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corner of Young and Keeaumokii streets, Honolulu. In dis- 

 cussion, it was brought out that this fly is now very common in 

 Honolulu. It is but little more than a year since its presence 

 here first came to the attention of the entomologists. It has not 

 yet been determined specifically, nor from what locality it 

 came. 



Mr. Fullaway exhibited specimens of parasites bred from 

 the cotton moth (Gelechia gossypiella), the following now be- 

 ing known: Chelonus hlackburni, Pristomerus sp., Parasierola 

 sp., HocJcena sp. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1912. 



President D. T. Fullaway 



Vice-President F. Muir 



Secretary-Treasurer O. H. Swezey 



JANUARY 4th., 1912. 



The eightieth meeting of the Society was held in the usual 

 place. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of 30 or more species of 

 moths, collected by Messrs. Giffard and Ehrhorn at Mr. Gif- 

 fard's house near the Volcano House, Kilauea, Hawaii, during 

 the early part of the evening of three nights in December, 1911. 

 Among them there was one new species: an Aristotelia larger 

 than any species previously described for the Hawaiian Islands. 

 There were also a few other species not previously seen by Mr. 

 Swezey. 



Mr. Ehrhorn exhibited a few species of ants, recently de- 

 te:rmined by Mr. W. M. Wheeler. Two of them were: Mono- 

 moriiim minutum var. liUuokalani, collected at Kaimuki ; and 

 T-etramorium guinense, collected at Hilo. Two species had not 

 previously been recorded from the Islands. Plagiolepis exigua 

 Forel, taken at Kalihi ; and P. madavishi, taken in Honolulu. 

 Dr. Perkins recognized exigua as a species that he had been 

 seeing a good deal of lately, his first notice of it having been 

 specimens that were sent in from Hutchinson Sugar Plantation, 

 Naalehu, Hawaii, two or three y^ars ago. Mr. Swezey had the 



