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MAY ;]ed, 1917. 



The one hundred fortieth meeting of the Society Avas hehl 

 in the usual place, Vice-President Pemberton in the chair. 

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

 way, Illingnvorth, Kuhns, Osborn and Swezey. 



]Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



]\Ir. Bridwell presented the name of ]\lr. H. F. Willard 

 for active membership in the Society. 



Carpopliihis Inniirralis. — Air. Tllingworth reported finding 

 this Xitidnlid beetle attacking the ears of field corn in the 

 field, while yet in the milk. 



PluteUa maculipennis. — Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens 

 of this moth reared from leaves of Capparis sandtvichensis 

 near Diamond Head, April 16, 1917. The larvae were found 

 feeding singly between the new folded-together leaves, the 

 margins being nicely fastened with silk. Eight moths were 

 reared, also two Limnerium polynesiale, an Tchneumonid para- 

 site. 



The moths were paler than the usual P. maculipennis 

 reared from cabbage. It was expected, when the larvae were 

 collected, that they would turn out to be the same as the 

 P. alhovenosa. bred by Mr. Bridwell from larvae in the pods 

 of Capparis collected by him Dec. 11, 1916, on the coral plain 

 south of Ewa Mill. Further observations are desirable to de- 

 termine whether these moths breeding on Capparis are distinct 

 species or varieties of P. viaculipennis. 



Omiodes bJacl-hurni. — ~Sh\ Illingworth re])orted finding the 

 larvae of this moth recently abundant on the ])alm Pi-ifrJiardia 

 pacifica in Honolulu. 



Cnjpiorliynchus sp. — Mr. Fullaway exhibited the larva and 

 ])U])a of a weevil from rotten wood, — the same weevil exhibited 

 by Mr. Ehrhorn at the previous meeting. 



