and 1 am ^iire voii will agree with me wlieii I sav tliar rrtily 

 effectiA'e eiitoiuologieal work demands minds \ci-y cai'et'nlly ]»i'e- 

 pared aluiig' 2)ai'ti('idai' lines. \ es, tliei'e are gi-eater develop- 

 ments close ahead df all workers in cntomolouy, an<l. wirlioiit 

 bragging for the Hawaiian Kntomologieal Society, 1 feel eonti- 

 dent that Hawaii will continne to maintain her most creditalile 

 position in the seientilie I'ace. and that liei- entomologists will 

 not fail to secure their share of llie honors in whatever ad- 

 vancement is recorded. 



There are still many entomological problems of imporrance 

 facing Hawaii today which can only be solved by the most 

 carefnl stndv and patient seientilie research. The ])iirpose of 

 this addi'css is not to go into detail as to sn<di ])rol(leuis. l)nt 

 they are well known to onr most active members. It snthces 

 to say that the solntion of one or more of any of these by onr 

 entomologists cannot bnt bring additional credit to tbeni, to the 

 Society and bench t to the Territory. The Society also con- 

 tinnes to feel the necessity of further i-esearch and biological 

 work in connection with onr endemic insect famia, and whilst 

 considerable has been done on these lines in past years by onr 

 members, there still renniins mnch left undone and a ]tart of 

 which it is hoped will be nndertaken in the near ftitnre. 



T very mnch I'egret that T have been ])revented by illness, 

 and by absence from the Territory, from presiding more often 

 at onr meetings dnring the past year, and I want to take this 

 o])})ortnnity to express my thanks to Vice-President D. L. 

 Crawford for taking my ])lace and assnming the dnties of 

 the office, whenever it was necessary dni'ing that period. These 

 same circnmstances have compelled me to very hurriedly and, 

 perhaps, somewhat disconnectedly, deal witli the y)resent snb- 

 ject as the presidential address for the year, and I therefore 

 ask the kind indnlgcnce of the mciiibcrs becanse of any import- 

 ant omissions I niav lia\c made. 



