PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. XII JANUARY 1958 NO. 1 
Previous issue published November 26, 1957 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
A Fossil Flora from Fagan, Mariana Islands. F. R. Fosberg and 
Gilbert Corwin . 3 
Vascular Flora of Fagan Island, Northern Marianas. F. R. Fosberg . . . . 17 
Oceanographic and Meteorological Aspects of the Gulf of California. 
Gunnar I. Roden 21 
A Closing, High-speed Plankton Catcher for Use in Vertical and Horizontal 
Towing. B. M. Bary, J. G. de Stefano, M. Forsyth, and J. van den Kerkhof . 46 
Is the Spear of Istiophorid Fishes Used in Feeding? Robert L. Wisner .... 60 
Magnetic Spherules in Deep-sea Deposits. Hans Pettersson and 
Kurt Frederiksson 71 
Lord Howe Island, a Riddle of the Pacific. S. J. Paramonov 82 
A Review of Australian Species of Laphria (Asilidae, Diptera), with 
Descriptions of Three New Species from Lord Howe Island. 
S. J. Paramonov 92 
Occurrence of Protohydra leuckarti in Puget Sound. Wolfgang Wieser . . . 106 
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