One or two small patches of "maile" fern in crevices. Saw a large turtle on way over to 10 foot rock about 150 yards to S.E.E. Returned to schooner at 2:15. Spent afternoon putting away specimens and preparing another tin cracker box to hold insects. The first tin box holds those from July 26 to September 5, inclusive. Saturday, September 6, 1924. Latei Viti and Latei Tonge. Underway at daybreak for Reid Reef. Anchored off N.W. side of Latei Viti at 10 A.M. Roll 65:3. Lati Viti looking E. by S. (11541) Latei Viti is a small rocky islet of jagged limestone, nearly triangular in shape, about 50 or 60 yards on a side, and about 60 feet high. On the south- west side are a few isolated rocks, one of them about 50 feet in diameter and 25 or 30 feet high. The south and west sides rise precipitously from the water while the north and east slope less steeply and have pockets of soil (highly impregnated with guano) in which grow small patches of Portulaca and Boerhaavia, the only species of plants on the island. Some of the north terraces are of fair size, - five to six feet wide and 15 to 40 feet long. We landed on a small sand pocket on the north west side. Animals:- Small dark green lizards and banded black and pale greenish- white water snakes, both fairly numerous. Small black Agromyzid fly the dominant insect, frequenting both Portu- laca and Boerhaavia plants. Small fuscous ants and small Phorid flies under dead bird. Hippoboscids about boobies and their nests. Returned to schooner at 12:40 and proceeded to Latei Tonga where we anchored to W.N.W. (of S. point) at 1:30. Roll 65:4. Latei Tonga looking E.S.E. (11542) Latei Tonga is very similar in formation to Latei Viti, being of jagged