to find a parasite which will combat the Luriana indicus moth, which is a pest on coconuts. I found him a very kindly man of about 55. Spent whole morning with him talking over Fiji and Australian insects. He has caught several species of weevil much resembling our Rhyncogonus and at least one species of Proterhinus, in Fiji. Mr. Lea is very anxious to get the Helms collection for the South Australian Museum. I agreed with him that they would be of more value in Australia than Hawaii, and also that the large collection of Hawaiian species of Blackburn, now in the South Australian Museum, would be of more value in Hawaii. Perhaps an exchange could be arranged, both parties keeping a few representative specimens for comparison. Spent afternoon at Department of Agriculture working over and listing the Hemiptera. Evening at library. Tuesday, June 17, 1924. Rainy day. To hospital. Spent day at Department of Agriculture work- ing through the Hemiptera and Orthoptera. Mr. Simmonds gave me a few duplicate specimens. Called on Mr. Lea it his office on way back to "France". He loaned me a list of the identified Coleoptera in Mr. Vietch's collection. Spent evening making a copy of the list. (Copied elsewhere). Met Mr. and Mrs. Roberts (plumber) and Mr. Vine (lawyer). Rainy evening. Wednesday, June 18, 1924. To hospital. Returned list of Coleoptera to Mr. Lea. Spent day at Department of Agriculture identifying some of the diptera. Tea with Mr. Simmonds. Evening at the library. Thursday, June 19, 1924. To hospital. Spent day at Department of Agriculture listing diptera