Microlepidoptera of the Philippine Islands

Monsoon surges trigger oceanic eddy formation and propagation in the lee of the Philippine Islands

[1] Two winter monsoon surge events (northerly and easterly) of January 2005 are captured in a one-way coupled atmosphere (8 km resolution) and ocean (3 km resolution) simulation of the Philippines region. Intensified wind jets and wakes in the lee of Mindoro and Luzon Islands induce the generation and migration of a pair of counter-rotating oceanic eddies in the model, with propagation directi...

Generation of the Ahlfors Five Islands Theorem

Ptychopteridae, a family of flies (Diptera) new to the Philippine Islands with the description of a new species.

Ptychoptera (Ptychoptera) noonadani sp. nov. is described and is the first record of family Ptychopteridae from the Philippine Islands. A key to males of all Ptychoptera species recorded from the Malay archipelago is presented.

Report on a Visit to the Leper Island of Culion and on the Anti-Leprosy Work in the Philippine Islands

This anti-leprosy work which has been carried out in the Philippine Islands during the last 19 years is valuable not only for what it has done to stamp the disease out of these islands, but also for the stimulus which it has given to similar work in India and in other parts of the world. It was, therefore, with keen expectation that I looked forward to my visit to the leper island of Culion. 'T...

Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. colei (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)

Pseudochromis ammeri sp. nov. and P. eichleri sp. nov. are described from Indonesia (Raja Ampat Islands, West Irian and Halmahera) and the Philippines (Calamianes Group, Boracay and northern Palawan), respectively. In having in combination a dark longitudinal stripe on the body and the anterior tip of the palatine tooth patch directed medially behind posterolateral arm of vomerine tooth patch, ...