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acconiit tif the bearing they have on the factors of cvolnlidn. 

 and should he carried on with tliese points in mind. 



The ])rosenr (^coniniiic cnroiiiohia-ists shdidd hy all means 

 he en('(inrauc(l Td continue witli llic lines (»f research rluy ai'c 

 interested in and now following: hni an etticienr entomological 

 staff at the ^Nfnsenm \vonld he in ])osition to carry on many 

 lines (if researcdi to advantage which cannot he satisfactorily 

 handled hy the othei' entomologists. 



IvEKKlMiXt'E (\)I.l,i:('n().\' OF IFAWAnr.AX T.XSKCTS. 



Tt is only natni'al that a sidtject (»f snch consuming interest 

 to the active workei's in (Mitomolooy here, as the {^iloniological 

 policy of the liisliop Museum, should receive further thought 

 and deliherati<in, and we tind oni'selves at ])resent, after the 

 lapse iif six months. l)urdene(l with many suggestions of a s])e- 

 cihc nal ure on the means ef aeeoiiiplishiug the work outline(l. 

 Rciiarding a "Reft'renee ('(diection of Hawaiian Insects," we 

 desire to state our ahsolute eonxietion that nothing of im])ort- 

 ance can he acc<)m])lislK'd in ihe way of huilding u]) su(di a col- 

 lection of Hawaiian insects until a e(impetent, trustworthy and 

 ])ei'nianent oirator of insects is ap]Miinte(l. ()nly a competent 

 man can do the work w(dl, and the hihor in\-ol\'e(l would rcMpiii'e 

 his entii'e time foi' many yearns, it has he;'n stated hefore that 

 thei'e are "ty]»es"' and series of s]tecimens of endentic as w(dl 

 as inti'oduce<l insects ready for the Museum when a com- 

 ])etent and trustworthy custodian is pi'o\-ide<l and lihei'al reiiu- 

 hition of their use admitted. 



Tt has also heen ])ointed out that the Museum now has rej)- 

 resentatives of sixty-four ])er cent of the s])ecies of Hawaiian in- 

 sects known and listed at the time the Fauna Ilawaiiensis was 

 ])uhlished. Idiese ai'e \irtually "types." heing actual specinunis 

 in hand when the desci'iptious were made. With so large a 

 ]>r(>])ortion ali'cady possessed a complete i'e])resentation seems 

 eminently desirahle. and its im])ortance to workers her(\ wdio 

 are desirons of cai'ryini: on the lahois of Rlackhurn. Perkins, 

 ivirkaldy and others, cannot he o\-ei--stated. It is imi)ossil)le 

 for most of us to ii(v as far as hondon to examine the '"tviM's" 



