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mosquito larvae in standing water, but that it is not found in 

 temporary pools or puddles. 



Sternochaetus mangiferac. — Mr. Swezey spoke of the preva- 

 lence of the mang-o weevil during the present season. Thus 

 out of ten mango seeds from Kaimuki he had found all in- 

 fested, and out of ten from Kalauao all were infested. Mr. 

 Wilder stated that he had also noticed that the weevil was very 

 prevalent this year. 



Fleas on mongoose. — Mr. Swezey exhibited specimens of 

 an unidentified flea found recently on a young mongoose at 

 Manoa Valley. 



AUGUST 12th. 1920. 



The 179th meeting of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 

 was held in the usual place. 



Present: Crawford, presiding; Williams, Grinnell, ]\Iuir, 

 Osborn, Swezey, E. H. Bryan, Rosa, and Fullaway. 



Reading of minutes of previous meeting deferred. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Swezey for editing the 

 Proceedings for 1919. 



]\Ir. L. A. Whitney was unanimously elected to active mem- 

 bership in the Society. 



