Friday, July 11, 1924. Ashore at 8 A.M. East about 1/2 mile along sea beach shelf, below a low cliff of black lava rock, which juts out into the sea. Passed a small cone where grew a quantity of beach trees, many of them in flower. Recognizing kou, hau, kamani, (Barringtonia speciosa), noni, puapua, several species collected on Matuku or here and a few new ones, which will collect later. Up a ridge to an elevation of about 950 feet. Forest quite open and going, though steep, is good. Collecting very poor at lower elevations. Collected a large pale yellow landshell with darker spots, a green weevil and two large spiders (in their nests), all on one small bush. The larger spider had a partly eaten cricket with him in the nest, which consisted of a folded leaf. Saved the leaf nest of the smaller spider. Passed quite a little patch of small, slender trunked tree ferns (No. 312) 6 to 15 feet tall and about 5 to 6 cm. in diameter. Small patch of erect Lycopodium (313) growing with Freycinetia. Collected three large landshells from the leaves of tree No. 314, showing that they are present on the ridges, although high up in the trees. Also caught a large female cricket in same tree. Large green and a large brown leafhopper on fern fronds. Came out on top of the ridge upon a treeless, fern covered area of 5 or so acres, with a few stunted shrubs and wind blown Casuarinas. From this spot (elevation about 900') one can look across the valley to similar bare spots, especially the domes of Solotivitivi (1027') and Dilli Moala (1535'), about 1 3/4 and 2 1/4 miles distant in an air line. The greater part of the visible ridges is forested; only patches being bare. Collected a moderately small weevil, reddish brown in color, on leaves of No. 315 and adjacent plants. Followed back along ridge wall of valley, part way along a fair cut trail