2 Scymnus del) His. Probably fed on mealybugs. 



2 Hypotlieneinus eruditus. 



1 Ilypothcnemus ruficeps. 



18 Sericoderiis sp. A small Oorylophid beetle. 



1 Psocid. 



MAY 1st, 1918. 



The ninety-fourth regular meeting of the Society^ was held 

 in the usual place. INfembers ]u-escnt : Messrs. Back, Ehrhorn, 

 Illingworth, Xuhns, Pemberton, Swezey and Warren. In the 

 absence of the President and Vice-President, the Secretary 

 called the meetino- to oi-der and INFr. Ehrhorn was chosen cliair- 

 nian of the meeting. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and ap]iroved. 



Mr. C. E. Peml>erton was elected to active uuMubershi]^ in 

 the Society. 



Mr. Ehrhorn made some conunents on a recent article in 

 An. Ent. Soc. America on the loaning of "ty]ie" specimens, and 

 gave some experience he had lia<l in loaning "types" and their 

 not being returned. 



XOTI':S AXT) EXTTTBITTONS. 



Mr. Fullaway exhibited a lady-beetle (Azya li'tcipcs Mnls.) 

 taken by Mr. Swezey a few days previously on a small avocado 

 tree in the nursery at the Federal Experiment Station. By 

 referring it to Mr. Ehrhorn, it Avas found to be a species intro- 

 duced from Mexico by Mr. Koebele in 1907. It had been lib- 

 erated at "Ainahau", Waikiki, where its larvae were subse- 

 quently found in 1908 by Dr. Silvestri and ^fr. Kotinsky, feed- 

 ing on Lecaniums. Mr. Ehrhorn re]wrted it being found nu- 

 merous at the same place in 1910 by himself and !Mr. Kuhns.'^'' 



Mr. Ehrhorn remarked on the present abundance of Jlype- 

 raspis jocosa in Manoa Valley and other places. This lady- 

 beetle was also introduced from ^Nfexico by Mr. Koebele in 1907. 

 It feeds on Orthezia insir/nis. It has spread to the to])s of the 



* More recently Mr. Bridwell has taken a specimen at the Govern- 

 ment Nursery on King street. — Ed. 



