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and lantern near the banana crib* Quite a few beetles 

 came, including species that we had not seen before* 

 Got some nice Colydiidae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae 

 and some small whitish weevils • The flight stopped 

 early, about 7.30 PM and we picked up. Dick took 

 a couple of Pyrophorus that were flying. These are 

 called "peenies 11 on the island. Too late to use the 

 net over the car so we drove without stopping and 

 reached Half Way Tree about 10.30. Ruth was up and 

 showed us a bottle of Cyclocephala tetrica Burm. 

 taken by a Mr Nether sole on his porch. We are invited 

 to collect there tomorrow night. His home is on the 

 Hermitage Dam road, near where we start climbing to 

 go to the Pagoda. 



Feb. 9. Slept late and after breakfast went into Kingston 

 for mail (there was none) and to the Customs Office 

 for the tank that Dick shipped from Puerto Rico. 

 Worked over the catch of yesterday and wrote up the 

 journals. Dinner was a little late so that we didn't 

 get to Mr Nethersole's before the flight was past its 

 peak. However, our host and a Mr Schneeball (a New 

 Yorker living next door) had picked up a dozen Phyl- 

 lophagft jamaiggnsis* We took a few more and several 

 other good things. Two specimens of a Cyclocephala 

 that looked new (I found out later that Arrow had 

 it in manuscript at the time). Many coccinellids, 

 including Psyllobora nigrovittata Cr., Ps. nana Muls. 

 and Procula douei Muls. Some Ichneumonidae. To bed 

 at about 10.30 PM but no sleep until the early morn- 

 ing because the dogs next door barked steadily. 



Feb. 10. Today being a legal holiday (Ash Wednesday) we 



rested until evening, except for a visit to the King f s 

 House where we signed the book. We did it quietly and 

 avoided any invitations to luncheon. In the evening 

 we ran up onto Ram f s Horn ridge, across the valley 

 from Mr Nethersole f s place and half a mile east of 

 Stony Hill. Burned the lantern for an hour or so but 

 didn f t get much as it was distinctly cold. Chased 

 fireflies with flashlights and took a few. Gave it 

 up as hopeless and went down into the gully above 

 Constant Spring where the fireflies were much more 

 abundant. Got a fine series of a large pale species. 

 Back to the house about 10 PM and to bed for a good 

 night f s sleep. 



Feb. 11. Did very little today except to pack for Derry 

 and run out to Hope Gardens to see Edwards. Dixon 

 gave me a bottle of Anastrepha collected from mango 

 in the vicinity of the station. 



