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Mr. Swczey proi)Os('(l the luiiue of ^M r. 1*. 11. 'limhcrlakc 

 for active incmbersliip in the Society. 



NOTKs AXD EXii I urrio.xs. 



'•^ Ilalohates .•<p. — Mr. l*cmhertuii rej)()i'l('(l fiiidiui;' this hiij: 

 ill hundreds at Waikiki heacli, January IDtli. It was during 

 a "Kona" storm. They were in foot-prints in the sand. Xonc 

 were to l)e found the following day. 



LucUla dux. — Mr. Xnhns exhibited specimens of this fly 

 reared from maggots found floating in large nund)ers on the 

 surface of the water of Pearl Harl)or, January Kith. Tie 

 inferred that they must have been washed in fi-om some dead 

 animal on the beach. Thei-e had been much rain and high 

 water which would have made this ])ossible. 



Chri/sopa iiilrroplij/a. — Mr. Ehrhorn exhii)ited a cocoon of 

 this lace-wing fly made beneath an em])ty pupa of a lady-beetle 

 on an avocado leaf. 



Pseudococcns loini.^i/jiiri/i — Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited this 

 mealybug on bulbs of Zepharanthus. and reported it as occur- 

 ring also on bull)s of Crinnm, the spider lily, and other such 

 ])lants. It was first recorded in Africa on Ar/apaiiflnis. 



Araucaria apliid. — ^Ir. Timberlake exhibited a mounted 

 s])ecimen of an aphid found abundant on tips of young shoots 

 of Araucaria in Kapiolani Park, January .'>()th. It was appav- 

 entlv a species not previously observed here, as it is not in 

 Fullaway's catalogue of the Aphididir- of Hawaii. 



Delphacids from Kilauca. — Mr. Giffard rejxn'ted having 

 collected a considerable number of Delphacids at Kilauea, Ha- 

 waii, on trips made in October, 1015, and January, 1916. 

 Enough material was obtained to add largely to our knowledge 

 of this family as regards niunber of species, food-plants, sea- 

 sonal occurrence, etc. 



]\rr. Bridwell made the following exhibits with i-emarks on 

 the same : 



JJousefVicK. — Several species of Musra reared from cow 

 dung in Africa and Australia, some of which resemble the 

 housc^flv and are distinouished from it with difficulty. 



