Insects from Jaliore. — Mr. Mant exhibited a small collee- 

 iton of attractive insects from Jaliore, Malay Straits — moths 

 found in a garden, beetles from the forest, and a bine ehry- 

 sidid fonnd in a railway tie. 



Insects from Barbados. — Mr. Wilder exhibited the follow- 

 ing insects recently received from Barbados: Diaprepes ah- 

 hreviatus, Phytalus smithi, both of which are the adults of 

 sugar cane root grubs ; TipJiia paralella, a parasite on the grubs 

 of P. smithi. 



Nesodryas perhinsi. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a male of 

 this Delphacid taken on Clermontia l-al-eana at ^lalamalama, 

 July 28. 



Nesodryas hobeae. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a female 

 of this Delphacid collected on Palolo Ridge, April 8tli, 1917. 

 This species has not been collected since 1905. 



Diachasma tryoni. — This Braconid parasite of the JMedi- 

 terranean fruitfly was reported common by Messrs. Wilder, 

 Swezey and Fullaway, all having found it working on infested 

 fruit in Honolulu gardens. 



SEPTEMBER 5th, 1918. 



The one hundred fifty-seventh meeting of the Society was 

 held in the usual place, Vice-President Timberlake in the chair 

 Other members present: Messrs. Ehrhorn, Fullaway, Giffard, 

 Potter, Swezey and Williams. Mr. Fordyce Grinnell, Jr., 

 ^vas a visitor. 



Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



The Secretary was instructed to prepare copies of the rules 

 for the preparation of descriptive papers adopted at the last 

 meeting and distribute the same to the active members. 



