﻿JULY 
  5th, 
  1906. 
  

   The 
  eighteenth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  was 
  presided 
  over 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   F. 
  W. 
  Terry. 
  

  

  Notes 
  and 
  Exhibitions. 
  

   Mr. 
  O. 
  H. 
  SwEZEY 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  of 
  three 
  species 
  of 
  

   Midges 
  and 
  read 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  some 
  Cecidomyidae 
  not 
  previously 
  

   reported 
  in 
  Hawaii." 
  

  

  1. 
  Diplosis 
  sorghicola 
  Coq. 
  was 
  bred 
  froin 
  the 
  tops 
  of 
  sorg- 
  

   hum. 
  The 
  larvae 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  juices 
  of 
  the 
  growing 
  seeds 
  caus- 
  

   ing 
  them 
  to 
  blight. 
  They 
  pupate 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  

   feed. 
  

  

  2. 
  Diplosis 
  sp. 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  larvae 
  feeding 
  upon 
  the 
  spores 
  

   of 
  a 
  rust 
  on 
  sorghum 
  leaves. 
  These 
  drop 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  pupate. 
  

  

  3. 
  Contarina 
  solani 
  was 
  bred 
  from 
  tomato 
  buds 
  where 
  the 
  

   larvae 
  fed 
  upon 
  the 
  young 
  ovary 
  of 
  the 
  blossom 
  causing 
  the 
  buds 
  

   and 
  blossoms 
  to 
  blight 
  and 
  eventually 
  fall 
  off. 
  The 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   this 
  species 
  also 
  pupate 
  in 
  the 
  ground." 
  

  

  Papers. 
  • 
  .... 
  

  

  Notes 
  on 
  Cryptorhynchus 
  Mangiferae 
  (Coleoptera). 
  

  

  By 
  D. 
  L. 
  Van 
  Dine. 
  

  

  Without 
  going 
  into 
  the 
  problematical 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  intro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  Cryptorhynchus 
  mangiferae 
  into 
  these 
  Islands 
  or 
  its 
  

   present 
  economic 
  status, 
  I 
  will 
  submit 
  a 
  few 
  observations 
  and 
  

   notes 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  on 
  the 
  occurrence, 
  habits 
  and 
  life- 
  

   cycle 
  of 
  this 
  recently 
  discovered 
  insect-enemy 
  of 
  mangoes 
  in 
  

   Hawaii. 
  In 
  reviewing 
  my 
  office 
  records, 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  just 
  one 
  

   year 
  ago 
  today, 
  namely, 
  July 
  5, 
  1905, 
  that 
  the 
  weevil 
  was 
  first 
  

   called 
  to 
  my 
  attention. 
  The 
  first 
  specimen 
  observed 
  was 
  a 
  pupa 
  

   that 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  E. 
  Higgins 
  had 
  discovered 
  within 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  a 
  mango 
  

   that 
  he 
  had 
  collected 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Allan 
  Herbert's 
  former 
  place 
  in 
  

   Kalihi, 
  Oahu. 
  Two 
  days 
  after, 
  July 
  7th, 
  I 
  visited 
  the 
  Moanalua 
  

   Gardens 
  where 
  I 
  knew 
  Mr. 
  Maclntyre, 
  the 
  Superintendent, 
  to 
  be 
  

   planting 
  seeds 
  and 
  there 
  found 
  within 
  seeds 
  of 
  various 
  varieties 
  

   what 
  I 
  considered 
  unquestionably 
  the 
  larvae, 
  pupae 
  and 
  adults 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  On 
  July 
  9th, 
  the 
  pupa 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Higgins 
  developed 
  into 
  an 
  adult, 
  confirming 
  the 
  identity 
  of 
  the 
  

   specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  Moanalua. 
  • 
  Mr. 
  Maclntyre 
  was 
  not 
  remov- 
  

  

  