88 

 AUGrST Ctii, 11)14. 



The one lnni(lr('(l-('i<;litli r(\mil;n- uicctiiiii' of tlic Sociotv was 

 lield ill the eiiloiiioloiiical laboralorv of the Supir Planters' Ex- 

 periiiu'iit Slat ion, President Swezey in the eliaii-. Othei- iiiein- 

 hers ])resent: Messrs. Ehrhorn, Tlliiiiiworth, ( )shoi-n, I'cniher- 

 ton and WilchM-. 



.Minutes of ])reA'ioiis iiieetini;- read :ind appi'oved. 



EXT()M()L()(iieAr> pr()<;kam. 



^Ir. Ehrhorn stated that lie had found Ilislcr hhiuiciihdiis 

 very abundant at the Waialae Dairy, hnndveds oeenrrina; in 

 small areas in niannre ])iles. A number of coekroaehes that were 

 perfectly white were also found buried in the manure. Prof. 

 Illiiiiiworth stated that this hiek of eolorinu' was due to tlieir hav- 

 ing very recently molted. 



^\v. Wilder exhibited quite a number of water-striders of 

 the genus Ilalohates, which he had captured in October, 1913, 

 skipping- oyer the surface of the ocean between the Island of 

 Kahoolawe aud the coast of Maui. This is the only record of 

 the capture of any of this genus of bugs by any of the members 

 of the Society. 



Prof. Illingworth reported haying obseryed a large number 

 of laryae of the Syrphid fly, VohiceUa ohesa, feeding within a 

 decayed ]iapaya trunk. 



]Mr. Swezey exhibited a small weeyil which was caught on 

 an orchid by Dr. Lyon. It was of a species not hitherto known 

 here, ])robably near related to Acytkoiwus nigerinius, an orchid 

 weeyil that has been quite injurious in some orchid houses in 

 Honolulu of recent years, tho much smaller than the latter. 



]\rr. Swezey spoke of having visited a canyon back of Ilau- 

 iila on the windward side of Oahu where he had never collected 

 before, and exhiluted a moth, liyposmocoma s]). and a bug, 

 Acanthia sp., which were probaldy new species. The moth was 

 at rest on the surface of a rock and the bug was taken from the 

 surface of the stream. 



]\rr. Ehrhorn reported that from two jxuinds of coffee gath- 

 ered at random in Kona, Hawaii, 100 ]ui])ae of C-emfilU ropi- 

 taid were secured, and that from these ])U])ae 90 speciiiunis of 

 f)pnis Jiumilis were bred. He considered this very gratifying, 

 inasmuch as only three females of the parasite were liberated 

 ill the district from which the coffee was taken, and onlv about 



