MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 7 



in the north-central area, and he generously gave us specimens of 

 Staphylinidae that he had collected elsewhere. 



F. W. Urich, professor-emeritus at the Imperial College of Trop- 

 ical Agriculture but at that time living in Port of Spain (and since 

 deceased), was of great service in demonstrating to us in the field 

 his methods of collecting termite guests, many of which are Staphy- 

 linidae. These lessons were invaluable to us, and we profited greatly 

 by our visits with him. He kindly presented us with a considerable 

 number of termite guests he had previously collected in Trinidad. 



Dr. F. J. Pound, agronomist of the Department of Agriculture, 

 was of great service in collecting. With him I visited several pro- 

 ductive localities, especially in the northeast and east-central parts 

 of the island. It was on these trips that I found out how attractive 

 to staphylinids are the rotting cocoa pods. Our trip to the south 

 coast was also very productive. This region was devastated by 

 Trinidad's only bad hurricane (in 1933), and the fallen immortelle 

 trees proved to be good collecting spots. 



Tobago.— Junuary 1, 1936. Stations 116 to 123 (and 129). Be- 

 fore we left Trinidad I made a brief trip to Tobago (map No. 18) 

 by taking the night boat on December 31 and returning by the night 

 boat on January 1. This gave me a full day on the island. I col- 

 lected principally along the southern coast, W'ith more than the 

 usual 1-day's success. The number of species of Staphylinidae col- 

 lected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 11. 



Greriada.— January 8, 1936, to January 30, 1936. Stations 131 to 

 140 and 150 to 163. We made our headquarters in St. Georges on 

 the southwest coast (see map No. 17) and found it readily possible 

 to visit most parts of the island from there. Collecting was done 

 principally in the southern and eastern parts of the island. Special 

 efforts were made to find termite guests such as were abundant on 

 Trinidad but without success. The number of species of Staphy- 

 linidae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 21. 



Carriacou.— January 16, 1936, to January 18, 1936. Stations 141 

 to 149. This was a side trip from Grenada requiring a day each 

 way in transit. One whole day was available for collecting, and, 

 because of the splendid cooperation of the Commissioner, Mr. Knight, 

 and Mr. Simmons, of the Department of Agriculture, I was able to 

 collect profitably in several parts of this tiny island. (See map No. 

 16.) The number of species of Staphylinidae collected (exclusive 

 of the Aleocharinae) was six. 



m. Vincent.— February 1, 1936, to February 25, 1936. Stations 

 164 to 186. We made our headquarters in Kingstown, the only real 

 town in the island. (See map No. 15.) Only the coastal areas of 

 the southwestern, southern, and eastern parts of the island were 



