.372 



Iljpopygiiim I'cddisli, at least in pai't. 



Dorsum of abdomen Avith bristles along 

 the posterior margin of the third seg- 

 ment ^S. hdfbata Thomson 



Dorsum of abdomen without bristles 

 the posterior margin of the thii'd seg- 

 ment S. rohusta Aldrich 

 Ilypoi^yginm concolorons with rest of abdomen. 



Occipnt with not more than two rows of 

 black bristles behind the posterior cor- 

 ners of the eyes, the second row gener- 

 ally incomplete or irregular *S*. <-/(/,)' Thomson 



Occijmt Avith three rows of black bristles 

 behind the posterior corners of the 

 eyes SarcopJiarja sp. 



MAECH 1st, 1917. 



The one hundred thirty-eighth meeting of the Society wag 

 held in the usual place, Vice-President Pemberton in the 

 chair. Other members present: Messrs. Bridwell, Giffard, 

 Illingworth, Mant, Muir, Osborn and Timberlake. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and a])proved. 



ento:mological progra:\i . 

 Kdisia pallidum. — IMr, Muir exhibited specimens of this 

 Delphacid from Fiji, Queensland, Java and the Phili])])ines, 

 and pointed out their variation in color. This is the first of 

 the Hawaiian Ivelisias to be recognized outside of the Hawaii- 

 an Archipelago. 



Kelisia fiwczeyi. — Mr. Bridwell reported linding this Del- 

 phacid on a coarse sedge on the slope leading up to Konahua- 

 nui. He stated that the usual habitat of the species was on 

 hunch grass (Eragrostis rariahi]i>i) in wind-swept localities. 

 Mr. Gitfard said that this leafhopper was not unusual in thei 

 region of the Xuuanu Pali. 



