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introduced into these islands by way of the shipping from San 

 Francisco. 



Dr. FiHppo Silvestri, entomologist at the Royal School of 

 Agriculture, Portici, Italy, who had been spending a few days 

 investigating the methods of combatting insect pests as carried 

 on in the Hawaiian Islands, was present, and favored the Society 

 with some remarks and suggestions. 



Dr. Silvestri reported having collected a Lepismid on the 

 rocks at Waianae which he thought would prove to be a new 

 species, and offered to send the description for publication in 

 the Proceedings. He also reported having discovered an im- 

 portant Protozoan, parasitic on one of our species of termites. 

 The slide preparations that he made he will study at home. He 

 spoke with great appreciation of the value of the work done 

 with parasites on these islands in combatting the various injuri- 

 ous insects, particularly Perkinsiclla saccharicida (Homoptera- 

 Delphacidae) the leaf -hopper pest of the sugar cane. 



Having been informed that Coccus tuherculahis described by 

 him on page i68 of Proc. Haw. Ent.' Soc, I', No. 5, was a 

 homonym, Mr. Kotinsky offered to change the name to C. miiiri 

 in honor of the collector. 



NOVEMBER 5th, 1908. 



The forty-fifth regular meeting of the Society was held in 

 the usual place. 



MEMBERS ELECTED. 



D. T. Fullaway, J. P. Cooke. 



PAPERS READ. 

 Notes on a Collection of Odynerus from Maui. 



BY W. M. GIFFARD. 



( Specimens exhibited ) . 



This collection of 19 species of Odynerus was made in Wai- 

 luku and lao Valley, Maui, on March 22nd, and at Olowalu, 

 Maui, on March 25th, 1908. The number of species so far 

 recorded for the island of Maui is 23, which with two species 

 {Chclodynerus chelifer and O. microdemas) included in this 

 collection will now make 25 species recorded for that island.* 



* C. chelifer is recorded on the adjacent islands of Molokai ana 

 Lanai whilst O. microdemas is similarly so on Molokai only. 

 Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, II, No. 2, Sept., 1909. 



