rhizoids as No. 424. These perched ferns are comparatively common on the east side of the island. Caught a green tailed, olive-brown lizard, a large gray spider and a small roach by "whacking" the dry brackets. Passed three partly finished and apparently abandoned canoes, one of which was large and practically finished. These trails are wide cut especially for bringing out canoes which are made up in the N.E. and N.W. forest and carried the length of the island to the village. Found the chips of a score of cuttings. Collected a number of moderately small black weevils, a centipede, scorpion and some flat greenish-gray shells under loose bark of prostrate dead trees. Fuscous yellow syrphid and dark aeneous bee on flowers of plant No. 427. Collected some shiny black wasps dancing in the sunshine. The trail and its two branches ended in felled logs. Returned over same route. Caught some Ephydrid flies and Halobates bugs on beach while waiting for small boat. Friday, August 1, 1924.. South and south-east end of island. Ashore at 7:15. Down trail to village, catching butterflies and collecting small landshells along the trail. An intelligent native, "William Goodtime," showed me a kaukauoa tree from the dead heartwood of which the hard black "ebony" canes and clubs are made. It was neither in fruit nor flower, the period being mid-summer - January, February and March, but collected leaves and wood specimens. Caught a black Lucanid beetle in the trunk. Returned to village, which is called Naicula'ga. About 78 to 80 people live here and "farm" both Ongea levu and Ongea ndriti. The village is situated on a flat toward the north east end of the bay which runs up between the two