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ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGKAM. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection of insects made in July 

 at Palmyra Islands by Messrs. Joseph Rock and Montague 

 Cooke. The collection contained eighteen species, seven of 

 which are known to occur in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Mr, Ehrhorn exhibited a diminutive specimen of Clytus 

 crinicornis; six specimens of a hitherto undetermined Tene- 

 brionid, black with red spots, collected in decaying wood in 

 ISTuuanu Valley; a specimen of Plusia pterylota reared from 

 a caterpillar found on hollyhock at Mr. Giffard's place at Ki- 

 lauea, Hawaii; a Lepidopterous larva which had been handed 

 to Mr. Kuhns by a doctor who reported it to have been vomited 

 by a patient. This latter caterpillar w'as in good condition and 

 on examination Mr. Swezey thought that it w^as probably Anar- 

 sia liniateUa, and that it had probably been eaten in a plum or 

 peach. 



Mr. Ehrhorn also reported the finding of ants of the species 

 Technomyrmex albipes in the blossom end of rose apple at Mr. 

 Gartley's in Kuuanu Valley recently. His first record of this 

 ant here was at Maunawili in 1912. 



Mr. Fullaway exhibited specimens of four species of Spa- 

 langia obtained by himself and Mr. Bridwell in connection with 

 their work of rearing the South African housefly parasite. Two 

 species: cameroni and simplex were described by Dr. Perkins 

 in the Fauna Hawaiiensis. The other two may possibly be 

 undetermined species introduced by Mr. Koebele. 



Mr. Giffard exhibited a collection of PlagitJimysus taken by 

 himself at Kilauea, Haw^aii, and containing ten out of the 

 twelve species known to exist there. He remarked on the ease 

 Avith which one could collect a series of the species of these 

 beetles by knowing where and how and by purposely going after 

 them. He gave some general remarks about their habits and 

 distribution, particularly in regard to their host trees and the 

 fact that each species is confined to a single island. 



Mr. Giffard also exhibited specimens of CalUtJimysus koe- 

 helei and C. microgaster from Oahu, both rare species ; and 

 two species of Clytarlus, illustrating generic differences from 

 the other related genera. 



Mr. Giffard further exhibited specimens of Parandra pnnc- 

 tireps, taken at light at his bungalow, Kilauea, Hawaii. 



