MONOGRAPH OF WEST INDIAN STAPHYLINIDAE 5 



Kingston (see map Xo. 3) and made trips to eacli part of the island. 

 Two or three day stops were made at Derry near Bahxclava and at 

 Montego Bay. The extreme western end of the island was not vis- 

 ited, nor were the higher parts of the Blue INIountains. (For the 

 number of species collected see the total under the return visit in 

 1937.) 



AV. H. Edwards, the government entomologist, kindly put his 

 laboratory and the extensive botanical gardens at our disposal. The 

 entomological collections contained only one species of Staphylini- 

 dae, Belomwhus gowdeyi Bernhauer ( = Belonuchus gagates Erich- 

 son). (See also return visit to Jamaica in 1937.) 



Haiti.— Xwgwst 1, 1935, to September 1, 1935. Stations 21 to 31. 

 We made our headquarters at Port-au-Prince (see map No. 4) and 

 encountered some difficulty in reaching other parts of the country 

 because of poor roads, the scarcity of safe drinking water, and the 

 difficulties of the Creole langaiage. A 2-day trip was made to an 

 elevation of nearly 7,000 feet on Morne La Selle in the southeast. 

 A trip to the northern part of the country was interrupted by an 

 accident niul abandoned. Collections were made principally in the 

 mountains south and west of Port-au-Prince. The number of species 

 of Staphylinidae (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was 12. 



Andre Audant, entomologist at the Service Technique at Damiens, 

 kindly put his laboratory and collection at my disposal. A small 

 series of Staphylinidae was borrowed for later study. 



Dominican RepuhJic. — September 1, 1935, to September 17, 1935. 

 Stations 32 to 42. I first made headquarters at Santiago de los 

 Caballeros (see map No. 4) in the north-central portion. From 

 here short trips were made into the surrounding valleys, but the 

 mountains were not accessible with my limited equipment. The re- 

 maining time was spent in Santo Domingo (since renamed Ciudad 

 Trujillo), principally on official matters. The number of species of 

 Staphylinidae collected (exclusive of the Aleocharinae) was seven. 



Puerto /?^c(?.— September 18, 1935, to October 17, 1935 (also De- 

 cember 7, 1936, to January 20, 1937). Stations 43 to 65. AVe made 

 our headquarters in San Juan (see map No. 5) and were able to 

 cover the northern, eastern, and southeastern portions from there. 

 A 5-day trip was made to Mayagiiez, from where we were able to 

 visit various points in the western and south-central regions. (For 

 the number of species collected see the total under the return visit 

 in 1930-37.) 



R. G. Oakley, a plant quarantine inspector at Mayagiiez, took me 

 out to several specially good collecting localities where we found a 

 great many interesting species. Mr. Oakley (since transferred to 

 Guam and later to Hawaii) has done some fine collecting in western 

 and southern Puerto Rico. 



