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a large log lying above the high water line of the 

 pond we found many Passalus in various stages. 

 Sweeping produced little as did collecting on flowers 

 of coffee. The coffee bush in full bloom is a sight 

 with its very dark green leaves and white flowers. 

 In the evening we went out back to hang the sheet and 

 lantern. As we approached a suitable spot, we noticed 

 a large grey bird sitting on a stump. By having Dick 

 keep the beam of the flashlight in his eyes, I was 

 able to walk up to within a yard of him. It was one 

 of the goatsuckers, related to our Whip-poor-will or 

 our Night Hawk. Made no effort to catch him and he 

 soon flew away noiselessly as an owl would have. The 

 evening was too cold and almost nothing came to the 

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Feb. 14. Took a lunch and started for Oxford Cave. Yfe 



stopped at the bridge over the One Eye river, locally 

 known as the Oxford river. Found at least three kinds 

 of Dryopidae in the river, some on rocks but mostly 

 on decaying banana trash that had collected in the 

 backwaters. On a water soaked log in swift current 

 I took a single specimen of Helichus sp. (This proved 

 to be the only specimen of this genus taken during 

 our entire stay. ) We ate lunch at the mouth of the 

 cave and in the afternoon drove to Troy where we had 

 good sweeping, especially for leaf hoppers. Ruth and 

 Marjorie had joined us at the bridge and they collected 

 dung beetles and dryopids. From Troy we returned by 

 way of Balaclava where we stopped for bread. After 

 dinner we went out for fireflies and took several 

 specimens of a species new to us as well as specimens 

 of species that looked common. If a firefly is not 

 too high, not above 20 feet, it can be enticed down 

 the beam of the flash light, that is, sometimes. A 

 peenie will come in the beam from a much greater dis- 

 tance. It f s hard to stand still and not flinch when 

 a peenie flies in because he comes very swiftly. How- 

 ever, he lands so lightly that he is not felt when he 

 strikes the shirt. We also tried the lantern and 

 sheet but without results and we gave up soon and 

 went to bed. 



Feb. 15. Sorted the catch of the last few days and in- 

 cluded a bottle of peenies and Ligyrus that the Sa- 

 variau sisters, at least Mary, had saved for us. 

 Collected a little around the place and decided to 

 go over to Maggoty Falls in the afternoon. We went 

 through Balaclava and on the way stopped to collect 

 dryopids in the Black river, we found a few. At the 

 falls we opened a termitarium which had eight queens 



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