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  insects 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  forest 
  section 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Perkins 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Black- 
  

   burn, 
  but 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  one 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  camp 
  on 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  for 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  extended 
  period, 
  which, 
  unfortun- 
  

   ately, 
  I 
  was 
  unable 
  to 
  do 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  my 
  visit. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  

   certain 
  that 
  unless 
  the 
  remnant 
  of 
  forest 
  above 
  referred 
  to 
  is 
  im- 
  

   mediately 
  protected 
  and 
  preserved, 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  it 
  will 
  entirely 
  

   disappear 
  as 
  will 
  also 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  

   of 
  endemic 
  insects 
  which 
  have 
  heretofore 
  been 
  collected 
  there. 
  It 
  

   was 
  this 
  fact 
  that 
  induced 
  me 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  present 
  entomological 
  

   conditions 
  of 
  Lanai 
  as 
  the 
  subject 
  of 
  my 
  address 
  and 
  I 
  hope 
  that 
  

   now 
  attention 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  that 
  exists, 
  some 
  

   of 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Society 
  will 
  arrange 
  to 
  collect 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  

   near 
  future. 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  places 
  is 
  now 
  showing 
  a 
  dense 
  

   growth 
  of 
  Algaroba, 
  but 
  the 
  plains, 
  slopes, 
  plateaus 
  and 
  ravines 
  

   are 
  hopelessly 
  bare 
  of 
  tree 
  life 
  except 
  occasional 
  clumps 
  of 
  wind- 
  

   swept 
  scrub 
  Ohia-lehua 
  and 
  Pua 
  in 
  sheltered 
  spots, 
  or 
  small 
  

   groves 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  Pandanus, 
  or, 
  perhaps, 
  a 
  few 
  occasional 
  

   Kukuis 
  ( 
  Aleicrites 
  mohiccana) 
  , 
  Eucalypti 
  or 
  such 
  trees 
  where 
  

   these 
  marked 
  the 
  former 
  wind 
  breaks 
  of 
  human 
  habitation. 
  Cactus 
  

   ( 
  Opuntia) 
  and 
  clumps 
  !of 
  Agaves 
  also 
  dot 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  plains 
  

   whilst 
  the 
  slopes 
  leading 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  plateaus 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  

   a 
  dense 
  growth 
  of 
  Aliimahu 
  or 
  Pukeawe 
  ( 
  Cyathodes 
  tameiameiae) 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called. 
  It 
  it 
  needless 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  none 
  

   of 
  these 
  trees, 
  plants 
  or 
  bushes 
  are 
  of 
  very 
  special 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  

   collector 
  of 
  our 
  endemic 
  insect 
  fauna. 
  Moreover, 
  domestic 
  and 
  

   other 
  ants 
  swarm 
  everywhere 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  indigenous 
  forest 
  and 
  

   these 
  in 
  themselves 
  are 
  sufficient 
  to 
  keep 
  most 
  of 
  our 
  endemic 
  in- 
  

   sects 
  away 
  from 
  their 
  neighborhood. 
  On 
  certain 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   plains 
  at 
  about 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1,000 
  ft., 
  I 
  noticed 
  an 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  the 
  native 
  wild 
  Ilima 
  (Sida 
  fallax. 
  var.) 
  in 
  flower 
  and 
  at 
  

   about 
  1,500 
  ft. 
  elevation 
  the 
  introduced 
  red-flowering 
  Salvia 
  

   (Salvia 
  coccinea) 
  was 
  growing 
  wild. 
  This 
  latter 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  

   escape 
  from 
  gardens 
  which 
  if 
  not 
  eradicated 
  will 
  become 
  a 
  pest 
  

   (if 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  already) 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  produce 
  abortion 
  in 
  cattle. 
  

   I 
  have 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  had 
  I 
  had 
  opportunity 
  for 
  a 
  longer 
  stay 
  I 
  

   might 
  have 
  taken 
  from 
  among 
  these 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  species 
  of 
  other 
  

   Aculeate 
  Hymenoptera 
  than 
  those 
  I 
  collected. 
  As 
  it 
  was, 
  during 
  

   a 
  short 
  hour 
  I 
  took 
  Odynerus 
  insulicola, 
  O. 
  riigripennis 
  and 
  one 
  

   other 
  species 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  O. 
  vionas. 
  If 
  not 
  this, 
  then 
  it 
  may 
  

  

  