PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. VIII JULY, 1954 NO. 3 
Previous issue published April 21, 1954 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Australian Species of Poecilocryptus Cameron (Ichneumonidae : 
Hymenoptera). Arthur W. Parrott 239 
Records of Indo-Pacific Echinoderms. Austin H. Clark 243 
Objective Estimates of Hawaiian Rainfall. Charles K. Stidd ...... 264 
The Taxonomy of the Salpidae (Tunicata) of the Central Pacific 
Ocean. James L. Yount 276 
Some Poly clad Elatworms from the Hawaiian Islands. Libbie H. Hyman . . 331 
Occurrence of Sponges in an Aquarium. M. W. de Laubenfels . . . . 337 
The Taxonomic Position and the Scientific Name of the Big Tree known as 
Sequoia gigantea. Harold St. John and Robert W. Krauss . . . 341 
Some Results from the Swedish ” Albatross” Cruise. Hans Pettersson , . 359 
Decapodous Cephalopod Mollusks from the Marshall Islands. 
Gilbert L. Voss 363 
NOTES: 
Distribution of the Algal Genera Rhipilia and Sargassum in the 
Central Pacific. Maxwell S. Doty 367 
Substitute for an Invalid Genetic Name in the Crustacea. 
C. H. Edmondson 368 
News Notes 369 
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