diameter, the largest with dark red-brown hearts. The ground becomes undu- lating again with rough hummocks of limestone rock and sheer depressions or sinks. In at least two places large trees had been felled against these lime- stone hummocks. These were burned, converting the rock into lime (see sample). Caught some of the rotund purple "jumping" beetles under dead bark of of one of the large trees. The bark is fully 2 cm. thick and red-brown in color. Came to the line of hills which fringe the east and south-east end of the island. Climbed the highest. From the top of a large banyan which crowned its summit a good view was obtained. The circular reef containing the Nukusonge Rocks was plainly visible to the eastward, about four miles away. Walked west and north-west across very rough country, full of pot holes and jagged ridges, coming out on the cross island trail traversed Saturday. Collected a few beach plants while waiting for the boat. Also cuaght some grasshoppers, leafhoppers etc., sweeping beach grass at the N.W. end. Mr. Beck donated a yellow, brown and white butterfly, a cockroach, and a scorpion which he had caught. Tuesday, July 29, 1924. Ashore at 7:30, spending the day in the west end of the island. Worked south and west around the N.W. bay, collecting land shells from damp leaves. Collected a small red hermit crab which had a piece of coconut for its shell. The vegetation is very uniform in the interior, No. 382 being the domi- nant undergrowth. Some yellow-brown cyllindrical mushrooms as previously collected. Several of the trees are the same as collected on Matuku, Moala a and Totoya, including both the trees with large pinnate leaves, composed of