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the Board of AgTiciiltnre, where they are now available for the 

 use of the members. 



The Secretary also proposed the preparation of a list of the 

 periodicals pertaining to entomology in the various libraries of 

 Honolulu, for publication in the Proceedings. Mr, Swezey 

 agreed to become responsible for obtaining a list of those at the 

 Bishop Museum, Mr. Illingworth from the College of Hawaii, 

 Mr. Warren from the Sugar Planters' Experiment Station, Mr. 

 Bridwell from the Board of Agriculture and the Society, and 

 Mr. Fullaway (absent) presumably would supply a list from 

 the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station. 



EXTOMOLOGICAL XOTES. 



Mr. Bridwell exhibited three species of Carabidae collected 

 on Mt. Kaala among the bases of the leaves of the silver sword 

 {Astelia) and in dry stipes of a tree fern (Cibotiimi). He also 

 exhibited a series of North American Carabidae and gave notes 

 on their habits and upon the variations of some of the species. 



Mr. Swezey reported the finding of cocoons of the introduced 

 Pompilus in an old cane stool in one of the fields of Honolulu 

 Plantation. 



Mr. Osborn reported finding an adult Cemtitis capitata 

 upon the summit of Mt. Kouahuanui (3000 ft.) on February 

 22nd. Mr. Pemberton expressed his opinion that it had not 

 bred there but had probably been carried there by the wind from 

 the windward side of the mountain range. Mr. Ehrhorn ex- 

 pressed his belief in the great importance of the air currents in 

 the distribution of insects in these Islands, and described the 

 effect of air currents in carrying insects up onto the sno^^'fields 

 of the Sierra j^evada Mountains. Mr. BridAvell recalled the 

 habits of the Carabid beetle of the genus Nehria, which lives at 

 the edge of the snowfields and feeds on the air-borne insects. 



Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens and presented the following 

 note: 



Notes on "Orneodes objurgatella" Walsm. 



BY OTTO II. SW^EZEY. 



On Feb. 8th, 1914, I collected a handful of fruits from a 

 tree of Pledronia odorata in Palolo Valley. Since that time, 

 46 moths of Orneodes ohjurgatella have emerged from these 

 fruits. This is a rather rare moth, Lord Walsingham having 



