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accounf of the beariiiii' tliov have on the faetors oi evolution, 

 and shonld ])0 earried on with these ]ioints in niinth 



The ])resent eeononiie eiitoniohiuists slionhl lu' all means 

 he eneonraiicd to continue with the lines of research they are 

 interested in and now followinu; hut an ettieient entomological 

 staff at the Museum would he in position to carry on many 

 lines of rescaixdi to advantage which cannot he satisfactorily 

 handled hy the other entomologists. 



IvKKIOliKXCK ( 'oI.LKC'l'lo.X OK IFaWALLAX TxsKCTS. 



It is only natni-al that a subject of such consumini;- interest 

 t<i the active workers in (-ntomoloiiy here, as the entomoloiiical 

 policy of the l>isho]) Museum, shonld I'cceive fni-ther thonii'lit 

 and deliheration, and wc hnd ourselves at j)resent, after the 

 la])se i»f six months, hnrdened with many suggestions of a s])e- 

 cihc nature on the means of accomplishing the work ontlined. 

 Regarding a "Keference Collection of Hawaiian Insects," we 

 desire to state onr ahsolnte conviction that nothing of im])ort- 

 ance can he accomplished in the way of hnilding u]) siudi a col- 

 lection of Hawaiian insects nntil a competent, trnstworthy and 

 ])ermanent curator of insects is ap])ointed. Only a com])etent 

 man can do the work well, and the lahor involved wonhl recpiire 

 his entire time for many years. It has hecn stated hefore that 

 there are "types" and series of s])ecimens of endemic as well 

 as introdnced insects ready for the Mnsenm when a com- 

 petent and trnstworthy cnstodian is i)rovide(l and lihei-al regu- 

 latitni of their nse admitted. 



It has also heen ])()inted out that the ^Insenm now has re])- 

 resentatives of sixty-fonr ])er cent of the species of Hawaiian in- 

 sects known and listed at the time the Famia Hawaiiensis was 

 ])nhlished. These are virtnally "ty])es," l)eing actnal specimens 

 in hand when the descri])tions were made. With so large a 

 pro]:)ortion already possessed a complete representation seems 

 eminently desirahle, and its importance to workers here, who 

 are desirons of carrying on the lal)ors of Elackhnrn, Perkins, 

 Kirkaldy and others, cannot he over-stated. Tt is im]~»ossible 

 for most of ns to go as far as London to examine the "types" 



