Report of the Director for 1922 13 



PUBLICATIONS 



During 1922 the following publications were issued: 



Memoirs Volume VIII, Number 3. The grasses of Hawaii, by A. S. Hitchcock, 

 137 pages, s plates, no figures. 



A description of 50 genera of native and introduced grasses. 

 Memoirs Volume VIII, Number 4. A contribution to Tongan somatology, by Louis' 

 R. Sullivan, 35 pages, 4 plates, 2 figures. 



Describes the physical characteristics of 225 Tongans, and discusses the 

 relation of Tongans to Samoans and to Melanesians. 



Occasional Papers Volume VII, Number 14. Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ha- 

 waii, by Morgan Hebard, 76 pages, 2 plates, I figure. 



A study based on 688 specimens representing 40 of the 41 genera and all 

 but two of the adventive species recorded for Hawaii. 

 Occasional Papers Volume VIII, Number 2. Hawaiian Dromiidae. by Charles 

 Howard Edmondson, 10 pages, 2 plates. 



Discussion of the taxonomic position, characteristics, and distribution of the 

 Dromiidae of Hawaiian waters. One new subspecies is described. 

 Occasional Papers Volume VIII, Number 3. The proverbial sayings of the Ton- 

 gans, by E. E. V. Collocott and John Havea, 115 pages. 



An epitome of Tongan mental reactions as expressed in 633 proverbs given 

 in the Tongan dialect with translation and comment in English. 

 Occasional Papers Volume VIII, Number 4. Tongan astronomy and calendar, by 

 E. E. V. Collocott, I" pages. 



A study of the astronomy and calendar of the early Tongans. and defini- 

 tion of native names and phrases. 



Occasional Papers Volume VIII, Number 5. Report of the Director for 1931, by 



Herbert E. Gregory, 39 pages. 

 Occasional Papers Volume VIII, No. 6. The secondary xylem of Hawaiian trees, 



by Forest Buffen Harkness Brown, 157 pages, 11 figures. 1922. 



A treatise of the systematic anatomy of Hawaiian woody plants, with a 



short preface on the origin of the Hawaiian flora. 



Bulletin i. Tattooing in the Marquesas, by Willowdean Chatterton Handy, 32 

 pages, 38 plates. 



A study of the art of tattooing, the designs employed, and the nomen- 

 clature. 



A paper on archaelogical work in Hawaii, by Gerard Fowke, pub- 

 lished by the Bureau of American Ethnology (Bull. 76, 1922, 21 pp., 8 

 plates) is a description of ancient Hawaiian structures, particularly on the 

 island of Molokai. The Museum accepted the opportunity of assisting 

 Mr. Fowke in his field investigation. 



The following publications are in press : 



Memoirs Volume IX, Number i. The Moriori of Chatham Islands, by H. D. 

 Skinner. 1923. 



Describes the material culture of Moriori of Chatham Islands. 



Occasional Papers Volume VIII, Number 7. New or little-known Hawaiian fishes, 

 by Henry W. Fowler, 20 pages, 1923. 



Preliminary descriptions of new species of fish in the collections of Bishop 

 Museum, and a list of names of those already described elsewhere. 



