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miroprcs('ntcd here, yet thoroiijili dcsc-riptivo work eaiiiiot l)e 

 (lone without seeing them. Aj)i);ircutl_v nndeserihed s])ecies 

 are eonstantly heing discovered as the result of intensive col- 

 lecting, which should he |)ul)lished. Also many groups of 

 Hawaiian insects need revison hadly and tlie material is at 

 iiand for the work. Tlie Museum could foster work of this 

 kind ]>y offering to hnance the studv of the "types" hy special- 

 ists undertaking descri])tive or revisory work, receiving in re- 

 turn for the outlay, the niannscripts for publication and insect 

 material, including ''types," specimens compared with "tyi^es," 

 and series of specimens for reference to hnild u]) the col- 

 lections. Some of this work could undoubtedly be undertaken 

 by the curator. 



When the further entomological exploration of the Pa- 

 cihc. now in contenijdation, begin's to secure results, if, as 

 this Society has strongly urged, the material obtained is turned 

 over to the Museum, the need for this advanced organization of 

 its entomological woi'k will become more im])ei'ative aud in- 

 deed, this Work sh(tuld not otherwise be undertaken. 



ThK ExT(XM()I.()(iI('AL ExPLORATn)X OF TJIE PaCIFIC. 



Tn view of the plans now under consideration for the 

 further scientific ex])loration of the South Pacific by means of 

 an ex])l(!i-iug voyage in the near futui'c, the ITawaiian En- 

 tomological Society has felt it coul<l be of assistance by a 

 formidation of its ex])ei'ience and its conception of the methods 

 by Avhich the work in its own hehl may best be carried out. 

 Tn the fifteen years of its existence theiv has been developed 

 among its membership a lively infei-est in the wdder ento- 

 mological prol)lems of the Pacific aud the discussions of these 

 matters have resulted in the crystallization of definite ideas 

 among its mend>ers, ])robably based upon a broader experience 

 of Pacific, and pai'licularly Polynesia]!, entomology than can 

 be found in any other body of scientific men. 



The broad ])ur])()se of the scientific exi)loration now in 

 contem])lation is doubtless to secure uiatei'ial upon which to 



