Saturday, March 15, 1924. Stormy night with wind from N. and N.W. Rain and heavy surf. Ashore at about 9 A.M. and spent morning breaking up lumps of coral, securing crabs, shrimps, brittle stars, worms, chaetopod, etc. and taking small samples of the different types of coral near shore. Roll 16:5 and 6 Panorama of lagoon entrance from lagoon side of N. point, looking W.S.W. toward ocean. Across to Obs. point and caught earwig, small brown tenebrionid beetles, dermestid beetle, silverfish, cutila soror roach, black ants, gray ants and mites on coconut palm nude leaf bases. Back to schooner at 1 P.M. and spent afternoon on notes. P.M. Sight. 2° 49' S., 171° 40' W. (Chron. 2 min East - should be 171° 43' W. Sunday, March 16, 1924. Ashore in morning landing on N. side lagoon entrance. Spent morning sweeping bunchgrass (without adding anything but a winged Embyiid), and digging for Enteropneusta in the sand, while the others washed clothes. Back to schooner at noon and spent afternoon on board writing up notes. Developed films in foreward hold. Monday, March 17, 1924. Ashore at 6:50, sailing across S. side of lagoon to line of pemphis bushes after boobies etc. Walked back to Obs. point, col- lecting a few shells along ocean reef including a large clam shell, about 10" long in good condition - same kind as thrives abundantly in the lagoon. The reef is covered with a gray sandy ooze and is rather bare of interest. Collected some black spotted orange coccinellid beetles on Sida attacking a small white (salmon color beneath) mealybug. Also saw one of the Syrupus grandicornis flies hovering near, and reduwcolis bugs, white micros, yellow flies, black ants and spiders. Stopped to collect on the isolated, stunted kou tree, - only spiders, white micros, black ants, yellow flies, and the large mottled caterpillar. Boobie nests, and quantities of red-legged hermit crabs beneath. Caught another lizard on Obs. point.