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  (as 
  near 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  calculate) 
  the 
  following 
  endemic 
  beetles 
  as 
  

   having 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  him 
  on 
  that 
  Island. 
  

  

  five 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  generally 
  

   distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   Islands. 
  

  

  four 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  generally 
  

   distributed 
  on 
  other 
  Islands 
  . 
  

   five 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  generally 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  on 
  other 
  Islands. 
  

   CIOIDAE 
  ( 
  Apterocis) 
  4 
  " 
  one 
  being 
  generally 
  distributed 
  

  

  on 
  other 
  Islands. 
  

   Since 
  the 
  above 
  visits 
  the 
  forests 
  and 
  other 
  local 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   the 
  Island 
  have 
  undergone 
  a 
  radical 
  change 
  for 
  the 
  worse, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  easy 
  to 
  foretell 
  what 
  is 
  in 
  store 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  in 
  the 
  future, 
  

   should 
  the 
  depredations 
  of 
  goats 
  and 
  sheep 
  on 
  the 
  little 
  indigenous 
  

   forest 
  Lanai 
  now 
  possesses, 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  continue. 
  Today 
  the 
  

   only 
  forest 
  on 
  the 
  Island 
  worth 
  mentioning 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  of 
  

   the 
  mountain 
  called 
  Haalelepakai 
  which 
  reaches 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  

   3,400 
  feet. 
  Its 
  area 
  I 
  should 
  approximate 
  at 
  about 
  two 
  hundred 
  

   acres 
  only, 
  whilst 
  my 
  understanding 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  was 
  that 
  

   during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  his 
  visit, 
  it 
  extended 
  over 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  

   area. 
  In 
  this 
  forest 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  fair 
  number 
  of 
  native 
  trees 
  

   such 
  as 
  Ohia-lehua 
  {Metrosideros 
  polymorpha) 
  , 
  Pua 
  {Olea 
  sand- 
  

   wicensis) 
  , 
  Naieo 
  {Myoporum 
  sandwicense) 
  , 
  species 
  of 
  Straussia, 
  

   Pelea, 
  Lobelia, 
  and 
  Euphorbia, 
  etc., 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  

   undergrowth 
  of 
  tree 
  and 
  other 
  ferns, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  occasional 
  clumps 
  

   of 
  leie 
  {Freycinetia) 
  . 
  The 
  condition 
  as 
  to 
  deforestation 
  referred 
  

   to 
  also 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  valleys 
  and 
  gorges 
  which 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  slopes 
  and 
  plains 
  that 
  reach 
  

   to 
  the 
  only 
  mountain 
  range 
  on 
  the 
  Island. 
  In 
  olden 
  times 
  these 
  

   valleys 
  or 
  gorges 
  were 
  well 
  covered 
  throughout 
  with 
  forest 
  growth, 
  

   but 
  very 
  little 
  now 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  unless 
  one 
  travels 
  far 
  into 
  their 
  

   innermost 
  recesses. 
  Barring, 
  therefore, 
  the 
  small 
  area 
  of 
  indi- 
  

   genous 
  forest 
  before 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  the 
  upper 
  sections 
  of 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  valleys 
  referred 
  to, 
  the 
  Island, 
  as 
  I 
  found 
  it, 
  is 
  of 
  but 
  

   little 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  collector 
  of 
  endemic 
  insects. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  is 
  

   possible, 
  however, 
  to 
  secure 
  today 
  most, 
  if 
  not 
  all, 
  of 
  the 
  endemic 
  

  

  