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long and short wing'ed forms of tliis Dclphacid. Tlic long 

 winged form is rare, this ])r()l)al)l_v being the first record for it. 



Ith-i/ncof/oiriis Irochrlei. — _Mr. Bridwell reported eolleetiiig 

 tliis wee\il in Palolo N'alley. 



Profci h iiius iiiaiirKs: — Mr. l>rid\vcll exliihited specimens of 

 this verv large Proterhinid l)eetle collected hy him from a va- 

 riety of Siifloiiid ]es-sciil<iita having very hirge leaves clnstered 

 at the ends of rather thick twigs. The adnlt beetles feed in the 

 axils of the leaves, and the larvae feed in the pith of the n(>wly 

 dead twigs. Other c(^llect()rs of this beetle had collected it only 

 from this form of Sidtonia. The type specimen was 5 mm. 

 long, the average being abont 3 mm., but Mr. Bridwell col- 

 lected one specimen 9 mm. long which is nndoubtedly the larg- 

 est P)-of('r]i'nui.s ever collected. 



Instecfy on ti. — ]\lr. llridwell stated that heretofore he had 

 fonnd this plant very free from insects, bnt on Jnne 28th he 

 had fonnd both Cis and Fvoterhlnus on dead ti and ieie leaves 

 on the gronnd in a ravine on the Pali road on windward Oahn. 



DelplmckJ on Baumca. — ]\Ir. Bridwell re])orted collecting- 

 one specimen of an nnknown Delphacid on the large sedge 

 Baxmea. 



AUGUST 2xD, 1917. 



The one hnndred forty-third meeting of the Society was 

 held in the entomological laboratory of the new bnilding of 

 tlie Hawaiian Sngar Planters' Experiment Station, Vice-Presi- 

 dent Pemberton in the chair. Other members present : Messrs. 

 Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fnllaway, Knhns, jMnir, Swezey, Timber- 

 lake, and Willard, and Mr. T). L, Crawford, visitor. 



In the absence of the Secretary, ^Fr. Swezey was appointed 

 Secretary pro tem. 



^Finntes of the previons meeting read and approved. 



