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SEPTEMBER Ttii, 1916. 



The one hundred thirty-second nieetini>' of the Society was 

 held in the nsnal place, President llling'worth in the chair. . 

 Other members present: Messrs. Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fulla- 

 way, Kuhns, Pemberton, Swezey, Timberlake, and W. H. 

 Meinecke, visitor. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



TS'OTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Neoexalreta spiniger. — Mr. Pemberton exhibited a speci- 

 men of this fly captured in Kona, Hawaii, where they were 

 hovering al)ont heaps of coffee pomace in which it was 

 thought that the larvae were feeding. Other members men- 

 tioned rotten sugar cane, banana stems and other rotting vege- 

 tation as breeding-places of this fly. 



Insects from the crater of Manna Loa. — Mr. Meinecke ex- 

 hibited insects collected by him, August 1st, in Mokuaweoweo, 

 the crater of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. Some of them were on 

 the rocks and some on snow. This was at an elevation of about 

 14,000 feet. They must have been carried to the place by air 

 currents, it l)eing a long distance and much higher than any 

 possible breeding-places for any of them. Following is a list 

 as determined by Mr. Swezey : 



Hymen opt era 



1 Psanmiocliares lucinosus (Cr.) 



Bassus laetatorius (Fab.) 



3 Litnneriinn hlacl-hnrni Cam. 



Diptera 



4 Xaiit]iO(/i-inn iiKi (/rtdidiconie ^Macc]. 



1 Sairopluif/a pallincrrls Thoms. 



2 Frontina, arclii ppirora Will. 

 4 of an imdetermined species. 



Lepidoptera 



1 Pontia rapae (Linn.) 



1 Scotorythra rara Butl. 



2 Eccoptocera foeterivoraiis (Butl.) 



