fai'cl in the Sierras, Oregon and Washington. Inelnded in the 

 above, Mr. Van Duzee has described 47 new species. The col- 

 lection exhibited inchides series of a large majority of the 

 species enumerated together with allotypes and paratypes of 

 the new species. All holotypes are in the collections of the 

 California Academy of Sciences. . 



Ithamar n. sp. — Mr. Swezey exhibited a specimen of bug 

 collected on iSTiu Ridge, February 10th, 1918, which is un- 

 doubtedly a new species of this genus, or a closely related 

 one.* 



APRIL 4th, 1918. 



The one hundred fifty-first meeting of the Society was held 

 in the usual place, President Pemberton in the chair. Other 

 members present: Messrs. Crawford, Ehrhorn, Fullaway, Gif- 

 fard, Kuhns, Osborn, Pemberton, Swezey, Timberlake and 

 Willard. Mr. Van der Goot of Buitenzorg, Java, was a visitor. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 

 Mr. Joseph Rosa was elected to active membership. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITIONS. 



Coniocampsa vesicidigera. — Mr. Swezey exhibited five 

 specimens of this Coniopterigid collected by him March 17th 

 at Ewa by sweeping on Euphorbia bushes. He stated that he 

 had collected a few specimens at his place in Kaimuki in 1914, 

 which was the first record of its capture in Hawaii. 



Pipunculus sp. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a Pipunculus 

 fly captured March 25th on the window at the Sugar Planters' 

 Experiment Station. It is thought to be the first record of the 

 capture of a Pipunculus in the city of Honolulu, they custom- 

 arily remaining in their natural habitat in the mountain for- 

 ests. 



* The same species was taken by Mr. Bridwell at the Xnuanu Pali on 

 Euphorbia, June, 1917, and later on Euphorbia in lao Valley, Maui, 

 1918, by Swezey and Bridwell. 



