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closely, shallowly punctate, propodeum short, rugose, irregularly wrinkled 

 in front, the entire thorax with a heavy clothing of pale brown to ciner- 

 ous hairs, abdomen with a delicate surface sculpture and finely, shallowly 

 punctured and hairy, the punctures on the ist segment sparse, the hairs 

 more thickly set towards apex. Wings clear. The genitalia are not much 

 different from those of sctosifrons, its ally. 



SEPTE^IBER c.Tii, 1017. 



The one hundred forty-fonrth nieetin_<>' of the Society was 

 held in the usual place, President Potter in the chair. Other 

 nienibei's present: Messrs. Bridwell, Ehrhorn, Fullaway. ]\[uir 

 aiul Timherlakc. 



]\Iinutes of jirevious meeting- read and approved. 



]\Ir. 1). [.. Crawford was elected to active membership. 



EXTOMOLOGICAL PKOGRAM. 



Jlrferospihis prosopidis. — This Braconid was reported by 

 ]\Ir. Bridwell, he having recovered it by sweeping in Kapiolani 

 Park, Honolulu. It was introduced as a Bruchid parasite ])y 

 Mr. Fullaway in 1010, and had not yet been known to have 

 become established. 



Bnichus prw//(nM/5. — Mr. Bridwell reported the capture of 

 this Bruchid in Kapiolani Park, being the first record of its 

 occurrence in the Islands. 



Anfhicicl. — Mr. Bridwell reported collecting a strange beetle 

 with enlarged femora in Kapiolani Park, which is probably an 

 Anthicid. 



AlphUohius dlapei'inns. — A large nmnber of these beetles 

 found in a fallen mynah bird's nest by IVfr. Bridwell. 



Nesosydne iiephrolepidi.s. — The capture of this Delphacid in 

 the Koolau Range back of Honolulu, reported by Mr. Bridwell. 



Nesosydne tnnherlal-ci. — ]\[r. ]\ruir reported the capture of 

 a male specimen of this Delphacid on Cijanca tnincaia near 

 Waiahole tunnel, August 2C)th. 



Apterocyclus sp. — Mr, Bridwell reported that Mr. Forbes, 



