STRl NEWSLETTER 
No. 50 
SEMINAR 
No luncheon seminar on Tuesday, 
December 31. Anyone wanting to give a 
seminar during the coming months should 
call D. WINDSOR at Ancon. 
ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES 
December 29 
DONALDO 
Broadcasting 
opposums at 
1/2 months. 
- Arriving, NEIL RETTIG and 
MACIVER, Austra]ian 
Corp. to take film footage on 
BCI. They will be here for 1 
December 29 - Arriving, KEENAN SMART 
and ST EPHE N B ALWELL of BB C to film 
army ants on BCI. 
January 1st - Arriving, JEROME HOWARD, 
University of Iowa, on a Smithsonian 
Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the effects 
of plant quality and recruitment on host 
plant fidelity of leafcutting ants. He will 
be accompanied by his wife, CATHRYN, 
and they will be. here for one year. 
January 2 Arriving, SCOTT 
ARMBRUSTER, Univ. of Alaska, for 2 
weeks to carry out studies on the 
reproductive ecology and systematics of 
Neotropical Delechampia. ANN HERTZIG 
will be assisting him. Dr. Armbruster will 
also be conducting a course for 7 students 
on "Field methods in plant-animal 
coevolutionary ecology." 
January 2 - Returning, STEVE HUB BELL, 
for 2 months. 
January 2 - Arriving, TIMOTHY COLLINS, 
Yale University, on a Short term 
Fellowship, to study evolution of 
amphi-american gastropod cognates. He will 
be at the Naos Marine Laboratory. 
FERIADOIHOLIDAY 
Las oficinas d e STRI permaneced.n 
cerradas el miercoles, primero de enero. 
STRI offices will be closed Wednesday, 
January 1st, NEW YEAR'S DAY. 
DE VACACIONES ION LEAVE 
MARIA MORELLO - Dec. 30 -Jan. 3rd. 
December 27, 1985 
AGREEMENT SIGNED 
The Bunker Laboratory on Naos Island 
occupied by the University of Panama's 
Center for Marine Sciences and Limnology 
was officially transferred to the University 
of Panama through an agreement signed 
Monday, December 23 by CEFERINO 
SANCHEZ, rector of the University of 
Panama, and STRI director IRA 
RUBINOFF. 
THE YEAR THAT WAS: 1 9 8 5 
STRI was visited by Smithsonian Secretary 
ROBERT McC. ADAMS and ' by members of 
the Board of Directors of the W. ALTON 
JONES FOUNDATION. 
The Government of Panama extended to 
STRI the benefits and prerogatives that 
correspond to international missions 
operating in the Republic. 
Two books were published by members of 
the ST RI staff: Communication and Non-
communication by Cephalopods by MARTIN 
MOYNIHAN and Sexual Selection and 
Animal Genitalia by WILLIAM G. 
EBERHARD. Three books were edited or 
written by research associates: The 
Tungara Frog: a Study in Sexual Selection 
and Communication by MICHAEL J. RYAN; 
Agonfa de la Naturaleza, STANLEY HECK-
ADON and JAIME. ESPINOSA (eds.), and 
The Botany and Natural History of PanamA, 
WILLIAM G. D'ARCY and MIREYA C. 
CORREA (eds.) 
ROBERT DRESSLER accepted a part-time 
appointment at the University of Florida, 
and PETER GLYNN resigned to accept a 
position at the University of Miami's 
Rosenstiel School of Marine and 
Atmospheric Science. GENE MONTGOMERY 
terminated his appointment to pursue other 
interests. 
Work began on the Phase II of the Master 
Plan of ST RI facilities to be completed in 
March 1986. 
LEONOR MOTTA, FERNANDO PASCAL, 
FRANCISO RIVERA, CARL HANSEN, HUGH 
CAFFEY, LIVINGSTON GA YLE, MILTON 
GARCIA, and ANDRES RAMOS joined the 
administrative I support staff. 
We had more than 240 publications by STRl 
scientists, fellows and associates! 
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The Director wishes to take this 
opportunity to thank everyone in the STRI 
community for their continued efforts and 
to wish all a happy and healthy New Year. 
