PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. VII JULY, 1953 NO. 3 
Previous issue published April 30, 1953 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
The Development of the Pedunculate Spermatophore of a Hermit Crab, 
Dardanus asper (DeHaan). Donald C. Matthews 255 
A Preliminary Report on the Soils of Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
Ralph J. McCracken 267 
Seasonal Variations in the Physical Environment of the Ponds at the Hawaii 
Marine Laboratory and the Adjacent Waters of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. 
Winifred Shut Lin Tseu 278 
New Plant Records from Eastern Caroline Islands, with a Comparative Study 
of the Native Plant Names. S. F. Glassman 291 
Mosquitoes of the Genus Uranotaenia in the Solomon Islands (Diptera: 
Culicidae). John N. Belkin 312 
NOTES: 
On the Establishment of the Oahu Research Center of the University of 
California. Clarence E. Palmer 392 
News Note . 395 
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