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A visit to the haunts of AcidaUa humiliata was fruitless; 

 perhaps I lacked the necessary patience and perseverance. 



The morning I left, Bryophila pcrla and B. muralis put in 

 an appearance, and I obtained a good green specimen of the 

 latter. 



On the whole I had a very satisfactory visit, considering that 

 it was not entirely an entomological one, and that there were 

 other claimants to make imperious demands on my time and 

 attention. 



ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ENTOMOLOGY IN 

 THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 



By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



The Hawaiian Archipelago, consisting of a series of tiny 

 specks in the lonely waste of the North Pacific, is far in advance, 

 not only proportionately, but almost actually, of any other 

 country or territory in the world, as regards the number of pro- 

 fessional entomologists it supports. There are three institutions, 

 all centred at Honolulu, which have an Entomological Division 

 or Department, viz., the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, 

 the Territorial Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, and the 

 Federal Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association has a staff of five 

 entomologists, shortly to be increased to six. Of these, two 

 remain principally at Honolulu, to investigate the material which 

 is constantly pouring in from outside and to supervise the breed- 

 ing-up and distribution of predaceous and parasitic insects; two 

 are constantly travelling around Australia, the South Pacific, 

 America, &c., searching for beneficial insects; while two will visit, 

 in rotation, the various sugar-plantations, report upon conditions, 

 and send in material for investigations. This work, however, is 

 not altogether specialized, but is, more or less, interchangeable. 

 The five are Albert Koebele, Pi. C. L. Perkins, G. W. Kirkaldy, 

 F. W. Terry, and Otto Swezly. This division will very shortly 

 commence publication of the results of its researches. 



The Territorial Bureau is largely concerned with the Inspec- 

 tion of the Plants and Fruits which arrive in the islands by almost 

 every steamer. The present head of the Entomological Division 

 is Alexander Craw, lately of San Francisco ; he has one assistant. 

 The Federal Station has also one entomologist, D. L. Van Dine, 

 who has recently meritoriously devoted his attention to mosquito 

 extermination. There are thus now eight professional entomo- 

 logists, shortly to be increased to at least nine. 



