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unrepresented here, yet thoroug'li descriptive worls: cannot be 

 done withont seeing them. Apparently nndescribed species 

 are constantly heing" discovcrt'd as the i-csiili of intensive col- 

 lecting, which should lie ])uhlishe(l. Also iiinny groups of 

 HaAvaiian insects need re\-ison hadly and llie nialerial is at 

 hand for the work. The Museum could foster work of this 

 kind hy offering to tinance the study of the "types" by special- 

 ists undertaking descripti\e or revisory work, receiving in re- 

 turn for the outlay, the manuscripts for publication and insect 

 material, including ""types," specimens compared willi "types," 

 and series of specimens for reference to build up the col- 

 lectiiJns. Some of this work c(^uld undoul)te(lly be undertaken 

 by the cura1(»r. 



A\dien ihe further entouiological exploration of the Pa- 

 citic, now ill contemplatiou, begins to secure I'csults, if, as 

 lliis Society has strongly urged, the material obtained is turned 

 over to the Museum, the need for this advanced organization of 

 its entomological work will become more impt-rative and in- 

 deed, this A\'ork should n(»t otherwise be undertaken. 



'IhiK E.xro.MoijxircAL ExPLORAiuox OF THE Pacific. 



In view of the ])lans n(nv under consideration for the 

 further scieutihc ex])loi'ation of the South Pacific by means of 

 an ex])loriiig ^dyage in the near future, the Hawaiian En- 

 tomological Society has felt it could be of assistance by a 

 formulation of its ex])erience and its conception of the methods 

 by which the work in its own field may best he carrie«l out. 

 In the fifteen years of its existence there has been dev(>loi)ed 

 among its membership a lively interest in the wider ento- 

 mological problems of the Pacific and the discussions of these 

 matters have resulted in the crystallization of definite ideas 

 among its mendxM's, jn'ohably based upon a broader experience 

 of Pacific, and ])ai'ticularly Polynesian, entomology than can 

 be found in au\- othei- body of scientific men. 



The broad purpose of the scientific exploration now in 

 contemplation is doubtless to secure material upon which to 



