are of the same material. Brown crickets abundant among the leaves of trees. Saw no Tournefortia moths. This tree is visited frequently by the large dark brown butterfly with small white spots on the wings. Also spiny legged green grasshoppers present. Swallowtail butterflies not very abundant, but present. A large green bug common on " hau." in places. Also a yellow backed one, which is probably the other sex. Woody climber with thorns present in some quantity on the beach. Wednesday, July 16, 1924. As shore at 7 A.M.. Across isthmus and followed a good trail south along the summit of the ridge. First rise entirely covered with grass above the zone of beach trees which extends up 100 feet or so. Burr grass by the side. A low legume with yellow flowers and brown pods (collected on Matuku) common in places. Ferns, yellow composite common. Trees 351 and 357 common along the summit ridge before one encounters the main forest zone. also the tree with the speckled brown capsules and white floral leaf. Caught a number of large, yellow and black Scolia (?) wasps along shady summit path. Climbed to top of 683' hill, from which a fine view of the entire island was obtained. The peak is wooded, but the plants are for the most part of a lowland nature, even hau and the scarlet flowered legume growing on or near the summit. The ridge to the south is bare and grass covered again for a stretch. Saw specimens of the tree with small green berries in 4s. Saw one of the "umbrella-webbed" spiders sucking the juices from a spring-legged grasshopper. Usual underbrush in wooded sections made up of Piper (ava-ava-aiku), red pepper, and ti. There are several species of ferns underfoot - incuding "maile" and