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the others were interested in entoniolo,i>ieal work or allied seien- 

 titic pursuits. Sul)sequently, Brother Matthias Xewell and 

 A. Koebele were elected honorary members. In 1909 this hon- 

 orary membership list was increased to five by the addition of 

 Dr. K. C. L, Perkins, Dr. David Sharp, and the Eev. Thomas 

 Blackburn. Mr. Blackburn had been identified with our in- 

 digenous insect fauna in previous years, having been a resident 

 of Honolulu from 1876 to 1882, during which period, in his 

 leisure hours, he devoted much time exploring the forest re- 

 gions in the vicinity of Honolulu, collecting and studying 

 endemic insects, and later describing many of these. This 

 pioneer work of Mr. Blackburn later led to the systematic scien- 

 tific exploration of these islands by Dr. R. C. L. Perkins, en- 

 gaged for the purpose, and the publication of the "Fauna Ha- 

 waiiensis" by a joint committee appointed by the Royal Society 

 of London, and the British Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. The Bishop Museum, of Honolulu, also rendered 

 valuable assistance in making the publication possible. 



Dr. David Sharp, a noted British entomologist, also had 

 done pioneer work in connection with our indigenous insect 

 fauna, having published his first paper in connection therewith 

 as far back as 1878, and had since then contributed and edited 

 many very valuable papers included in the ''Fauna Hawaiien- 

 ?is". 



Within a year of the organization of the Hawaiian Entomo- 

 logical Society, the membership had increased from fifteen to 

 twenty, without any solicitation on the part of original mem- 

 bers, and from time to time there have been additions, as, at 

 times, there have been deaths and resignations, so that, at this 

 lime the society has a membership of twenty-nine, and a dozen 

 members are actively engaged in various l)ranches of ento- 

 mology. 



The first and many of the subsequent meetings of this 

 society took place in the library of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Forestry, and it was there that the small band of euthu- 

 siastic entomological workers gathered to discuss and complete 



