declarations for six boxes to Honolulu. Bought some acid Hypo fixing powder. Mr. Campbell gave me a pint of Ethel alcohol. At his office met Mr. H. Collard, who is working on the "Bunchy top" disease of bananas. He has been sent out by the Queensland Department of Agriculture which is about to establish a Banana Experiment Station to study banana diseases in Fiji and other localities. I told him what I could concerning banana diseases and pests in Hawaii and referred him to Dr. Lyon of the H.S.P.A. Packed the sixth box of natural history specimens for the museum. Re- ceived my mail:- $50.00 from the Bishop Estate and letters from Gregory and Ball. In afternoon field trip - visit to diseased banana plantations with Mr. Collard, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Wyke, journalist. By auto to end of Colo- i-Suva Road, stopping on way to tramp through a plantation and viewing several others from the road. Found plants infested with beetle borer, obtaining specimens. Also learned how to distinguish the typical "bunchy top" disease and other fungus attacks on banana plants, including Sigataka disease. On plants effected with"bunchy top" the interior leaves instead of be- coming larger than the lower leaves are very small and give a stunted appear- ance to the plant. The center rots entirely away. The leaves have a dis- tinct snap when broken and the blades crackle when crumpled. The mid-rib often has a dark green streak on the under side and dark lines radiate out from the mid-rib across the blade parallel to the ridges or corrugations. The interior of the trunk is frequently bluish toward the Several other types of fungus attacks were noted, some of them new to the two plant pathologists. "Scab" on the fruit itself was comparatively rare, this being controlled by dusting the early blossoms with a mixture of 1/2 Pyrethreum and 1/2 wood ashes mixed together and blown on the plant. Collected a few specimens from bananas besides the beetle borers; some