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Himalaya Butterflies. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a collection 

 of Y5 species of beautiful butterflies from the Himalaya 

 IVJountains. They were collected by Mr. Macintosh of Dar- 

 jecling-, India, and were obtained through Mr. J. F. Rock 

 Ox the College of Hawaii, who visited Mr. Macintosh the pre- 

 vious year. 



DECEMBER 2nd, 1915. 



The one hundred-twentythird regular meeting of the So- 

 ciety was held in the usual place, President Ehrhorn in the 

 chair. Other members present: Messrs, Back, Giffard, Illing- 

 worth, Mant, Swezey, and Wilder. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



Treasurer's report for 1915 read and accepted. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Kilauea maths. — ]\Ir. Swezey reported on the examination 

 of a collection of moths made at lights by Mr. Giffard at his 

 bungalow, Kilauea, Hawaii, in October, 1915. There were 

 44 species, four of which had not previously been collected 

 b}- him there. These were: Adrapsa manif estalis , Phhjctaenia 

 parhygramma, Scopaiia sp., and Archips pundiferanus, and 

 will be additionss to the list published in Pro. Haw. Ent. 

 Soc.,II, No. 5, p. 233, 1913. 



The following corrections should be made in that list: 

 On page 233 add "Hyssia niphadopa (Meyr.)"; two speci- 

 mens were overlooked amongst the lot of Eriopygodes euclidias 

 (Meyr.). On page 234 there should have been 3 specimens 

 m.entioned of Agrotis selenias Meyr. Agrotis cinctipennis 

 should be omitted and "Agrotis clicrsotoides, one specimen" 

 sh.ould be inserted. 



Epyris sp. — Mr. Swezey reported having caught on a win- 

 dow at the Experiment Station, another specimen of this large 

 Bethylid exhibited by him at the previous meeting. 



Gonatoc-erus mexicanus.* — ]\Ir. Swezev corrected a state- 



*Specimens of this parasite sent to Dr. L. 0. Howard were com- 

 pared by Mr. Crawford with G. gibsoni, which was bred in Arizona 

 from the same host. They were found identical; hence, gihsoni is 

 a synonym, having been described more recently. — Ed. 



