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Mr. Swczcy also cxliihilcd s|)('('iiiiciis of a siiinll Clirvso- 

 luelid beetle of the iienuis Diaclius. wliieli had not ])revioiisl_v 

 been noted here. Tie first found it in a tlower head of Leucaena 

 glauca growinu' aloiiii Makiki stream not far from the Experi- 

 ment Station; later, on May 22nd, more speeimens were fonnd 

 in the same ])lace; and ^lay 2'jrd one s])eeimen was fonnd in 

 the same kind of flowci' in llonohdii IManlalioii ahove Pearl 

 City. 



Fr(Hii parasitized Aphids reeenlly received fi-om Mi'. Miiir 

 in Japan, Mr. Swezey reported ln'eedin<>' a Bi-a'-onid a])])ai'ently 

 the same as a species of Apliidlu.s whieh he ha<l i-eare(l from 

 A|)hids in Illinois in 11)10. A few hy])er])arasites had also 

 (Muerged whieh seemed to he the same as a s])eeies of I'dclnj- 

 (■)•(' pis reared from Aphidins in Illinois. 



]\Ir. Swezey read some extracts from a letter from Dr. Per- 

 kins re]:»lying to one in which ^Ir. Swezey had mentioned the 

 list of llymenoptera obtained from manienie grass and reported 

 at the April meeting. Dr. Perkins stated in the letter that he 

 had collected all of this list except the (ionatopus and Cera- 

 phron, and the following others besides, from a certain yard on 

 Bates street, Houolnln, abont l!M);j-4: A second PoIi/nniKi. 

 DyscrUohaeus, Pseudoba-eus, a black Ccniplnoii. one or two spe- 

 cies of Diapria, WestwoodcIIa Irilaris, Opisthacantha dubiusa, 

 two species of Spalcuir/ia. a very abundant wingless and orna- 

 mental ApltcVtuus. (The latter ]\Ir. Swezey thought probably 

 was Perusopio'us as he had wingless specimens of this in his 

 lot.) Later on Sierolamorpha and other things turned up in 

 the same place. This yard was a rich collecting ground on 

 account of the fact that the grass was allowed to grow uncut 

 except as it was occasionally fed off l>y a ('hinaman''s horse. 



AUGUST Ttii, 101:3. 



The ninety-sixth regular meeting of the Society w^as held 

 in the usual place, Vice-President Giff'ard in the chair. Other 

 members present: Messrs. Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fullaway, 

 Kuhns, Swezey and Warren. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and a})])ro\ed. 



Mr. J. ('. Bridwell was elected to active membership. 



