 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   fruits 
  showed 
  absolutely 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  sting 
  but 
  was, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  full 
  of 
  the 
  maggots 
  when 
  cut 
  open. 
  These 
  maggots 
  were 
  

   small, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  offered 
  the 
  suggestion 
  that 
  the 
  puncture 
  

   might 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  very 
  recent 
  one, 
  which 
  would 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  

   difficulty 
  of 
  discovering 
  it. 
  Mr. 
  Austin 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  musk 
  

   melons 
  that 
  were 
  raised 
  near 
  Diamond 
  Head. 
  The 
  fly, 
  he 
  said, 
  

   attacks 
  the 
  vine 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  fruit 
  of 
  melons 
  and 
  cucumbers. 
  

   Mr. 
  Perkins 
  also 
  referred 
  to 
  an 
  observation 
  he 
  made 
  on 
  wild 
  figs 
  

   in 
  Australia, 
  which 
  he 
  found 
  so 
  full 
  of 
  fruit 
  fly 
  maggots 
  that 
  they 
  

   could 
  not 
  reach 
  maturity. 
  Mr. 
  Terry 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  observed 
  at 
  

   Kaimuki 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  cucumber 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese. 
  To 
  

   protect 
  these 
  from 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  fly 
  these 
  people 
  usually 
  

  

  