112 

 FEBRUARY 4th, 1915. 



The one hundred-fourteenth regular meeting of the Society 

 was held in the usual place, President Ehrhorn in the chair. 

 Other members present: Messrs. Giffard, Fullawav, Illing- 

 worth, Osborn and Swezev. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Mr. Osborn exhibited a series of 2 females and 3 males of 

 N esoplirosyne ninihicola Kirk. These were collected bv Prof. 

 W. A. Bryan on the Island of Lanai at an elevation of 3400 

 feet. The male of the species appears not to have been described 

 or collected before. 



Mr. Osbom also exhibited specimens of the fly Scatella ha- 

 waiiensis Grim., collected at Waiamao, Oahu, about 1200 feet, 

 on the wet stones about a waterfull, January 17, 1915. Mr. 

 Swezey called attention to the fact that the common form of 

 this species, named var. sexnotata by Terry, had apparently not 

 been published. 



Mr, Swezey exhibited a specimen of Tenebroides nana 

 Melsh., collected by him in his house at Kaimuki. It has not 

 been previously recorded here. 



Mr. Swezey also exhibited a moth reared from a caterpillar 

 on Boerhaavia, collected by Dr. Wm. Kerr of the U.S.S. Rain- 

 bow at French Frigate Shoals in October, 1914. The moth had 

 but recently emerged and appears to be a new species of the 

 Agrotis group. 



Dr. Illingworth exhibited specimens of insects mounted on 

 celluloid points and cards. A general discussion on insect pins 

 and methods of mounting followed. 



Use of Cockroaches in Medicine. 



BY J. F. ILLINGWORTH. 



In reviewing the literature on the uses of insects in the 

 manufacture of various substances, I came across the following 

 interesting note in IMerck's 1907 Index, of the use of cockroaches 

 in medicine : 



