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DECEMBER 2nd, 1909. 



The fiftv-eiglith regular and the fourth annual meeting of the 

 Society was held in the usual place. 



:Member elected WM. A. BRYAN 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PEOGKAM. 



]Mr. Fidlaway stated that he had sent specimens of the mango 



thrips to Mr. ^foulton, wlio had identifierl it as IleJiotJirips ruhri- 

 cincfiis Franklin. 



The Secretary reported that Mr. Kotinsky had sent specimens 

 of the introduced fern weevil to Mr. Lea of Tasmania, who had 

 identified it as Syagrius fulcitarsus Pasc* 



Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited specimens of the largest Coccid known 

 Lophococcns maximum. He also exhibited a very ingenious fold- 

 ing beating-net. 



Mr. Muir exhibited two specimens of Pseudosphinx discis- 

 triga, one from Ceram and the other from Larat, with the clas- 

 pers dissected out to show the stridulating organs. This is the 

 species mentioned by Mr. Muir in a note published in Proc. 

 Haw. Ent. Soc, Vol. II, p. 12, 1908. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a pair of a rare species of Hawaiian 

 wasp (Oreocrabro ahnormis) , which he had bred from their nest 

 in a rotten branch of Eleocarpus, collected on Mt. Olympus, 

 Oahu, l^ov. 14, 1909. 



Mr. Shiraki, the government entomologist of Formosa, was 

 present and exhibited a very interesting collection of Formosan 

 Orthoptera, many of which were new to science. 



Mr. Kirkaldy exhibited a few butterflies from New Zealand. 



* This is the insect mentioned by Mr. Swezey in some notes pub- 

 lished in Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, Vol. I, p. 163, 1908. 



