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related, Llack, earpet lu'etle (Atfaf/iiiis pirciis), in the United 

 States. 



CONTROL MEASURES. 



Carbon bisuli)hide was used successfnllv in destroying the 

 insects in the trunks, but the treatment had to be repeated 

 after about two weeks, Avhen some young hirvae were again 

 discovered. Possibly the eggs are not destroyed by the treat- 

 ment, and this may account for the second appearance of the 

 pest, unless the young larvae crawled in from the outside. 



OCTOBER r)TH, 1916. 



The one hundred thirty-third meeting of the Society was 

 held in the usual place. President Illingworth in the chair. 

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

 way, Giffard, Kuhns, Pemberton, Swezey and Timberlake. 



^Finutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Diaclius auratus. — -Mr. Fullaway exhibited a s]KX'imen of 

 this American Chrysomelid beetle from the Board of Agricul- 

 ture collection, collected by Mr. J. Kotinsky, at Waianae in 

 1909. The earliest previous record of its occurrence was 

 1913,* collected by Mr. Swezey in Honoluhi and also in Hono- 

 lulu Plantation above Pearl City, at which time specimens, 

 were sent to Dr. Van Dyke for determination. 



Lifliin-f/iis nJhofhnh fiat IIS. — ^Ir. Bridwell reported his first 

 capture of this bee in Se])tc'nd)er on morning glory blossoms 

 at Black Point, east of Diamond Head. 



Mez'inm sp. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding this peculiar 

 Ptinid beetle numerous in sparrow nests in a cave-like excava- 

 tion at the side of the Diamond Head road. There were also 

 some of them in crevices of the rocks. Hen fleas were also 

 found in the sparrow nests. 



C/i ri/sl(Ii(]. — Mr. l^i'idwell rejiorted finding cocoons and 

 adidts of this insect in Sccli /ih ron nests in a I'ond culvert at 

 Diamond Head. 



Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, III, p. 11, 1914. and III, p. 62, 1915. 



