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pair of sleiidrr ajipuiulaiics, also, ])rojtvl from the co})lialie 

 border. 



Pupa: To pupate the mature hn-vae erawl out of the food 

 substance, seeking- a dry place to hibernate. They do not pass 

 through any material change in foi-m, but simply dry, con- 

 tracting somewhat. The period of devehipuient resembles very 

 closely that of the ordinary housefly. 



Th(> adult flies are vei-y commonly taken about the flowers 

 of the algaroba. 



APRIL Oth. 191(;. 



The one huudrcd twenty-seventh meeting of the Society 

 was held in the usual place, Presido^nt Illingworth in the chair. 

 Other members ])resent: IVfessrs. Bridwell, Bryan, Ehrhorn, 

 Giffard, Kuhus, Muii-, Pendx'rton, Swezey, and Timlx'rlake. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and apj)roved. 



NOTES AXD EXJIIBITIOXS. 



Diptrra defermimifioiis. — ^Ir. Swezey exhibited s])ecimens 

 of six species of flies which had recently been determined for 

 him by Mi'. F. Knab at the U. S. Xationab Museum, from 

 specimens sent to him. 



ScKipiis parJi i/(/i/iui j\[acq. — A Dolichopodid that is counnon 

 in the cane fields on Hawaii. Originally described from Aus- 

 tralia. 



Opiiyra tngra Wied. — A very common black Anthomyid. 

 Described from China and widely distributed in the Orient. 



S^rJiolastcs bi))ian(lafus Ilendel. — The coconut fly ( J^ara- 

 f/oiyopsis^.) mentioncMl in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. TIT, ]). 7(>. 

 11) IT). Now aud then a sjx'cimiu is takeu on windows in 

 llonolidu. Described from Fiji. 



f,i/iic/ila Ultima liigot. — The pigeon fly, which is now very 

 abundant on pigeons iu Honolulu. For notes on its occurrence 

 here see Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, TI, ]). ISS, 1912, and IT, p. 

 2()(), lOl.'J. ('omniou in the Mediterranean region; also widely 

 distributed through the wai-mer parts of America. 



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