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-irxK 1st, loiri. 



The (tiic liuiidrc*! I wciil \-iiiii1 li iiicctiiiii' \\:i^ lit'lil in the 

 usiiiil ])I;i('(', President I lliiii;\v<irt h in ihe chair. Otliei' iikmh- 

 bers ])res(>iit : Messrs. IJridwcll, l^liriioi'u, r'nlla\Viiy, Ivnliiis. 

 MiUit, Penihei'loii. S\ve/e_\', and Tindteidake. 



Minutes of previous meetinu' read and approved. 



NOTES A^;D EXJiiiirnoxs. 



Psi/lli(J jxinisilc. — Mr. Tinihei'lake exhibited specimens of 

 a |)arasit(^ bred from i^-alls of a Psvllid (Triozd ioluni) on ohia 

 loaves broug'ht in by Mr. Swezev, from a rid,<>(' back of Hauula ; 

 also from Waialao-Xui. The ii'alls were uumerous on the few 

 leaves brou_<>'ht in, and about HO of the ])arasites had bred out. 

 It is a Kulo])hine thouiiht to be n("ar the o'enns S';/iii picsis. 



Adelenrtjiius l-aalac Ashm. — Mr. Tiniberlake exhibited 

 specimens collected in various ])laces in the Islands, hosts un- 

 known, and ex])ressed the opinion tluit tlie species should be 

 ])hiced in some other genus. 



BeetlcK in alfalfa meal. — T^rof. Illingworth re|)orte(l finding 

 Clerid beetles breeding verv abiuidantly in alfalfa meal. The 

 larva were reddish. 



Catoraina mcrirana. — Prof. Tllingworth reported this beetle 

 feeding in slip]>ers. 



Ccraparli i/>< silrcsfril Wh. — ^Ir. Swezey exhibited specimens 

 of this ant which he had foinid nesting in a compost heap at 

 tlie Experiment Station grounds. This is the first time that 

 it has been collected since its discovery at Hilo by J)\\ Sil- 

 vesti'i in 1908. 



Aer/osoiua reflexiim. — Air. Pridwell reported that the beetle 

 from his previously exhibited pupa finally became fnlly ma- 

 tured and hardened u]). 



Pseiidocorciis iiipae. — ]\Ir. Ehrhorn remarked on the usual 

 scarcity of this mealybug, in several instances that had come 

 under his observation it had entirely disap])eared. Others men- 

 tioned simihir observations. 



