118 IOWA STUDIES IN NATURAL HISTORY 
should be mentioned the Rev. N. B. Watson of St. Lucy’s Parish, 
who has a collection and has long been interested, particularly 
in economic entomology ; Mr. William Nowell, mycologist of the 
Imperial Department of Agriculture; Dr. J. C. Hutson, acting 
entomologist in the same department, who was taking the place 
of Dr. H. A. Ballou, absent in Africa where he was engaged in 
special economic investigations, and Sir Gilbert Carter, former- 
ly Governor of Barbados, who has a fine collection of native 
Lepidoptera. All of these gentlemen rendered valuable assist- 
ance in the way of donation of specimens, helpful advice and 
hospitality. 
Mr. J. R. Bovell of the local Department of Agriculture, 
should be specially mentioned in this connection, as he did much 
to further the work not only of the entomologist, but of other 
members of the party. The writer is, moreover, under great 
obligation to him for a delightful automobile ride to St. Lucy’s 
Rectory where he enjoyed a no less delightful visit with the 
Reverend Mr. Watson. 
Among the insects and their allies secured by Mr. and Mrs. 
Stoner, the following are worthy of notice :— 
The Barbados tarantula was quite common in most places 
under the bark of decaying trees; and the centipedes were often 
found under stones and sticks where the ground was damp. 
They were three to six inches long, very active and hard to se- 
cure, requiring care and considerable dexterity to capture them 
without being bitten. A small species of millipede was common 
under stones, while a large black form with transverse bands of 
green was quite abundant. Mr. Stoner witnessed a migratory 
movement of this species from one canefield to another, in which 
one of the main highways of the island was crossed. The large 
short-horned locust (Schistocerca pallens) was abundant, but 
elusive, in the grass growing on the island. Mr. Stoner reports 
that it is one of the most difficult insects to secure that he has 
ever encountered. Its flight is rapid and it has a habit when 
closely pursued of crawling some distance in the short grass 
before taking flight again. 
The Pentatomide (Mr. Stoner’s particular pets) were found 
inland along the terraces where the vegetation is profuse. The 
‘“Pea chink’’ (Hdessa meditabunda) was the most abundant. 
