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ing yesterday f s catch. It is a really good lot with 

 much of interest. After lunch went out the Spanish 

 Town road, stopping at Fresh (Ferry) River to look 

 at the traps. Two of them were practically empty but 

 the third contained a good series of a small and rather 

 strikingly-marked roach. Downstream from the traps we 

 found a log with partly loose bark, under which we took 

 many silvanids, Cossonus sp., Passalus sp. (with larvae) 

 and a scorpion. Managed to catch a few small fishes*^in 

 the small coves along the river bank. These were 

 obviously not the same species as the ones we found at 

 Roaring River. Next we drove the car out onto a sand 

 bar at the ford in the Rio Cobre where we parked. 

 Chased Cicindela sp. back and forth over the sand and 

 managed to net a few, as well as many carabids and Tri- 

 dactyla sp. We also found a few Staphylinidae under 

 stones. From there we ran the car out the Sligoville 

 road nearly to Sligoville. Saw one Sulcophanaeus in 

 the road which we collected. Turned the car around 

 near a citrus plantation and put the net on. Emptied 

 it at Spanish Town and found that we had a good catch 

 including staphs and Aphodiinae. Home for supper and 

 afterward went to Hope Gardens for fireflies. Had good 

 luck, taking three species (at least). One was fairly 

 large and sluggish, sits on leaves rather close to the 

 ground, flashes with light greenish light, flash contin- 

 uous for about one second, intervals between flashes 

 long. These were all taken in the low bush below the 

 pasture. Higher up in the pasture there was a second 

 species, very similar to the one from the Pagoda (the 

 name of Edwards* place on the hill where we went for 

 cocktails Jan. 31). This species flies strongly with 

 a steady but short flash. The third and smallest of the 

 species flies high but weakly, is usually beyond reach 

 of the net, flashes with a weak multiple flash which is 

 repeated at close intervals. This species is found over 

 the low wet ground where the large species was taken. 

 Dick found a large luminous elaterid larva. I discovered 

 that it bites viciously. The light organs are apparently 

 in the intersegmental areas, the band behind the head 

 much the strongest, the dorsal bands stronger than the 

 ventral s and with no trace of separate lateral lights. 

 This is almost certainly a Pyrophorus larva. Bed at 

 11.45 PM. 



Feb. 4. Had a late breakfast and started for Newcastle at 

 about 9.30 AM. Above Gordontown at about 3200 ft. we 

 ran into so much rain that we turned back and watched 

 for good collecting places. The Gordont own-Newcastle 

 road is very winding, it is said to have more than 350 

 sharp turns in the eleven miles. We stopped where a 



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