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Strum iyoius lowesii? — ]\Ir. Bridwell exhibited three speci- 

 mens of a peculiar new ant taken in rotten wood in Palolo 

 Valley, where he had fonnd a colonv. lie also exhibited a 

 larc'e nnniljer of specimens of the ant, Tetramoriinn (juiiiense, 

 from specimens of the peat fonnd on Washing-ton Island. 



Scoparia dactyJlopa and S. hucolica. — Mr. Bridwell report- 

 ed having reared two moths of the former and one of the latter 

 species from larvae found in moss on Mt. Kaala. 



Mestolohes n. sp.^ — Mr. Bridwell exhibited this moth, reared 

 bv ^Ir. Timberlake from a larva in moss on Mt. Kaala. 



Annadillo alhospinosus. — ]\Ir. Bridwell reported this sow- 

 bng abimdant in moss on trees on ]\It. Kaala. 



Sarcupluiga rohusta. — Mr. Illingworth reported this fly 

 breeding in meat. It is a very large species, not previously 

 reported as occurring here. Specimens had recently been de- 

 termined by IMr. Timberlake by the nse of Aldrich's book on 

 Sarcophaga flies. 



Ci'oridosona haitaiia. — ]\rr. Swezey exhibited a moth reared 

 l)y ^Ir. Illingworth from the yonng shoots of Tccoma xtans at 

 the College of Hawaii, which is apparently this species, bnt 

 nioi-e material is needed to definitelv confirm it. 



JUXE Txir, 1917. 



The one hundred forty-first meeting of the Society was 

 held in the usual place with President Potter in the chair. 

 Other members present : Messrs. Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Oshorn, 

 Pemberton, Swezey and Willard. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



]\rr. II. F. "Willard was elected to active membership. 



ento:n[ological peogeam. 

 Oil la PsyIUds."—MY. Swezey exhibited four different spe- 



* Published in the Hawaiian Planters' Record, Vol. XVII, pp. 174- 

 183, 1917- 



