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IjUciIki scr'icdlii Mciii,. -I'lic t\V(> hitler arc iirccii hotllc flies 

 and were (Iclcniiiiicd l»v \)v. ('. II. V . 'rowiiscnd. 



1 1 1 jipohoscid .- -Vv^)\v<^nv liryaii iiiciit ioiicd liaviiiii' taken a 

 hu'ii'e species from a inaii-<>"-\\ ar bird at ^ioku Mann or liird 

 Tslaml, off windward Oalin. 



Did i/()/)/i(ir()(/cl jilin.f nil nihil IS. — M r. 'I'iiuhcrlakc iiient ioned 

 hiivini>: collected a siniilc adult of this I'cniarkahlc l)eli)hacid, 

 from Piitosponnit . on the iddi;-e leadinu np from Alewa lleiiihts 

 to Lanihnli. Mr. Ili'idwell also secured a specinien I'roiii the 

 same tree. This is the first i-ecord of the collect ini;- «d this 

 insect anywhere exce])t at the orii>inal locality on the Kan- 

 nmoliona ridge near the base of Mt. Konahuanni. 



.L 2\cir Aiillnibid. — ^Ir. Timberlake exhibited a small 

 Anthribid with long' antennae, of which he had collected sev- 

 eral specimens recently in IJonohdn. A species not as yet 

 determined or recorded, thoniih Dr. Perkins has stated in the 

 Introdnction to TJir Fa una I/n irailcnsis that one or two recent- 

 ly introduced s])ecies have been observed in Honolulu. In 

 this connection, .Mr. I'^hrhorn discussed the collecting!; of rare 

 insects in laruc numbers, at tinu's, (ti- s])ecial occasions, and 

 related how ]\Ir. Fuchs of California was accustomed to I'eturn 

 to localities where he had on formei- occasions taken rare or 

 interesting- insects. Other members related incidents of unex- 

 pectedly taking a large number of specimens of some hitherto 

 rare species. 



Tn/po.ri/lon hirolor. — Mr. Bridwell reporte(l having bred 

 this was]) from c(dls found in rotten wood of J^isonm. on Tan- 

 talus. 



ilelcropochi rcf/id. — Mr. Pend)ei-ton i'e])orted having ob- 

 served a female spi<ler of this species make her egg-sac, which 

 she. carried with her until the egus hatcdied. ^t was :]:. days, 

 and she would not eat anything in all this time. When the 

 .■);^)0 young spiders hatched, no cannibalisui was obs:'rved among 

 thcau. On the day that she dro])ped the em])ty eg<i'-sac, the 

 female broke Ik r long fast by eating a cocki'oach. 



Tch'spiza nlfinia. — Professor P>ryan said that he had foi" a 

 time entertained snspicions of there being a new bird on .\ihoa, 

 u small island about 200 miles beyond Kauai, and was much 



