News Notes 
189 
In the first lines of their book, the authors 
state, with the wry humor that is characteristic 
of them, "It Is probable that the Hawaiians of 
Captain Cook’s time knew more about the fishes 
of their islands than is known today. Most of 
this information has now been lost.” This is a 
proper deference to the ancient Hawaiians, of 
course, but, one suspects, it is also a restrained 
gibe at modern man with his incredible ap- 
paratus of fallible machines, multiplying mem- 
oranda, and progressive myopia, who can scarcely 
see the fishes in the sea around him, let alone 
catch ’em or name ’em. Whether or not this is 
so, it is dear that upon the occasion of the 
publication of their Handbook , Gosline and 
Brock themselves deserve a bow of tribute for 
their many labors, of which this is only the latest, 
to acquaint modern man with the creatures of 
the sea.— O. A. Bushnell 
Pacific Insects , a new journal for the publica- 
tion of systematic and zoogeographic papers 
dealing with insects and terrestrial arthropods 
from the Pacific area including Eastern Asia and 
the Antipodes, appeared on July 15, 1959- It 
is established as an organ of the program on 
zoogeography and evolution of Pacific insects of 
the Bernice P. Bishop Museum. It is planned as 
a quarterly of approximately 400 pages per year. 
The first number of 172 pages contained three 
papers on Diptera, Formicidae, and Coleoptera. 
On good-quality paper with very good work 
on the illustrations, the journal, which is well 
edited, is a welcome addition to the available 
vehicles for publication of papers on insects 
of the Pacific region. The board of editors is 
broadly representative and of a stature which 
should ensure the continued high quality of the 
journal. 
Authors are requested to correspond with the 
editor regarding publication prior to sending 
manuscripts. The editor is J. L. Gressitt, Bernice 
P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. — L. D. Tuthill 
