PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. IX JANUARY, 1955 NO. 1 
Previous issue published October 29, 1954 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
The Evolution of Vermetid Gastropods. J. E. Morton 3 
New Zealand Cyrtidae (Diptera) and the Problem of the Pacific Island Fauna. 
S. J. Paramonov 16 
Two New Spongicolous Amphipods ( Crustacea ) from California. 
J. Laurens Barnard 26 
Variation in Egg and Larva Production of the Anchovy, Stolephorus 
purpureus Fowler, in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, During 1950—1932. 
Albert L. Tester 31 
Annotated List of Birds Observed On Christmas Island October to December 
1953. Joseph E. King 42 
Titaniferous-F erruginous Laterite of Meyer Lake, Molokai, Hawaii. G. Donald 
Sherman, Judith Fujioka, and Giichi Fujimoto 49 
Alicaligus tripartitus gen. et sp. nov., A Caligid Copepod found on the gills of 
Sarda orientalis (T. & S.). Sueo M. Shiino 56 
Genetics of Flower Color in Asystasia gangetica, Linn. K. Kamemoto and 
W. B. Storey 62 
Spiders from Some Pacific Islands. B. J. Marples 69 
Sphaeniscus Becker and Euphranta Loew of the Oriental and Pacific Regions 
(Tephritidae-Diptera) . D. Elmo Hardy 77 
Development of Kerguelenella stewartiana (Powell) ( Gastropoda : 
Siphonariidae). G. A. Knox 85 
Additional Records to the Flora of Johnston Island. Jan Newhouse 91 
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