Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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Bought a small, slender, olive brown snake, caught by a native in the foothills near Salailua, paying two shillings. Spent evening pressing plants, putting bats and snake in alcohol and formalin, and putting away insects. Wednesday, May 21, 1924. Ashore with blanket, mosquito net, equipment and three days provisions. Up Aopo trail from Foailuga to hut in banana patch. Caught among other speci- mens a large brown longicorn. Mr. Beck had come up here yesterday. Spent most of middle part of day in hut out of the rain. Collected on up trail in afternoon. Two large Acatanella landshells on Oraige tree in banana patch at about 2200'. Mr. Beck and I returned to hut. Mosquitoes not bad, but rats after our provisions. Very good collecting at this elevation. Thursday, May 22, 1924. Put away yesterday's insects. Mr. Beck found pseudoscorpion. Up trail taking right hand fork, which climbs a little, but follows on and on to the E.N.E. to N.E. by N. on about a contour. Collected several landshells. Black and white bracket fungus on large fallen tree trunk 5' in diam. Several spp. wasps and small flies. Small water hole with Hydrophibid beetles. Caught large green dragonfly. Dug several things from partly rotten bank of large tree:- Centipedes, termites, sowbugs, tree cricket and moderately large slender fuscous carabid. On up trail about half a mile more, total of 3 1/2 or 4 miles from camp. Trail continued on E. to N.E. at about same level, so returned. Large black red and white spotted caterpillar, light yellow-green below and fully 3" long, on leaves of tree No. 170. Collected quite a number of ear and bracket fungi, on return, on logs, trees, etc. Back to banana patch hut.