Handbook of the Insects and other Invertebrates of Hawaiian Sugar Cane Fields

Abstract

THIS volume is a handbook dealing with the creatures inhabiting the Hawaiian sugar plantations—it is, in fact, a guide to the invertebrate fauna of the fields. It treats not only of species that are definitely injurious in one way or another, but also of those that are beneficial either in the role of parasites or of predators. At the same time, species that are more or less neutral, in their relations with the cane crop, also come in for consideration. In a few words, it enables any creature found in the cane fields to be identified, its biological status to be ascertained, and also whether it is indigenous to the islands or accidentally, or intentionally, imported. Insects naturally occupy the major portion of the book, but there are also included sections dealing with Myriapoda, Arachnida, Isopoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda. Of these several minor sections, that concerned with nematodes is of special importance.

Handbook of the Insects and other Invertebrates of Hawaiian Sugar Cane Fields.

Compiled by Francis X. Williams. Pp. 400. (Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Sugar ‘Planters Association, 1931.)