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Himalaya Bufterflies. — Mr. Swezoy oxliihitcd a polloction 

 of 75 species of l)eantifiil butterflies from the Himalaya 

 ^ Mountains. They \vere collected by Mr. Macintosh of Dar- 

 jecling, India, and Avere obtained tliroua'li ^Fr. J. F, Rock 

 oi the College of Hawaii, who visited J\[r. Macintosh the pre- 

 vious year. 



DECEMBER 2nd, 1915. 



The one hundred-twentythird regular meeting of the So- 

 ciety was held in the usual place. President Ehrhorn in the 

 chair. Other members present: Messrs. Back, Giffard, Illing- 

 worth, Mant, Swezey, and Wilder. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



Treasurer's report for 1915 read and accepted. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Kilaueo. maths. — l\Ir. Swezey reported on the examination 

 of a collection of moths made at lights by Mr. GifFard at his 

 bungalow, Kilauea, Hawaii, in October, 1915. There w'ere 

 44 species, four of Avhich had not previously been collected 

 b}- him there. These were: Adrapsa manlfestalis, Phlyctaenia 

 parity gram in a, Scoparia sp., and Archips punctiferanus, and 

 will be additionss to the list published in Pro. Haw. Ent. 

 Soc.,II, 'No. 5, p. 233, 1913. 



The following corrections should be made in that list: 

 On page 233 add ^'Ilyssia niphadopa (Meyr.)"; two speci- 

 mens were overlooked amongst the lot of Eriopygodes euclidias 

 (Meyr.). On page 234 there should have been 3 specimens 

 mentioned of Agrotis selenias Meyr. Agrotis cinctipennis 

 should be omitted and "Agrotis chersotoidcs, one specimen'' 

 should be inserted. 



Epyris sp. — Mr. Swezey reported having caught on a win- 

 dow at the Experiment Station, another specimen of this large 

 B(^thylid exhibited by him at the previous meeting. 



Gonatocerus mexicamLS." — Mr. Swezev corrected a state- 



*Specimens of this parasite sent to Dr. L. 0. Howard were com- 

 pared by Mr. Crawford with G. gihsoni, which was bred in Arizona 

 from the same host. They were found identical; hence, gibsoni is 

 a synonym, having been described more recently. — En. 



