Trichoptera From the Fiji Islands

Description of three new Triaenodes species from Fiji (Trichoptera, Leptoceridae)

THE FOLLOWING THREE NEW SPECIES ARE ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED FROM FIJI: Triaenodes rebellus Eriksson & Johanson, sp. n., Triaenodes oscitus Müller & Johanson, sp. n., and Triaenodes forcipatus Puranen Li & Johanson, sp. n. All species are endemic to Viti Levu. A key to the male Triaenodes species of Fiji is provided. With this report, the number of Triaenodes species known from Fiji is doubled.

The Geology of the Fiji Islands.

Starting with 35 grams of ethyl aminoacetate we recovered practically one-half of the aminoacid ester in the form of its hydrochloride, and obtained 19 grams of the isothiocyanacetate. This reaction isbeing investigated further and will be applied for the preparation of other new types of polyketide mustard oils. If this method of synthesis finds as wide an application as we anticipate, it will...

Trachoma Mapping in the Pacific Fiji, Solomon Islands and Kiribati

Fairness without Punishment: Behavioral Experiments in the Yasawa Islands, Fiji

T chapter reports results from three behavioral experiments done in the villages of Teci and Dalomo on Yasawa Island in Fiji. We performed the dictator game (DG), the strategy method ultimatum game (UG), and the third-party punishment game (TPG), as explained in chapter 3. For comparison to an established reference population, we also performed an identical set of experiments among U.S. undergr...

Four new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) from the South Pacific islands of Fiji

During fieldwork in Fiji, four new species of Cyrtandra (Gesneriaceae) were discovered and are described herein: C. gregoryi M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., C. hispida M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., C. longifructosa M.A.Johnson, sp. nov., and C. waisaliensis M.A.Johnson, sp. nov. The addition of four new species brings the current number of Fijian Cyrtandra to 41 endemic species. Two of the four species are kno...