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Mr. Giffard, disclosed one new species of Trioza collected by 

 Mr, Giffard at Kilaiiea, June 18, 1918, which he has described, 

 also 34 additional specimens of Trioza ohiacola from Kilanca, 

 11 specimens of Trioza hawaiiensis and 3 specimens of Kunxi- 

 yama nigricapita. 



Cryptotermes sp. — ]\Ir. Fnllaway exhibited a small colony 

 of this termite which contained a laying queen. 



Vespid irasp nest. — ^Ir. Ehrhorn exhibited the nest of a 

 Vespid wasp attached to an orchid leaf. It Avas found on a 

 steamer from a South American port. Tlie nest comprised six 

 cells, built one on another, and all empty save one. 



MARCH 6th, 1919. 



The lG2nd meeting of the Society was held in the usual 

 place, President Giffard in the chair. Other members pres- 

 ent: Messrs. Ehrhorn, Fnllaway, Grinnell, Muir, Pemberton, 

 Rosa, Swezey, Timberlake and Willard. 



Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. 



The Committee on Revision of the By-laws reported, and 

 the revision of by-laws which they offered was adopted as a 

 whole, after being discussed article by article. By a provision 

 of the old by-laws, it is subject to ratification at the following 

 meeting. 



The committee on the suppression of the ginger weevil 

 reported that specimens had been sent to Washington for deter- 

 mination, and that j\Ir. Schwarz had expressed the opinion 

 that they might be a variety of AcaUes lateralis^ or possibly 

 a foreign AcaUes. 



