beetles and a gecko under the bark of a dead tree; and a few landshells on banana leaves. Mr. Collard asked me to be on the lookout for banana diseases upon my return to the Lau Group. Sunday, July 20, 1924. All day field trip along Suva Water Supply Ditch Trail in foothills to north and N.N.W. of Suva. Early start, walking 2 miles N. and N.N.W. along bay road to large concrete bridge over the Tamavua river. Turned to right and followed up the valley to the east bank of the river. First along a road past the slaughter house and Animal Quarantine Station. Then along a very muddy track as far as two small native villages. Finally along a very fair trail - following the pipe lines. Saw a Monarch butterfly, one of the first seen in Fiji. They are ap- parently rare at this season of the year. The valley floor has the usual lowland vegetation:- Koster's curse, "Mile-a-minute" vine,lantana, solanaceae, verbona, sensative plant, grasses and ferns and several weeds. Here and there patches of small shrubs and an occasional tree or tree fern. A great deal of the hill slopes and higher ground is under cultivation, planted to taro, bananas, awa, yams and occasional sticks of sugar cane. Many of the larger patches are operated by Chinese, who raise a few vegetables. Insects scarce in lowlands. A few tiger beetles (Cicendellidae) in the trail; honey bees on the sensative plant flowers; black shining submatellic round "stink" bugs on the shrubs; numerous small brown ants; a few small moths and occasional skippers and small brown and yellow butterflies. A few day mosquitoes about me. The valley broadens out and divides into two, the larger branch going