28 Bcrnicc P. Bishop Museum— Bulletin 



Fanninj; Island; E. W. Giffard, 3 shearwaters (Puffinus chororhynchus) collected 

 in Tonga ; John F. G. Stokes, rail obtained in Austral Islands. 



Birds have been presented to the Museum as follows; from Mr. G. P. Cooke, Jr., 

 an apapane (Himntione sanguiuca) found dead on Molokai ; Mr. Hung Luni Chung. 

 3 finches (Carl^odaciis tncxicainis ohscunis) shot at Experiment Station; Mr. H. S. 

 Hayward, feathers of red-tailed tropic bird and others; Mr. W. H. Smith, dark- 

 rumped petrel (Aestrelata t'haeofygia). 



INSECTS 



The report of Edwin H. Brj'an, Jr., Assistant Entomologist, records the acces- 

 sion of 8445 insects, 5140 of which came from the Hawaiian islands, a larger pro- 

 portion than during 1921. 



Collections by members of the Museum staff include 265 specimens from Fan- 

 ning Island collected by Stanley C. Ball and Charles H. Edmondson, 923 specimens 

 collected on Kauai by Edwin H. Bryan, Jr., approximately 900 insects obtained from 

 tlie Austral Islands througli John F. G. Stokes, and 298 flies c<ilUcled in various 

 parts of Hawaii by Otto H. Swezey. 



Specimens received in exchange came from the following sources: Mr. E. W. 

 Ferguson, 1 1 .Australian Tabanidae ; Mr. E. L. Moseley, 78 insects from Ohio ; Mr, 

 W. S. Patton, 47 Muscidae ; Mr. A. J. Turner, 67 Australian moths. 



The following donations have been gratefully received ; 6 specimens from Hale- 

 akala, Maui, given by Miss A. M. Alexander ; 329 North American and Tahitian in- 

 sects from Charles H. Edmondson ; 41 Hawaiian Diptera, and 35 Hawaiian Bruchi- 

 dae from the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Experiment Station; 122 Hawaiian Diptera 

 and 39 other insects from Mr. Walter M. Giffard; 295 Australian specimens from 

 Mr. G. F. Hill; 70 Hawaiian insects from Mr. W. H. Meinecke ; 21 North American 

 Drosopliilidae from Mr. A. H. Sturtevant ; 53 specimens collected for the Museum 

 on Palmyra island by Mr. L. A. Thurston ; 68 Hawaiian Diptera from the University 

 of Hawaii. 



An important collection of insects has been received from J. F. lUingworth, 

 partly as a gift and partly as a deposit. It embraces 1240 insects collected in Fiji 

 by Mr. Illingworth and determined by liim with the aid of other specialists. This 

 collection promises to be of great value in further research in the oceanic field. 



The Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station has lent to the Museum 605 in- 

 sects collected in Guam by Mr. David T. Fullaway. 



Mr. Bryan further reports : 



"Besides these accessions, as listed, consideral)lc local material, totaling 3537 

 specimens, has been collected and turned in by the following members of the staff 

 and friends of the Museum : Stanley C. Ball, Spencer Bickerton. Edwin H. Bryan. 

 Jr., B. Clarke, A. G. Clarke. C. Montague Cooke, Jr., Rutli H. Grcinor. .Anne Gregory, 

 J. F. Illingworth, A. F.Judd, W. H. Meinecke, E. L. Moseley. Marie C. Neal, Otto 

 H. Swezey, John W. Thompson, Gerrit P. Wilder." 



^I..^NTs 



Approximately 40,000 specimens have l)een added to the botanical collections 

 during the year. Of Hawaiian plants gifts have been received as follows: From 

 Mr. E. L. Caum, type specimens of Pritchardia kahanae and P. mantioidcs: Mr. 

 Henry Davis, fruit of the "Waialua" orange ; Mr. A. D. Hitchcock, set of mounted 

 grasses ; Mr. A. F. Judd, fungi from Molokai and a mounted specimen of the 

 fungas, Meliola juddiana Stevens ; Dr. J. R. Judd, a set of ferns collected by Mrs. 

 Stew^art Dodge in 1874 ; Mr. W. H. Meinecke, a specimen of silver-sword from 

 Hawaii. 



