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  its 
  adjacent 
  slopes. 
  The 
  subject 
  will 
  necessitate 
  my 
  giving 
  long 
  

   lists 
  of 
  scientific 
  names, 
  and 
  is 
  consequently 
  not 
  an 
  attractive 
  one 
  

   to 
  listen 
  to, 
  but 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  account 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  of 
  considerable 
  

   practical 
  value 
  to 
  members 
  who 
  are 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  

   Hawaiian 
  fauna, 
  as, 
  indeed, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  to 
  any 
  transient 
  ento- 
  

   mologist 
  having 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  or 
  weeks 
  to 
  spare 
  in 
  entomological 
  

   work. 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  Tantalus 
  is 
  a 
  rich 
  locality, 
  much 
  richer 
  

   than 
  many 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  this 
  island, 
  which 
  would 
  appear 
  more 
  

   attractive 
  and 
  productive 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  far 
  finer 
  and 
  more 
  

   extensive 
  forest. 
  It 
  is 
  too, 
  very 
  accessible 
  up 
  to 
  1500 
  feet 
  

   elevation, 
  either 
  by 
  riding, 
  driving 
  or 
  walking, 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  

   summit 
  can 
  be 
  reached 
  in 
  an 
  hour 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  on 
  foot 
  from 
  

   Honolulu 
  itself. 
  By 
  "Tantalus" 
  in 
  this 
  paper 
  I 
  mean 
  the 
  peak 
  

   itself 
  and 
  all 
  its 
  slopes, 
  i. 
  e., 
  all 
  the 
  ridges 
  that 
  lead 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  

   plains 
  to 
  its 
  base, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  steep 
  side 
  running 
  down 
  into 
  

   the 
  Pauoa 
  valley 
  and 
  similarly 
  the 
  steep 
  side 
  bordering 
  Manoa, 
  

   but 
  these 
  two 
  valleys 
  themselves 
  are 
  not 
  included. 
  The 
  main 
  

   range 
  lying 
  behind 
  Tantalus 
  is 
  entirely 
  excluded. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  

   wetter 
  and 
  more 
  windswept 
  than 
  the 
  latter 
  and 
  has, 
  as 
  is 
  usual 
  

   under 
  these 
  conditions, 
  a 
  scantier 
  fauna, 
  though 
  some 
  of 
  its 
  

   species 
  are 
  pecuHar, 
  while 
  the 
  Tantalus 
  region 
  has 
  many 
  that 
  

   are 
  not 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  highest 
  mountains. 
  For 
  instance 
  I 
  may 
  

   cite 
  the 
  six 
  fine 
  species 
  of 
  Longicorns 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  genera 
  

   Callithmysus, 
  Plagithmysus, 
  and 
  Clytarlus, 
  which 
  are 
  entirely 
  

   absent 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  elevations, 
  not 
  being 
  found 
  at 
  an 
  eleva- 
  

   tion 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  Tantalus, 
  and 
  more 
  

   usually 
  some 
  hundreds 
  of 
  feet 
  lower 
  still. 
  

  

  No 
  doubt 
  in 
  1892 
  when 
  I 
  first 
  spent 
  a 
  day 
  in 
  collecting 
  on 
  

   Tantalus, 
  it 
  was 
  decidedly 
  a 
  better 
  collecting 
  ground 
  than 
  today, 
  

   the 
  changes 
  that 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  since 
  that 
  time 
  being 
  very 
  

   great. 
  It 
  was 
  not, 
  however, 
  until 
  1900 
  that 
  I 
  did 
  any 
  systematic 
  

   collecting 
  in 
  this 
  locality, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  past 
  five 
  years 
  again 
  I 
  

   notice 
  many 
  changes 
  all 
  tending 
  to 
  its 
  impoverishment 
  as 
  a 
  

   collecting 
  ground. 
  Still 
  at 
  present 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  great 
  as 
  to 
  

   lead 
  one 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  any 
  species 
  ha\'e 
  been 
  exterminated, 
  

   and 
  in 
  fact 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  unlikely 
  that 
  such 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  case, 
  

   since 
  I 
  ceased 
  collecting 
  in 
  1902. 
  A 
  recent 
  visit 
  leaves 
  no 
  doubt 
  

   in 
  my 
  mind 
  on 
  this 
  point, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  at 
  all 
  surprising 
  to 
  

   find, 
  now 
  the 
  locality 
  is 
  comparatively 
  thickly 
  inhabited, 
  that 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  the 
  native 
  fauna 
  will 
  considerably 
  decrease. 
  

  

  