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longer period. If his work can he done sinmltaneonsly with 

 botanical explorations, ninch will he gained, for the most ef- 

 fective entomological work in these regions calls for an intimate 

 knowledge of the flora which can hardly be expected from an 

 entomologist working alone. 



Jndging from onr experience here, even the best collector 

 of insects from the temperate regions needs a complete reedu- 

 cation in methods of work before he can work in such regions 

 as those to be explored, for it may be expected that the insects 

 there, as they are in Hawaii, will be found closely attached to 

 the endemic or native plants and one unfamiliar with the 

 hundreds of tropicopolitan plants will waste much of his time 

 on these plants, when one familiar with conditions would be 

 doing significant work. It seems to be of the greatest im- 

 portance that there should be secured, if possible, for the work 

 with the proposed expedition and in the necessary subsequent 

 work, someone who has had experience in collecting in the 

 Hawaiian Islands and is already somewhat familiar with the 

 special methods of collecting which have been developed here, 

 and with the special problems of the Pacific. 



We have already expressed ourselves as of the opinion 

 that such future ex])lorations of the entomology of the Pacific 

 should l)e centered in the Bishop Museum of Honolulu and we 

 believe the material secured should be placed there and studied 

 under the administration of the curator of insects when that 

 position is filled. "With the ]U'oper organization of this work, 

 in that institution, it is j^robable that these explorations will 

 arouse a continuing interest in this work among residents of the 

 various island groups and will result in further material being 

 made available for study when they know where such material 

 can be sent. 



C. L. CRAWFORn, 

 W. M. GiFFARI), 

 O. IT. SWEZEV,. 



J. 0. Brtdwell. 



D. T. Ftllaway, 



Committee. 



