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Lucilia sericaia Meig. — The two latter are gi-een bottle flies 

 and were determined by Dr. C. II, T. Townsend. 



Hlppohoscid. — Professor Bryan mentioned having taken a 

 large species from a man-o'-war bird at Moku Mann or Bird 

 Island, off windward Oahn. 



DidyophorodelpJiad- )n'n(t/)ilis. — Mr. Timberlake mentioned 

 having collected a single adult of this remarkable Dclphaeid, 

 from Pittospovuni , on the ridge leading np from Alewa Heights 

 to Lanihuli. Mr. Bridwell also secured a specimen from the 

 same tree. This is the first record of the collecting of this 

 insect anywhere except at the original locality on the Kau- 

 muohona ridge near the base of Mt. Konahnanui. 



A New Anthribid. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a small 

 Anthribid with long antennae, of which he had collected sev- 

 eral specimens recently in Honolulu. A species not as yet 

 determined or recorded, though Dr. Perkins has stated in the 

 Introduction to The Fauna Hawaiiensis that one or two recent- 

 ly introduced species have been observed in Honolulu. In 

 this connection, Mr. Ehrhorn discussed the collecting of rare 

 insects in large nunil)ers, at times, or special occasions, and 

 related how Mr. Fuchs of California was accustomed to return 

 to localities where he had on former occasions taken rare or 

 interesting insects. Other members related incidents of unex- 

 pectedly taking a large number of specimens of some hitherto 

 rare species. 



Trypoxylon hicolor. — Mr. Bridwell reported having bred 

 this wasp from cells found in rotten wood of Pisonia. on Tan- 

 talus. 



Heteropoda rc<jia. — Mr. Pembcrton reported having ob- 

 served a female spider of this species make her egg-sac, which 

 she carried Avith her until the egu's hatched. It was ')."> days, 

 and she would not eat anything in all this time. When the 

 ~u>{) young spiders hatched, no cannibalism was observed among 

 them. On the day that she dropped the empty egg-sac, the 

 female broke her long fast by eating a cockroach. 



Telespiza idtinia. — Professor Bryan said that he had for a 

 time entertained suspicions of there being a new l)ivd on Xihoa, 

 a small island about 200 miles bevond Kauai, and was much 



