Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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Caught a specimen of a small brown sphinx moth, Macroglossum hirundo Bois, subsp. vitiensisRoth. at light in Mr. Vietch's home. Monday, October 27, 1924. Lautoka. Spent the day finishing up notes by checking through Mr. Veitch's list of identified species (from Imp. Bur. Ent.) from Fiji. Mr. Veitch suggested the following possible sources of information on Fiji insects:- R. J. Tillyard, Dragonflies of Fiji, with special reference to a col- lection made by Mr. H. W. Simmonds, on the Island of Viti levu Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1923; III-V, pp. 305-346. Champion (Beetles) Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. Blair " " " Lanig (Homoptera) " " " Sampson " " " Sechar " " " Meyrick (Lepidoptera), "Exotic Microlepidoptera" (Edward, Meyrick, Thornhanger, Marlborough, Wilts, England) Waterson, (chalicids), Bul. Ent. Research. Turner (hepid.) Proc. Ent. Soc. (London) Brunner (Orth.) Prov. Haw. Ent. Soc. Green and Lanig (Coccids) Bul. Ent. Research Nobles, Cotton and cotton pests. Drafe, (Publications) Gottafray Mus. Hamburg. Looked over copy of "Hill Tribes of Fiji", by A. B. Brewster. London. 1922. Good illustratives, very good information. Maps. Dinner with Mr. and Mrs. A.M.O. Farquhar and daughter. Mr. Farquhar is a man of great executive ability and tremendous driving power. Had a de- lightful evening.