El Director desea aprovechar esta 
oportunidad para agradecerles a todos en 
STRI sus esfuerzos dura nte este afio y 
d esearles un f e liz y venturo so Ano Nuevo. 
 ilBRARY N~ 
New books: 
ALL ABOUT ANTS ( P.P. Larson, 1965) QL 568 F7 L33 STRI 
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HCJM:)Pl'ERA (AUCHENORHYNCHA) ( Z.P. Metcalf, 1945 ) Z 5858 H7 M58 STRI 
BIOI.CGIA Cll1PARATIVA ENrRE INDIVIIXDS MASCULIOOS Y FEMEMIM)S DE OJAMAE[X)REA TEl1E'JILCIl'E 
(PAIWIE) ( O.N. A. Ken, 1984) QK 495 P17 K33 STRI 
cx)I.I..ECl'ING PREPARING AND PRESERVING INSEX:TS (B.P. Beirne, CClllpiler, 1955) QL465 B42 STRI 
cx)LLEGE ENfCM)I.CGY ( E.O. Essig, 1942) QL 463 E7 STRI 
CXJURrSHIP: A zmI.CGICAL Sl'UDY ( M. Bastock, 1967) QL 761 B32 STRI 
DINAMICA DE IA HOJARIISCA EN UNA SELVA ALTA PERENNIFOLIO, LOS TUX'l'LI\S, VERI\CRlJZ ( F.J.A. 
Sanchez, 1984 ' ) QK 763 A47 1984 STRI 
FLORULA DEL PARQUE NI\CICWIL CAHUITA ( P.E.S. Vindas , 1983) QK 486 C8 S211 STRI 
INSEX:T POLYMJRPHISM ( J.S. Kennedy, editor, 1961 ) QL 494 K35 STRI 
THE INSEX:TS: STRUCl'lJRE AND FUNCTION ( R.F. Chapnan, 1969) 6L 463 C48 STRI 
LEPIDOPTERIsr'S HAND9:X)K ( R. Dickson, 1976) QL 542 D54 STRI 
LIVES OF SOCIAL INSECTS ( P.P. Larson and M.W. Larson, 1968 QL 785.5 I 45 L3 STRI 
MANUAL OF BASIC TECHNIQUES IN INSEX:T HISIDI.CGY ( P. Barbosa, 1974) QL464 B33 STRI 
MJS'lQUI'IO SAFARI, A NATURALIST IN SOtmlERN AFRICA ( C.Brooke Worth , 1971) QL536 W67 STRI 
MJSHRCX:M & ,'IOADSTIXlIS: A Sl'UDY OF THE ACrIVITIES OF ruNGI ( J. Ramsbottan, 1953 ) 
QK 617 R33 STRI ' 
NATURAL HIS'IORY OF AQUATIC INSEX:TS ( L.C. Mia11, 1903) QL 467 M61 STRI 
NATURAL HISIDRY OF FLIES ( H. oldroyd, 1964) QL 533 04 STRI 
NEXJl'ROPICAL ORNITHOI.CGY ( P.A. Buckley et aI, editors, 1985), QL695.5 N43 STRI 
PICtoRIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PIANTS AND FIt:MERS ( F .A. Novak , 1966) QK98 N93 STRI 
PIANTS AT m~: A SUMM1\RY OF PIANT PHYSIOI.CGY ( F .C. Steward, 1964 ) QK 711 S72 STRI 
PRl\CTICAL ENTOMJI.CGY: A GUIDE 'IO cx)I.I..ECl'ING BUITERFLIES, M)I'HS AND OTHER INSEX:TS. 
( R.L.E. Ford, 1963) QL 465 F6 STRI 
POCKET ENCYLOPAEDIA OF PIANT GALLS IN cx)IDUR ( M.J.D. Hirons, 1968) SB 767 D3 STRI 
SCIENTIFIC LEX:TURES BY THE RI'. HON. SIR JOHN LUBax::K ( J.L. Avebury, 1890 ) Ql71 A97 STRI 
SOCIAL INSEX:TS ( O.W. Richards, 1953 I QL569 R5 STRI 
1 b B Mi.'all, 1974 ) SOCIAL LIFE IN THE INSEX:T W:JRID. ( Jean-Henri Fabre, trans 'i . 
QL 496 F2 STRI 
TElITBCX)K OF ENTOMJI.CGY ( H.H. Ross, 1956 , ) QL463 R68 2nd ed. STRI 
THEX)RErICAL ECQI.CGY: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS ( R.M.May, 1976 ) QH 541 T49 STRI