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  five 
  vigorous 
  beetles. 
  As 
  Diaspis 
  pentagona 
  and 
  Aspidiotus 
  per- 
  

   niciosiis 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  hosts 
  of 
  this 
  Coccinellid, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   breeding 
  place 
  of 
  neither 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  was 
  then 
  known, 
  their 
  

   food 
  problem 
  was 
  solved 
  by 
  the 
  selection 
  of 
  Aulacaspis 
  rosae, 
  as 
  

   this 
  was 
  accepted 
  readily, 
  and 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  the 
  colony 
  soon 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  to 
  lay 
  eggs. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  fifteen 
  beetles 
  have 
  

   been 
  brought 
  to 
  maturity 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  eggs, 
  larvae 
  and 
  

   pupae 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  thriving 
  condition. 
  Several 
  days 
  ago 
  Mr. 
  Austin 
  

   discovered 
  at 
  Mokuleiia 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  peach 
  trees 
  badly 
  infested 
  

   with 
  San 
  Jose 
  scale. 
  Twigs 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  secured, 
  and 
  supplied 
  

   the 
  beetles 
  with 
  food 
  which 
  they 
  seemed 
  to 
  welcome. 
  In 
  course 
  

   of 
  his 
  work 
  with 
  the 
  rose 
  scale 
  as 
  food 
  for 
  C. 
  similis, 
  Mr. 
  Kotin- 
  

   sky 
  observed 
  Rhizobius 
  tozuoonibae 
  Blackburn, 
  breeding 
  freely 
  on 
  

   the 
  rose 
  scale. 
  On 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  twig 
  not 
  four 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  about 
  

   one-fourth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter 
  freshly 
  brought 
  in 
  from 
  a 
  field, 
  

   he 
  counted 
  eleven 
  larvae 
  of 
  this 
  Coccinellid 
  and 
  many 
  more 
  have 
  

   issued 
  since. 
  This 
  same 
  Coccinellid 
  he 
  also 
  observed 
  in 
  abundant 
  

   numbers 
  upon 
  Chionaspis 
  rhododcndri 
  Green, 
  on 
  Poinciana 
  piil- 
  

   chcrrima 
  and 
  IValthcria 
  amcrkana. 
  He 
  also 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  

   bred 
  the 
  Chalcid 
  ANiciinus 
  fuscipennis, 
  from 
  almost 
  every 
  Dias- 
  

   pine 
  that 
  came 
  ■ 
  under 
  his 
  observation. 
  In 
  the 
  near 
  future 
  he 
  

   hoped 
  to 
  publish 
  a 
  full 
  list 
  of 
  its 
  hosts 
  on 
  these 
  islands. 
  

  

  OCTOBER 
  15th, 
  1905. 
  

  

  The 
  tenth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  usual 
  

   place, 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  Secretary 
  read 
  a 
  congratulatory 
  note 
  to 
  the 
  Society 
  from 
  

   the 
  Honorary 
  Secretary, 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  J. 
  Wiggelsworth, 
  of 
  the 
  Man- 
  

   chester 
  Entomological 
  Society. 
  

  

  Exhibitions 
  and 
  Notes. 
  

   Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  took 
  exception 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Kotinsky's 
  note, 
  re 
  Lcpido- 
  

   saphes 
  pallida, 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  meeting 
  and 
  expressed 
  his 
  opinion 
  that 
  

   the 
  status 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  L. 
  pallida 
  (Maskell 
  iSos) 
  

   ^=maskelli 
  (Cockerell 
  1897) 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands. 
  

  

  2. 
  New 
  name 
  wanted, 
  if 
  really 
  distinct 
  — 
  

  

  = 
  II 
  pallida 
  Green 
  i8q6 
  (not 
  Maskell 
  1895) 
  

   Not 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands. 
  

  

  