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accessible to us, except for one trip to the volcano Soufriere, where 

 collecting was not good. The very dense and rugged interior of the 

 island is uninhabited and inaccessible except with extensive equip- 

 ment and preparation. This region is probably the wildest and 

 most inaccessible one in the islands. We found it impracticable to 

 visit the northern Grenadines (Bequia, Union, Mustique, etc., map 

 No. 16), which form a dependency of St. Vincent. The number of 

 species of Staphylinidae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) 

 was 19. 



Barbados.— Fehrimrj 26, 1936, to March 22, 1936. ^ Stations 187 

 to 204. Our headquarters were in Bridgetown, the only town of 

 consec[uence. From here a fine system of roads radiates to every part 

 of the island. In spite of these we found collecting difficult and 

 unproductive. Most of the island is covered with sugarcane, and 

 situations in which staphylinids were found were few. The number 

 of species, as well as the number of specimens, was less than on most 

 of the islands. The number of species of Staphylinidae collected 

 (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 16. 



St. Luciu.— March 23, 1936, to May 17, 1936. Stations 205 to 234. 

 We made our headquarters for a month at Castries on the north- 

 west coast and later for another month near Soufriere on the south- 

 west coast. (See map No. 13.) Collecting was not good in the 

 northern portion except when we penetrated into the dense forest 

 in the mountains. In the vicinity of Soufriere, however, we found 

 some of the best and easiest collecting of the trip. Here we made 

 some of our largest catches from the rotting cocoa pods and unusu- 

 ally large numbers of various kinds of insects in other situations. 

 Two brief visits were made to the eastern coast. The number of 

 species of Staphylinidae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) 

 was 44. 



Dr. Harold E. Box, at that time entomologist of the Colonial 

 Development Fund, had his headquarters in Castries. He put his 

 laboratory at my disposal, took me on several collecting trips into 

 the interior of the island, and generously donated staphylinids he 

 had collected, especially from sugarcane trash. He also sent speci- 

 mens from Antigua after our return to Washington. Among these 

 latter were some interesting species, of which several were new. 



Dominica.— May 18, 1936, to July 12, 1936. Stations 235 to 261. 

 Our headquarters were in Roseau on the southwest coast. (See map 

 No. 11.) From here we were able to collect along the southern 

 half of the west coast, across the southwestern corner of the 

 island, and in the high central valley. Unusually wet weather and 

 certain other factors made us considerable trouble, but the longer 

 stay enabled us to make considerable collections. Near the end of 



