He is newly appointed and lacks equipment and literature to handle the large job of combating the numerous fungus and plant diseases of Fiji. Cashed $25 on letter of credit receiving £5-10-6. Called on government printer, Mr. Sebastian Bach, who gave me a file of agricultural bulletins, a Fiji "Blue Book" for 1923 and some other publica- tions, to be transmitted to the Museum if they liked them. Worked at Entomology room of Department of Agriculture for rest of afternoon. Read Jepson's "Report on Economic Entomology, 1911", which is out of print and rare, there being but one or two copies in Fiji. Copied out notes and list of the principal insects mentioned. Interviewed by Mr. McCreadie, assistant editor of the Times, and Herold. Mr. Correia gave me a large tick which he found on his leg after a day in the woods. Spent evening at Carnegie library, getting familiar with Fijian plants from Seemann's "Flora Vitiensis." (Summary of Jepson's report copied elsewhere). Sunday, June 15, 1924. Finished reading Jepson's report in morning. Collected a few plant specimens and some insects by roadside on way back from hospital. Coccinel- lidae and grasshopper. Wrote Dr. Buxton. Typed descriptions of two Fiji mosquitoes, one of which (Aedes pseudoscutellaris Theobald) may occur in Hawaii, from Jepson's report. To tea and spent evening at home of Mr. Bach, Government printer. Monday, June 16, 1924. Up to Colonial hospital. Met Mr. A. M. Lea, who had just returned from a field trip, (at Mr. Campbell's office). He is entomologist at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide. He is employed for a year by the Fiji government