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five vigorous beetles. As Diaspis pentagona and Aspidiotus per- 

 niciosus are the principal hosts of this CoccinelHd, and as the 

 breeding- place of neither of these species was then known, their 

 food problem was solved by the selection of Anlacaspis rosac, as 

 this was accepted readily, and the females of the colony soon com- 

 menced to lay egg^s. At the present time fifteen beetles have 

 been brought to maturity and a large number of eggs, larvae and 

 pupae are in a thriving condition. Several'days ago Mr. Austin 

 discovered at Mokuleiia a number of peach trees badly infested 

 with San Jose scale. Twigs of these were secured, and supplied 

 the beetles with food which they seemed to welcome. In course 

 of his work with the rose scale as food for C. similis, Mr. Kotin- 

 sky observed Rhizobiiis towoombae Blackburn, breeding freely on 

 the rose scale. On a bit of twig not four inches long and about 

 one-fourth of an inch in diameter freshly brought in from a field, 

 he counted eleven larvae of this CoccinelHd and many more have 

 issued since. This same CoccinelHd he also observed in abundant 

 numbers upon Chionaspis rhododendri Green, on Poinciana piil- 

 cherrima and Waltheria amerlcana. He also stated that he had 

 bred the Chalcid A^helinits fuscipennis, from almost every Dias- 

 pine that came under his observation. In the near future he 

 hoped to publish a full list of its hosts on these islands. 



OCTOBER 15th, 1905. 



The tenth regular meeting of the Society was held at the usual 

 place, Mr. Perkins in the chair. 



The Secretary read a congratulatory note to the Society from 

 the Honorary Secretary, Mr. R. J. Wiggelsworth, of the Man- 

 chester Entomological Society. 



Exhibitions and Notes. 

 Mr. Kirkaldy took exception to Mr. Kotinsky's note, re Lepido- 

 saphes pallida, at the last meeting and expressed his opinion that 

 the status of the species was as follows : 



1. L. pallida (MaskeH i8qs) 

 =±inaskelli (CockereU 1897) 



Found in the Hawaiian Islands. 



2. New name wanted, if really distinct — 



= II pallida Green i8q6 (not Maskell 1895) 

 Not found in the Hawaiian Islands. 



