Dr. Kellogg 
Through* Dr. Schmitt 
Thomas E. Bowman 
June 14* 1957 
Smithsonian.- Bredin Expedition 
From March 17 to May 23* I participated in the Smiths anian- Bredin Expedition 
to the Society Islands. In addition to the opportunities for making collections* the 
trip was rewarding in that it enabled me to visit institutions and meet people with 
taxonomic interests similar to mine. At Los Angeles* I had a stimulating discussion 
with Dr. J. Laurens Barnard, of the Allan Sanoock Foundation, one of the leading spe- 
cialists on amphipods. At Honolulu * I visited the Pacific Oceanic Fisheries Investi- 
gation (POFI) of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, where I met Mr. 1. C* Jones* 
with whom I have had correspondence regarding calanoid oopepods. As a result of this 
visit* I hope to be able to arrange to study the hyperiid amphipods from some of the 
numerous plankton samples taken during POFI cruises. At Honolulu* I also visited the 
Department of Zoology of the University of Hawaii and met most of the staff, includ- 
ing Dr. A. H. Banner* with whom I share an interest in mysids* and Dr. William A. 
Gosline, who offered to send ms a collection of cymothoid isopods from eels. Dr. 
Sidney fownsley took Dr* Schmitt and me for a visit to the Coconut Island Marine Lab- 
oratory. 
As far as the actual coll eo ting is concerned, it is only possible at this 
time to assess it in a general way* since most of the lower crustaceans, in which c 
I am interested* require microscopic examination for identification#/ Among the most 
important collections are a series of 10 plankton tows from the lagoons of the dif- 
ferent islands* and five lots of talitrid amphipods* from three of the islands# Cer«* 
tain of the night dip net collections made under a light yielded large numbers of 
lower crustaceans# Algal washings yielded good numbers of amphipods and harpaetiooid 
oopepods* and amphipods and tanaids were common in coral fragments# Isopods* except 
higia * were rare# The collection in general will undoubtedly prow to be a valuable 
one* since little crustacean work has been done in the area covered by the expedition 
TEBowmiualh 
