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SKPTK.MP.KR Till. IDIC. 



Tlio one liniidrcd tliirl \-sc(*(iii(l iiiccl iiii;- ol' tlic SciciclN' \v;i> 

 held in the usual place, I'residcnt LlliuiiWdi'lli in llic cliaii'. 

 OtluT iiK'uihcrs ])rt's(Mit: Messrs. Bvi dwell, Mlirlioru, l^'ulhi- 

 wav, Ivnliiis, Peud)erl<»u, Swe/.ev, Tiuiherlake, aud W. H. 

 Meirieeke, visitcu'. 



Minutes of |)revi()us nieetinii' read and approved. 



XOTKS AND EXinUITIOXS. 



Xc'oexaircid s/jiiiifjcr. — J\Ir. Pendx'rton exhibited a speci- 

 men of this fly captured in Ivona, Hawaii, wliere fhev were 

 hoverinii" about heaps of eoffee ])oniaee in which it was 

 thought that the larvae were feedinii". Other ineinhers men- 

 tioned rotten sug'ar cane, l)anana stems and other rotting vege- 

 tation as l)ree(ling-])laces of this fly. 



I))scrfs from the crafrr of Ma una Loa. — ^Ir. Meineoke ex- 

 hibited insects collected by him, Angust 1st, in ]\roknaweoweo, 

 the crater of AFanna Loa, TTawaii. Some of them were on 

 the rocks and some on snow. This was at an elevation of abont 

 14,000 feet. They ninst have been carried to the place by air 

 cnrrents, it being a long distance and much higher than any 

 possible breeding-])laces for any of them. Following is a list 

 as determined by ^Fi-. Swezey: 



TFynieno])tera 



1 Psdiiniiocliarcs liicfKosus (Cr.) 



C) Ba.'<sits Jiichtlorliis (Fab.) 



'1 Llnnu')liiiii I)](icl-J)unii r^ini. . 



Diptera 



4 Xaiitliof/nnnma t/fdiulironir ^Fac(]. 



1 Sai'rop]ia(/(i /mlJliicrris Thonis. 



2 FronttiKi arrJiippirora Will. 

 4 of an nndetermined sj^ecies. 



Le])i(lo]itera 



1 Pont id nipac { l.inn.) 



1 Scofori/flint rain Bntl. 



2 Ecroploccra forfrrlrorans ( F^)ntl.) 



