present on either of the Aiwa islands. With the introduced weeds one also finds the introduced insects, such as Syruphus sp., the small greenish Strationyid, small gray or light brown slender bugs, Lycaenid butterflies, the Monarch butterfly, various grass- hoppers, etc., species always to be found in lowland, weedy localities. This illustrates how even the occasional visits of natives will bring about the in- troduction of foreign flora and fauna. While waiting on the sand beach for the rowboat walked along the under- cut limestone shelf and caught a few more of the greenish cranoflies which frequent the rock face here. Also caught a small dark green lizard here on the rocks, which were nearly the same color. Hicks (sailor) caught a very large purplish crab, the kind which in Tahiti and the Tuamotus climbs the coconut palms and drops the nuts. It meas- ures about 18 to 20 inches across the leg spread. Roll 64:5. Front view on the deck. Roll 64:6. The cook holding it up by the legs. (11538) Underway at 3 P.M. for Lakemba, where we anchored off the west end of the island at 5 P.M. Tuesday, September 2, 1924. Lakemba, (walking entirely around island). Ashore at 6:45, landing at the Berns Philp Store and ranch, where we were greeted by Mr./ Steward, the manager. He showed us the entrance to one of the numerous limestone caves on the ranch, which he said was frequented by great numbers of small bats. This lowland district is covered with extensive groves of coconuts beneath which is a more or less open undergrowth of guava, Piper, canna, woods, ferns and higher up on the slopes, plume grass. The island is encircled by a very fair "main road" - a good horse and