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  upon 
  myself 
  to 
  deliver 
  a 
  Presidential 
  address 
  on 
  an 
  entomological 
  

   subject 
  in 
  conformity 
  with 
  the 
  precedent 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  established 
  by 
  my 
  respected 
  and 
  talented 
  predecessor. 
  Our 
  

   By-Laws 
  make 
  it 
  obligatory 
  for 
  the 
  President 
  to 
  deliver 
  an 
  address 
  

   at 
  the 
  Annual 
  Meeting, 
  and 
  I 
  have 
  therefore 
  decided 
  that 
  my 
  

   subject 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  shall 
  relate 
  to 
  a 
  visit 
  of 
  3% 
  days 
  which 
  I 
  

   made 
  recently 
  to 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Lanai, 
  during 
  which 
  short 
  period 
  

   barely 
  one-half 
  of 
  my 
  time 
  could 
  be 
  devoted 
  to 
  collecting 
  of 
  

   insect 
  fauna. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Rev. 
  T. 
  Blackburn's 
  Resume 
  of 
  his 
  journeys 
  and 
  

   collecting 
  on 
  these 
  Islands 
  the 
  following 
  extracts 
  are 
  taken 
  as 
  

   descriptive 
  of 
  Lanai, 
  and 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  serviceable 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  this 
  address. 
  " 
  This 
  island 
  (Lanai) 
  lies 
  due 
  West 
  

   of 
  Maui 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  Channel 
  9 
  miles 
  wide. 
  

   It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  islands, 
  having 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  only 
  about 
  150 
  

   square 
  miles. 
  Its 
  highest 
  summit 
  has 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  3,400 
  

   feet 
  and 
  the 
  mountains 
  occupy 
  an 
  unusually 
  small 
  proportion 
  of 
  

   area 
  to 
  the 
  plains 
  ; 
  moreover 
  the 
  forest 
  is 
  here 
  less 
  extensive 
  and 
  

   dense 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Archipelago." 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  "^g 
  

   a 
  rule 
  the 
  insect 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  related 
  

   to 
  that 
  of 
  Maui, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  its 
  insects 
  seem 
  absolutely 
  

   identical 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  its 
  neighbor; 
  I 
  feel 
  compelled 
  to 
  regard 
  

   them 
  in 
  general 
  as 
  species 
  in 
  course 
  of 
  acquiring 
  complete 
  isola- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  therefore 
  incapable 
  of 
  being 
  treated 
  as 
  mere 
  varieties. 
  In 
  

   the 
  few 
  patches 
  of 
  forest 
  that 
  I 
  explored 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  me 
  that 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  were 
  more 
  plentiful 
  than 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  expected." 
  

  

  Comparatively 
  speaking 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  consider 
  that 
  Lanai 
  is 
  at 
  

   present 
  as 
  rich 
  in 
  insect 
  life 
  as 
  Hawaii, 
  Maui, 
  Molokai 
  or 
  Oahu. 
  

   It 
  was 
  not 
  considered 
  so 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  when 
  he 
  

   spent 
  quite 
  a 
  little 
  time 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  investigating 
  it 
  entomologic- 
  

   ally. 
  Mr. 
  Blackburn's 
  visit 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  

   of 
  Dr 
  Perkins', 
  and 
  covered 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  one 
  week 
  only, 
  during 
  

   which 
  he 
  collected 
  the 
  following 
  endemic 
  and 
  introduced 
  beetles: 
  

   fSee 
  Tra?is. 
  R. 
  Dtiblin 
  S. 
  1885.) 
  

  

  Endemic 
  17 
  species 
  

  

  Introduced 
  18 
  

   Of 
  the 
  endemic 
  beetles 
  no 
  Carabids, 
  Rhyncogonids 
  or 
  Plagith- 
  

   mysids 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  him. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  during 
  a 
  longer 
  visit 
  to 
  Lanai 
  than 
  any 
  ento- 
  

   mologist 
  has 
  ever 
  made, 
  records 
  in 
  Fauna 
  Hawaiiensis 
  (1900) 
  

  

  