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related, black, carpet beetle (Alhu/nii.s picciis), in the United 

 States. 



CONTROL :NrEASlTRES. 



Carbon bisulphide was used snccessfnlly in destroying the 

 insects in the trunks, biit the treatment had to be repeated 

 after about two weeks, when some young larvae were again 

 discovered. Possibly the eggs are not destroyed by the treat- 

 ment, and this may account for the second appearance of the 

 pest, unless the young larvae crawled in from the outside. 



OCTOBER r.Tu, 1910. 



The one hundred thirty-thii'd meeting of the Society was 

 held in the usual place, President Illingworth in the chair. 

 Other members present : Messrs. Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fulla- 

 way, Giffard, Kuhns, Pemberton, Swezey and Timberlake. 



^iiuutes of previous meeting read and ap])roved. 



NOTI-:S AXD EXHIBITIONS. 



D'uirliiis auratus. — ]\Ir. Eullaway exhibited a specimen of 

 this American Chrysomelid beetle from the Board of Agricul- 

 ture collection, collected by Mr. J. Kotinsky, at AVaianae in 

 1900. The earliest previous record of its occurrence was 

 1913,* collected by Mr. Swezey in Honolulu and also in Hono- 

 lulu Plantation above Pearl City, at which time specimens 

 were sent to Dr. Van Dyke for determination. 



Lifliitrfjus alhofimhriaiiis. — ^Fr. Bridwell reported his first 

 capture of this bee in Septxnuber on morning glory blossoms 

 at Black Point, east of Diamond TTead. 



Mezhim sp. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding this peculiar 

 Ptinid ])eetle numerous in s])arrow nests in a cave-like excava- 

 tion at the side of the Diamond Head road. There were also 

 some of them in crevices of the rocks. Hen fleas were also 

 found in the s])arro\v nests. 



('Jni/si(]ld. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding cocoons and 

 adults of this insect in f^rcJiphrnn nests in a road culvert at 

 Diamond Head. 



*Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, p. 11, 1914, and III, p. 62, 191: 



