PROCEEDINGS 



Hawaiian Entomological Society 



Vol. IV, Xo. 1. For the Year 1918. June, 1919. 



JAXUARY 3rd, 1918. 



The one hundred forty-eighth meeting- of the Society was 

 held in the usnal place, President Pemberton in the chair. 

 Other members present : Messrs Bridwell, Crawford, Ehrhorn, 

 Fnllaway, Mant, Swezey, Timberlake and Willard. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved, -with cor- 

 rections. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL PROGRAM. 



Lepidoptera from India. — Mr. Mant exhibited a collection 

 of Lepidoptera from Sikkim, India, including one specimen 

 from Aru. 



Vanessa tammeamea. — Mr. Swezey reported seeing a Ka- 

 mehanieha butterfly in his garden at Kaimuki, The insect 

 seldom comes down from the mountain forests where its native 

 food-plant (Pipturus) grows. 



Pantala flavescens. — ]\Ir. Pemberton reported finding a 

 specimen of this dragonfly 15 miles from land in the channel 

 between Oahu and Molokai. 



Phora sp. — Mr. Pemberton exhibited a series of a Phorid 

 fly bred from decaying pineapples. 



SieroJa from. Fiji. — Mr. Bridwell reported finding a species 



