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A iish<iliini I'lii prcsllds. — Spcciuicus illust r;it iui;- cxtrciiics in 

 size. A spccit's of i^lif/tnodcftt \v;is nlxmt Iwd iiiclics in Iciiiilli, 

 while (icnnnna casiKvnuic wiis only hIhiuI (iiie-eii;lith <if an 

 inch. 



A(/ri<>l i//>ii-^ sj). — A single sjtecinien cojlc'elcd l)_v Mr. V. 

 Mnir af Okitsn, .la})an. It heloniis to a familv eonlainini;' hnl 

 one described spcx-ies, Ai/nol j/pus annatus of Europe, which is 

 |)ai'asitic on caddis-flv larvae. 



A coninion cricket cauiihl on the harhs oi' a i^'rass head, 

 CcDchiiis cell I iKii US, and still alive. 



Odonaspls ndlidc. — Mr. Ehrhorn called attention to Mr. 

 Kotinskv's descri])ti<)n of this scale insect in Proceedinos of 

 the Entomok)i>ical Society of Washington, XVII, p. 101, figs. 

 1 & 2, 1915. 



Piinispis hii.rl. — Mr. Ehrhorn stated that this scale is one 

 of those tlu!t has been known here as Fiorina fioriiiac nntil 

 a recent determination by j\Ir. Sasscer. 



Curcidionids. — Mv. Swezey exhibited the following species 

 of weevils collected by ]\Ir. Giffard on Oahn: 



[h'l itdcossoniis iK'siolcs var. oiili iicnsis. 

 I'ciddr/li riiiii ohsciiruin . 

 ( ) rolli rcplcs cdlldli n.r. 



('(ddiidrii rciiiidd. — Originally collected in banana 

 stems, bnt recently a sjx'cinien was taken in 

 beating "ieie" vines. 

 Xo one has collect('(l s])ecimens of tluse s])ecies in recent 

 years exce])t Mr. (liffard. 



Mr. Giffard mentioned the nse of acetic ether in keeping 

 freshly canght insects relaxed for a long tim(> till convenient 

 to mount them. A general discussion of this and other meth- 

 ods of handling s])ecimens folloAved. 



