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22 Myrmiecodia Nadarivatu "seki seki." In high trees. Not bristly Many without ants, but with scorpions, myriapods & spiders. No definite ant in them but many species. Used in "dran ni kan" Nasoqu. Jan. Twenty [[strikethrough]] nests [[strikethrough]] examined. Several Pheidole colonies. One black Camponotus; many empty. One with four gecko eggs [[strikethrough]] A fungus. [[strikethrough]] Used as medicine for deafness. [[end page]] [[start page]] 23 Nadarivatu 1. Small Myrmicine, nests in very small colonies in small pockets in damp earth beneath or between stones in the bush. [[solid line across page]] Nadarivatu No. 2 Pheidole. Found beneath stones in damp places. Very sluggish. [[solid line across page]] Nadarivatu No. 3 Myrmicine. Mr Friend pointed to a clay turret & [[strikethrough]] point [[strikethrough]] said it was an ant nest. I dug in and found the single worker. Doubt it's making the turret. [[solid line across page]] Nadarivatu No. 4 Ponerine. Large colony, beneath a stone in a small pocket. The pocket was an inch and a half in diameter and two thirds of an inch deep and