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our stay I made a 4-day trip by boat to the northern part of the 

 island. This proved to be the more interesting region as well as a 

 pleasanter one. It ■would have justified a much longer stay. The 

 number of staphylinid species collected (exclusive of the Aleochar- 

 inae) was 26. 



Montsermt.—July 13, 1936, to July 27, 1936. Stations 262 to 271. 

 On this very small island we stayed only about 2 weeks, stopping 

 at Plymouth, the only town. (See map No. 9.) Several parts of 

 the island were easily reached, but collecting was done principally 

 in the coastal areas. The number of species of Staphylinidae col- 

 lected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 15. 



Antigua.— Ju]y 27, 1936, to September 28, 1936. Stations 272 to 

 295. Our headquarters were in St. Johns on the northern coast 

 (see map No. 8) and from here we were able to reach most parts of 

 the island. We found collecting rather monotonous and the island, 

 physically, not very interesting. The collections include rather 

 fewer species than usual, although not lacking in specimens. The 

 few higher parts of the island were visited only briefly. The num- 

 bers of species of Staphylinidae collected (exclusive of the Aleo- 

 charinae) was 22. 



Bt. KUt<?.— September 30, 1936, to October 27, 1936. Stations 296 

 to 314. We made our headquarters at Basseterre on the south coast. 

 (See map No. 7.) This is a small island that can be readily circled 

 in a few hours. The coastal regions were rather dull collecting, 

 yielding large numbers of comparatively few species. The central 

 mountainous area is more difficult to reach but yielded a few nice 

 things. We found it impracticable at that time to visit Nevis or 

 the other neighboring islands. The number of species of Staphylin- 

 idae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 11. 



Sl Croix.— October 28, 1936, to December 6, 1936. Stations 315 

 to 344. Our headquarters were at Frederiksted on the western coast 

 of this small island. (See map No. 6.) It is rather low but has 

 more varied collecting situations than some of the larger islands. 

 All parts of the island except the extreme east were visited, and a 

 larger number of species of Staphylinidae (35, exclusive of the Aleo- 

 charinae) was taken than on almost any previous small island. 



Harry Beatty, connected with the Christ iansted hospital on mos- 

 quito control and other projects, is an enthusiastic naturalist. I 

 spent many days with him collecting in situations that I might have 

 missed alone. It was on his automobile that we first tried out the 

 large net for collecting at dusk, and many specimens were taken in 

 this way. Mr. Beatty also presented us with specimens that he 

 had collected, partly after we had returned to Washington. 



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