PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. II APRIL, 1948 No. 2 
Previous issue published January 2, 1948 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Additions to Galapagos Fungi. G. W. Martin. 71 
Records of Rare Hawaiian Decapod Crustacea. Robert W. Hiatt .... 78 
Diurnal Weather Patterns on Oahu and Lanai, Hawaii. Luna B. Leopold . 81 
Report on the Flora of Pingelap Atoll, Caroline Islands, Micronesia, and 
Observations on the Vocabulary of the Native Inhabitants: Pacific Plant 
Studies 7. Harold St. John. 97 
Morphometric Characteristics and Relative Growth of Yellow fin Tunas (Neo- 
thunnus macropterus) from Central America. Milner B. Schaefer . 114 
Notes on the Marianas Mallard. Yoshimaro Yamashina. 121 
A New Blennoid Fish from Hawaii. Vernon E. Brock. 125 
Notes: 
Fishes Taken in Wellington Harbour. W. J. Phillipps. 128 
Transfer of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Chester K. Wentworth . 131 
Interbreeding of Laysan and Black-footed Albatrosses. Harvey I. Fisher . 132 
The Poisoning of Bufo marinus by the Flowers of the Strychnine Tree. 
Vernon E. Brock.. 132 
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