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  Tantalus 
  in 
  exudation 
  on 
  Acaci<i 
  Jcoa. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  

   common. 
  In 
  all 
  18 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken, 
  including 
  larvse, 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Swezej 
  exhibited 
  specimens 
  and 
  presented 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes 
  : 
  Since 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  rainy 
  weather 
  in 
  December, 
  

   vegetation 
  has 
  sprung 
  up 
  luxuriantly 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  district 
  of 
  

   Kaimuki, 
  where 
  everything 
  appeared 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  unoccupied 
  

   land. 
  Amongst 
  the 
  revived 
  vegetation 
  are 
  tangles 
  of 
  the 
  

   "morning 
  glory," 
  (Ipomoea 
  tuberculata) 
  growing 
  over 
  Lan- 
  

   tana 
  and 
  other 
  bushes, 
  and 
  on 
  stone 
  walls. 
  At 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  

   the 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  Sphinx 
  convolvuli 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  hundreds 
  

   and 
  they 
  have 
  nearly 
  stripped 
  the 
  leaves 
  from 
  the 
  vines. 
  They 
  

   are 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  from 
  young 
  to 
  full 
  grown 
  ; 
  and 
  they 
  vary 
  in 
  

   color 
  from 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  green 
  to 
  nearly 
  uniform 
  black 
  with 
  

   a 
  close 
  series 
  between, 
  in 
  most 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  characteristic 
  

   pattern 
  for 
  the 
  species 
  shows. 
  Harrison 
  G. 
  Dyar 
  has 
  described 
  

   the 
  green 
  form 
  and 
  the 
  brown 
  form 
  in 
  Entomological 
  News, 
  

   VI, 
  p. 
  95-96, 
  1895. 
  In 
  this 
  no 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  other 
  

   variations; 
  but 
  Poulton 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  London, 
  p. 
  515- 
  

   554, 
  1888, 
  gives 
  full 
  details 
  of 
  life 
  history, 
  and 
  variations 
  of 
  

   caterpillars, 
  illustrated 
  with 
  two 
  plates. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Cobb 
  remarked 
  that 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  he 
  found 
  his 
  morning 
  

   glory 
  and 
  sweet 
  potato 
  vines 
  were 
  eaten 
  by 
  these 
  caterpillars. 
  

   At 
  his 
  suggestion 
  they 
  were 
  offered 
  to 
  his 
  chickens 
  but 
  they 
  

   refused 
  to 
  eat 
  them 
  ; 
  after 
  a 
  slight 
  starvation 
  they 
  ate 
  them 
  

   quite 
  readily 
  and 
  he 
  got 
  rid 
  of 
  them 
  by 
  feeding 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  

   fowls. 
  Mr. 
  Swezey 
  thought 
  that 
  these 
  caterpillars 
  were 
  an 
  

   exception 
  to 
  the 
  rule 
  in 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  so 
  far 
  bred 
  no 
  parasites 
  

   from 
  them; 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  replied 
  that 
  while 
  the 
  grown 
  cater- 
  

   pillars 
  were 
  not 
  parasitized, 
  the 
  very 
  young 
  stages 
  were 
  heavily 
  

   so. 
  The 
  native 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  group 
  were 
  badly 
  killed 
  by 
  

   Tachina 
  and 
  Echthromorpha. 
  

  

  FEBRUARY 
  7th, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  twenty-fifth 
  regular 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  Library 
  of 
  

   the 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Forestry, 
  Mr. 
  Giffard 
  in 
  the 
  

   chair. 
  

  

  Under 
  miscellaneous 
  business, 
  the 
  Secretary 
  read 
  a 
  commun- 
  

   ication 
  from 
  the 
  President 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  announced 
  the 
  generous 
  

   contributions, 
  towards 
  a 
  Publication 
  Fund, 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  

   firms: 
  

  

  