GO 

 MAY Ttii, 1914. 



The one hundred-fifth regular meeting of the Society Avas 

 held at the library of the Board of Agriculture and Forestry, 

 President Swezey in the chair. Other members present : Mes- 

 srs. Back, Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fullaway, Illingworfrh, Osborn 

 and Pendierton. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



EXTO:\IOT.OGICAL NOTES. 



Mr. Pemberton exhibited the introduced Zelus reiinardii 

 and a lady-beetle (Rhizobius veufralis) on which he had found 

 it feeding. He reported having seen the first instar larvae of 

 this bug feeding on thrips and red spiders. Mr. Bridwell re- 

 ported having seen this l)ug very abundant in the Imperial Val- 

 ley of California, and commonly feeding on lady-beetles. 



]\Ir. Ehrhorn reported seeing a Pentatomid bug feeding on 

 the live-oak cateri)illar in (California. 



Mr. Illingworth renuirked on the habit of the common centi- 

 jiede in brooding over her eggs. A general discussion of the 

 habits of centipedes and scorpions followed. 



Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a yam from Manila, taken in quar- 

 antine inspection, infested with Aspidiottis hcniii, a scale pre- 

 viously reported from AYest Indies and Central America. 



]\Ir. Ehrhorn called attention to the description of Eutlirlp'S 

 hairaiiensis Morgan, from material collected on cotton by ]\[r. 

 Fullaway. (Proc. U. S. Xat. Mus. 40, 3, 1913.) 



Mr. Fullaway reported finding an undetermined species of 

 Chirothrips on daikon in Honolulu. 



Prof. Illingworth gave some observations on recent damage 

 by onion thrips. Dr. Back reported the killing out of about ten 

 acres of onions by this thrips at Kailua on the windward side 

 of Oahu. 



Mr. Bridwell exhibited a frond of Asplenium kauJfii^ssii in- 

 fested by .ai)hids, determined by Mr. Fullaway as Idiopferis ne- 

 phrolepidis Davis, described from specimens from a greenhouse 

 in Chicago. 



Mr. Fullaway discussed the attacks of GelecJtia gossijplella 

 on the cultivated IIil)iscus. 



