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OCTOBER 4tii, li»ir. 



The Olio liundrod forty-fifth iiicctiiia,- of tliO' 8(K'iotv was 

 hohl in the usual phioe, Vice-President Poiuhertoii in the chair. 

 Other inemhers present: Messrs. Pridwell, (^rawford, Ehr- 

 horn, FuHaway, GifFard, ]\rinr, Tiinhorhdvo and WiUard; and 

 ]\rr. I\ol)ert Veitch of Suva, Fiji, visitoi-. 



^finutes of previous inet^ting read and approved. 



EXT():\r() LOGICAL rifOORAM. 



]\rr. Giffard exhibited two boxes of Delphacids and Ful- 

 gorids collected by him in California, during certain months of 

 191(). There were many new species. The collection w'as 

 Avoi-ked up l)y ]\Ir. Van Duzee of the (^difornia Academy of 

 Sciences and will lie ])ublished elsewhere. 



Lerp-fuiDiiiKj Psyllid. — ^h\ Ehrhorn exhibited specimens 

 of a lerp-forming Psyllid from Australia. 



^Fr. Veitch spoke of the principal sugar cane insects in 

 Fiji — cane l)orer, root grubs and wire-worms, and of their 

 peculiar problems and methods of control. 



TAPEKS. 



Certain Aspects of Medical and Sanitary Entomolog-y in the 

 Hawaiian Islands. 



BY J. C. BRIDWELL. 



[Withdrawn for publication in Report Hawaiian Medical Association, 



1916-1917.] 



Two New Species of Nesosydne (Delphacidae). 



BY F. MITIR. 



Nesosydne pliyllosferjinc s]). nov. 



$ Vertex slightly longer than broad, apex rounded ; length of face 

 twice the width, slightly widened in the middle ; median carina furcate 

 near base; antennae reaching well beyond base of clypeus, second joint 



Proc. Haw. Knt. Soc, III, No. 5, April, tqiS. 



