413 

 NOVEMBER 1st, 1917. 



The one liiuidred forty-sixth meeting of the Society Avas 

 held in the nsual place, Vice-President Pemberton in the chair. 

 Other members present : Messrs. Bridwell, Crawford, Ehr- 

 horn, Fullaway, Kuhns and Swezey. Visitors: Mr. Robert 

 Veitch and Mr. K. C. Brewster. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



Mr. Swezey proposed the name of Francis X. Williams 

 for active membership in the Society. 



exto:m(>logicai> program. 



Bruclius pruininus. — Mr. Bridwell presented some observa- 

 tions on this weevil, which he has found infesting the seeds of 

 Leucaena glauca. 



Heterospilus prosopidls. — Mr. Bridwell gave some notes on 

 this Braconid and gave it as his opinion that it was a parasite 

 of the above Brucliid, from the fact of his collecting both of 

 them in the same localities, tho he had not actually bred the 

 parasite yet from the weevil. 



Omiodes hlacMjunii. — ^Ir. Bridwell rcuiarked on the 

 scarcity of the coconut leaf roller at the present time. 



Odynerus oahuensls. — A specimen of this wasp was exhib- 

 ited by Mr. Bridwell, collected by him in Ainahau Park, 

 Honolulu. 



Euscelinus sp. — A specimen exhibited by Mr. Bridwell, col- 

 lected in Honolulu. 



Bosivychid. — A specimen of a hitherto undetermined 

 Bostrychid beetle was exhibited by ^Ir. Bridwell. A small 

 species with red marking on the elytra. 



Gelechia gossypieUa. — ]\Ir. Swezey exhibited specimens of 

 the pink boll worm bred by Mr. Giifard in September of this 

 year, from fruits of Ilibiscadelphus hualalaiensis collected by 

 Mr. J. F. Rock at Pnuwaawaa, Hawaii. Mr. Rock reported 



