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NOTES AND EXHIUITIOXS. 



Adorcfiis s'lnicus Burmeister. — Mr. Timberlake exhibited a 

 collection of Adoretus from the Oriental region, including 

 tenuimaciilatiis from Japan, sinicits from China and Formosa, 

 and comprcssits from Java. The species found in the Ha- 

 waiian Islands is not tenuiinaculatiis, as it has been called in 

 the past, but sinicits. This determination of the species in 

 Hawaii was first made by Ohaus about ten years ago, but his 

 work has escaped the attention of local entomologists. (Ent. 

 Blatt, Berlin, 8, pp. 218-227, 1912)". 



En in cms striij^atiis. — ]\Ir. Whitney exhibited a few specimens 

 of this fly. which were reared from dafifodil bulbs imported from 

 the Coast. 



Mirodon equcstris. — Mr. Whitney reported the larvae of this 

 fly as intercepted in dafifodils. 



New Guinea butterflies. — Air. Fullaway exhibited a collection 

 of butterflies from New Guinea. 



Deferiuiiiations of imiiiigraiit beetles. — Afr. Fullaway ex- 

 hibited the following named beetles with notes on their deter- 

 mination by Dr. E. C. Van Dyke of the University of California. 

 The determinations are based on specimens collected by Messrs. 

 Swezey and Fullaway and forwarded recently to Dr. Van Dyke 

 by Mr. Fullaway. 



Eucnoccrus antJirenoides Sharp. ( ? ) — The Dermestid 

 beetle reported by Mr. Swezey at the August meeting as 

 breeding abundantly in a box of garden seeds. It is a 

 species found in Mexico and Panama. 



Aiaenius cognatus Lee. and Psammodius nanus De 

 Geer. — Two Aphodiids found in cowdung and in trash on 

 the ground. The former common in Eastern United States, 

 the latter found in Southern California, Mexico and Chile. 



Saprinus fiiitbriatus Lee. and Paromalus laufus Zimm. — 

 Two Histerids found in cow manure, where they are pre- 

 dacious on other insects. The former is common on the 

 Pacific Coast, the latter found sparingly in both the eastern 

 and western parts of the United States. 



