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Publications
ITIHE following scientific publications L have recently been issued by the Bernice P. Bishon Museum, Honolulu:— By Harold St. John, “Hawaiian Plants Named by Endlicher in 1836”. Hawaiian plant studies 8, Bishop Museum Occa sional Papers, vol. 15, no. 22, pages 229- 238. 1940. Of 21 names proposed by End licher for Hawaiian plants, in a Vienna publication, three are recognised as valid.
By Dudley Moulton, “Thysanoptefa from New Guinea and New Britain”.
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 15, no. 24, 1940. Records 42 species of thrips classified into 20 genera; of these 28 species and 3 genera are described as new to science. Most of the specimens were collected by C. B. Pemberton in 1928-29.
By Elwood C. Zimmerman, “Synopsis of the genera of Hawaiian Cossoninae with Notes on their Origin and Distri bution (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)”.
Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 15, no. 25, pages 271-293, 2 maps, 1940.
Lists 115 species representing 16 genera of weevils, with keys and notes on distri bution. Kauai has the largest number of endemic species and subspecies, with Oahu second and Maui third. The island of Hawaii, despite much larger area, has relatively few endemic species.
By Milton A. Miller, “The Isopod Crustacea of the Hawaiian Islands (Cheli fera and Valvifera)”. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 15, no. 26, pages 285-321, 9 figures, 1940. The first of a series of papers which plan to form a monograph of Hawaiian land and marine isopods; gives keys, descriptions and figures.
By Edwin B. Bartram, “Mosses of South-Eastern Polynesia”, Bishop’Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 15, no. 27, pages 323-349, 12 figures, 1940. Records 62 species of mosses from the Tuamotu, Austral and Mangareva Groups, and Rapa, Pitcairn and Henderson Islands. Eleven species are described as new to science. (Reviewed by E. H. Bryan, Jnr., Curator of Collections, Bishop Museum.)