grass with a five-forked flower stalk, etc. some (so marked on the labels) introduced by Mr. Shafer. Small brown Anthribid beetle on dry coconut flowers sheaths and stalks. Roll 29:1 The "Artificial mound" which Mr. Shafer says contains bird and turtle bones, looking N. from near lagoon. 50' in dia, and 7' high. Roll 29:2 The N.W. beacon with the schooner at anchor, looking due W. Roll 29:3,4,5 Mr. Wylie Shafer, his wife, little girl, Ellice woman and some of the Tokelau workmen. Roll 29:6 Approximate location at which the skull was originally found. Mr. Shafer buried it again because of the superstitions of the natives. He dug it up and presents it to the museum. Thursday, March 27, 1924. After breakfast, walked S. to S.W. point. Thousands of little crustacian isopods running in and out of land crab holes. Collected small black flies on dead bird on beach. Two small gecko lizards hiding in coconut flower sheaths on the ground. Pemphis moth, pupa cases among leaves (as on Wake) and long caterpillars. Large brown dragonfly (first seen on island). Some Scaevola leaves mined - cause unknown, as only small yellow flies, brown psocids and fuscous ants on it, Green moth on pua (Tafono) the larvae of it rolling the edge of the leaves. Sarcophagid fly about crab holes. Roll 30:1 Land crab holes and one of the inhabitants - a big red-brown hairy legged land crab with white claws. They make a hole like a ground rat and in places (damp sand especially) honey-comb the ground. They swarm out in the evening after dead birds and marine life and Mr. Shafes says they eat young coconuts and palm roots. Roll 30:2 Correct way to set out young coconut palms in a bush area, (ac- cording to Mr. Shafer): strips cut through the bushes, 25 feet apart, and the nuts set out 25 feet apart in these. The young palms are shaded until large enough, when the bush is cleared out and burned. At noon the native boys brought me several lizards both skinks and geckos, and the larvae of the click beetle which comes to lights at night. Another large beetle with yellow and black elytra and the small green copra beetle also come to lights at night, besides small moths.