The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-12-15


IN view Of the many experiments
wifeh are being conducted ID the en-.
deaNor 70 everyone the insect pests Oh
Hawaii, y may ~ hfgt appear out Of
place 20 suggest apother method Oh at.
taek, but t4e beneht mined nc renders
itlaa giaaDleito carefully iufcstigate any
plan which promises TO be at use in
this direction, = Whites A.. q. Blaelman
This Is The more requisite rs nearly
Inll,atteinpts of this nature produce only
partial or teInp0rqry reiief, and. con.
eerted eiiDft "a exely available ilirec.
ton y necessary TO ultimate success.
Among the most important and OBJ
iious means OF overcoming noxioua In
seet pests 70 their direct destruction
BY introduced insectiyorous birds; but
~. many eases the insect 70 be contend
81 against y more or Less nocturnal 10
laDit and consequently such attack n
Inefficient or even impossible This IL
( particpiaFly the case with, regard to
the Japanese beetle, the night mosquito
ana many destrpetlve lepidopteroue I'M
sects.ha !. "a =, ss
Hat Combines Best Qualities
atf nradatory insects. freunently pursue
Itheir prey we'll into the epenisp' The
dragon, AZ Is, accountable for, larae mum
beers Of The smaller fiea, tbpt the NOS
quito continues on the wing all nieht
and Is therefore immune from, the at
tack OF this enemy during ats, hours Of
greatest netivitysg The comparatively
late appearapce IN the ,'eTenina 81. the
| Japanese eeile.renders a free,pot only
from deatrnetion by birds, but probably
alsQp from the attack of any winged
enemy. II direct methods Of destfue-
| tion be successful against these and
ether similar peAts; theintrodpetion OF
a flying ppetural enemy Of some sort
= imperative. The PROPOSED 10 increase
our number Of pIedaeeops Insects should
be NcWeh with serious apprehension
and would probably not be entertained
by the nuthQritiea. ~ bf :
| a" 9he hef Appears TO combine best
the qualities above referred to as nec-
ssfar Az . nocturai insect enemy, and
a. some,species Of this animal remain
on the wing from early IN the evening
till dawn, actively engaged in the
search Tor insect food, their intro
duetion and propagation in Hawaii
should render valpahle'aid in extrpat.
ing, or at least keeping under control,
many Of our most destructive insects.
a species Of a hat u already found 10
these islands, but IT y comparatively
rare and IS not increasing. IT confines
itself to hilly districts and is unsuited
to the purpose in question.
Perfect Flying Organism
The bats are an order of flying
mammals, once classified nv sub-order
Of primates, but now reIegated to a
distinct order. Their most character
istic and salient feature, and ono 10
which they differ from ali other nam
mails, is found IN their wings. These
are true organs Of flight, exceIlently
adapted to genuine aerial locomotion,
as distinguished from the spurious fight
Of the so-called flying. sanirrel and other
similar animals. In these latter. aerial
locomotion Is never more than leap.
incapable Of extension ,beyond the limit
Of original impetus. The wings Of n
bat consist Of an elastic cutaneous .ex.
pansion, principally living about the
fore limbs and extending along the