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The late Prof. S. T. Danforth, of the College of Agriculture of 

 the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagiiez was of much assistance. 

 His knowledge of conditions and collecting in the Lesser Antilles 

 enabled us to make the most of our months spent in those islands. 

 Professor Danforth had a considerable collection of Puerto Rico 

 Coleoptera, although his principal interest was in birds. More than 

 a hundred Staphylinidae were examined in his collection, and per- 

 mission was obtained to borrow these when we returned to Puerto 

 Rico. (See return visit in December 1937.) 



Dr. G. N. Wolcott, entomologist at the Rio Piedras Experiment 

 Station, kindly presented us with a copy of his new "Insectae Borin- 

 quensis," which proved to be useful later on. He also permitted us 

 to borrow the few staphylinids in the collection of the station. 



St. Thomas— October 18, 1935, to October 22, 1935. Stations 66 

 to 68. We stayed for 3 days between boats at Charlotte Amalie 

 (called also St. Thomas) (see map No. 6), doing a little collecting 

 about town and making one trip around the eastern and southern 

 parts of the island. The number of species of Staphylinidae col- 

 lected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was three. 



Guadeloupe.— October 24, 1935, to November 16, 1935. Stations 

 69 to 91. We made our headquarters at Matouba, above St. Claude 

 on Basse Terre (see map No. 10), for 3 weeks and later in Pointe-a- 

 Pitre on Grande Terre for 1 week. From the former we collected 

 in the mountain valleys at about 3.000 feet and made trips along the 

 rugged western coast and around Basse Terre to the east and north- 

 ern coasts. From Pointe-a-Pitre we were able to circle the southern 

 part of Grande Terre. The number of species of Staphylinidae col- 

 lected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 26. 



Trinidad.— ^oxember 19, 1935, to January 7, 1936. Stations 92 

 to 130. Our headquarters were in Port of Spain in the northwest 

 corner of the island. (See map No. 19.) Although we were on 

 this important island for 11 weeks, the amount of collecting accom- 

 plished was relatively small. This was due to a combination of cir- 

 cumstances involving a troublesome amount of rainfall and repeated 

 delays in receiving parts of our equipment. However, collections 

 were made in the northwest, northeast, north-central, east-central, 

 and south -central portions of the island. Here we were first intro- 

 duced to the very productive and easy collecting from rotting pods 

 of the cocoa plant, Theohroma cacao. The number of species of 

 Staphylinidae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 48. 



Dr. A. M. Adamson, professor of entomology at the Imperial Col- 

 lege of Tropical Agriculture at St. Augustine, was very kind and 

 helpful to us in many ways. We went collecting with him especially 



