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  Althoui^h 
  usuall}- 
  ascriljed 
  to 
  Green, 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  pallida 
  

   must 
  be 
  held 
  to 
  be 
  Alaskell, 
  since 
  he 
  was 
  tlie 
  first 
  to 
  describe 
  it. 
  

   The 
  confusion 
  arose, 
  as 
  in 
  so 
  many 
  other 
  cases, 
  from 
  the 
  distri- 
  

   bution 
  of 
  new 
  forms 
  under 
  manuscript 
  names, 
  long- 
  before 
  publi- 
  

   cation. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kirkaldy 
  also 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  water 
  

   bugs. 
  

  

  ■ 
  Laccotrcplics 
  sp. 
  from 
  Lake 
  Tanganyika, 
  x\frica, 
  showing 
  enor- 
  

   mously 
  long 
  breathing 
  tube. 
  

  

  Belostomatid 
  from 
  Assam. 
  

  

  Amor 
  gins 
  iiidica 
  from 
  India, 
  and 
  

  

  Ranatra 
  chincnsis 
  from 
  Yokohama. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Craw 
  announced 
  that 
  Scntcllista 
  cyanca 
  had 
  been 
  introduced 
  

   and 
  successfully 
  bred 
  on 
  Saissctia 
  vigrinn 
  upon 
  Hibiscus 
  in 
  a 
  cage. 
  

   Several 
  of 
  these 
  plants 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Kapiolani 
  Park, 
  where 
  

   this 
  scale 
  abounds, 
  for 
  further 
  propagation. 
  He 
  was 
  pleased 
  to 
  

   observe 
  evidences 
  of 
  work 
  by 
  this 
  parasite 
  upon 
  the 
  identical 
  scale 
  

   in 
  the 
  park 
  from 
  specimens 
  released 
  there 
  some 
  five 
  weeks 
  ago. 
  

   It 
  was 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  this 
  insect 
  had 
  completed 
  a 
  life 
  

   cycle 
  upon 
  these 
  islands 
  in 
  about 
  30 
  days, 
  whereas 
  it 
  required 
  

   from 
  40 
  to 
  47 
  days 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  California. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Kotinsky 
  stated 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  bred 
  Spalangia 
  hirta 
  Haliday, 
  

   from 
  pupae 
  of 
  Hacmatobia 
  scrrata 
  collected 
  on 
  Oahu 
  and 
  Molo- 
  

   kai 
  on 
  elevations 
  ranging 
  between 
  a 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  feet. 
  Of 
  the 
  Molokai 
  pupae 
  about 
  60 
  to 
  75 
  per 
  cent, 
  were 
  

   found 
  parasitized. 
  To 
  his 
  knowledge 
  Mr. 
  Terry 
  had 
  bred 
  the 
  

   same 
  parasite 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  S. 
  lanaiensis 
  Ashm. 
  from 
  dipterous 
  pupae 
  

   collected 
  in 
  horse 
  droppings 
  at 
  the 
  Volcano 
  House, 
  Hawaii. 
  

   Identifications 
  of 
  the 
  parasite 
  were 
  kindly 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  

   and 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Ashmead 
  of 
  Washington. 
  

  

  NOVEMBER 
  2nd, 
  1905. 
  

  

  The 
  eleventh 
  regular 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  was 
  held 
  on 
  this 
  

   date, 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  in 
  the 
  chair. 
  

  

  The 
  chairman 
  appointed 
  Messrs. 
  Gififard 
  and 
  Kotinsky 
  to 
  con 
  

   sider 
  the 
  advisability 
  of 
  having 
  public 
  lectures 
  on 
  Entomology 
  

   delivered 
  at 
  least 
  once 
  a 
  vear. 
  

  

  