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ers be tlioiiglit that species from the Philippine Islands and 

 East Indies would be more apt to prove snccessfnl, tliongb on 

 a whole the introduction of birds should be controlled under 

 strictly scientific supervision and their habits should be ob- 

 served in large enclosures for a sufficient period to determine 

 whether or not their feeding habits would change. A lengthy 

 discussion' followed, embracing the introduction of seeds and 

 plants, and several members present testified to their experience 

 with some of our berry plants adopting an entirely different 

 habit from their usual growth, with a yield of poor, insignifi- 

 cant fruit. Several grasses were cited as being good forage 

 plants on the mainland, but inferior forage here and acting 

 more as weeds. jMuch stress was laid on the importance of hav- 

 ing the Federal Experiment Station make tests of all seed intro- 

 ductions to permanently settle the question of whether seed 

 plants or grasses should be allowed to be planted in the islands. 



]\IAY oTii, 1910. 



The sixty-third regular meeting of the Society was held in 

 the regular place. 



PAPERS READ. 



Some Recent Weevil Determinations. 



BY OTTO ir. SWEZEY. 



Caryoborus gonagra (Fab.) 



This is the large Bruchid which began to attract attention 

 late in the summer of 1908. It is now very abundant and 

 widely distributed on the lowlands of Oahu, but lias not as yet 

 been reported from the dtlicr Islands. Ir breeds in the pods of 

 algaroba, glue bush, tamarinds, several cultivated cassias and 

 other legumes. I recently came across a figure of Caryoborus 

 gonagva (Fab.) in Dr. JVIaxwell-Lefroy's new book. Indian In- 

 sect Life, which looked very much like our insect. Looking up 

 the description in Schoenherr's Catalogue of the Curculionidae, 

 it was found to correspond well. I then sent specimens to Dr. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc. II, No. 4, April, 1912. 



