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Jan. 29. First thing in the morning had a fitting at 



Nathan 1 s; can have suit tomorrow. Back to the house 

 and while Dick worked over some of the notes, I took 

 a sweeping net and worked over the row of Gunga pea 

 vines. Gunga pea seems to be one of the ever -bearing 

 varieties of legume and the peas resemble Black-eyed 

 rather than Green. Very little to be found except 

 one species of thrips that was very abundant in the 

 flowers. After luncheon Dick and I went to Ferry R. 

 (Fresh R. on map) for our first real collecting. 

 Started to tear bark off a standing dead tree about 

 three feet in diameter and got a surprise. Six or 

 eight roaches, each about three inches long, flew out 

 as soon as the bark was disturbed. On the trunk under 

 the bark was a scorpion perhaps two and a half inches 

 long and a couple of villainous looking but harmless 

 tailless whip scorpions. Also a few beetles. I don f t 

 put my bare fingers under loose bark any more. Saw 

 many pseudoscorpions but most of them got away before 

 I could get at them. Found some recent dung in road 

 and dug out a good series of Oniticellus cubiens is 

 (Cast.) and some Aphodiinae. Sifting was not good as 

 the top soil and forest floor are completely dried out. 

 Set some traps baited with molasses. Returned for tea. 

 This is Dick's birthday and Ruth and l&rs. Wooler had a 

 birthday cake and ice cream ready. After tea, the three 

 of us ran up to the bridge across the small stream 

 above Gordontown. Good series of a whirligig beetle, 

 Dineutes sp., and a ptilodactylid, the latter actually 

 in the water. As soon as dusk set in, we put up the 

 net over the car and drove back slowly. Made a good 

 catch of small things, including many Staphylinidae. 

 After supper took flashlight and went after fireflies. 

 Took a series in the field back of the house. There was 

 a fine bunch of a blue tenebrionid, Tarpela mutabilis 

 Waterh. on a fence post. Missed another nice scorpion, 

 this time on a fence post. Home and to bed at 11.45 PM. 



Jan. 30. Today we took our first long trip. Packed a good 

 lunch and started to circle the east end of the island. 

 We went by way of Stony Hill and Castleton Gardens to 

 the Wag Water and followed it to the north shore near 

 Anotto Bay. We stopped for our first collecting near 

 here. Swept along the roadside and took a series of 

 Pentatomids as well as the usual line of small stuff. 

 Found a species of Diplopod was travelling on the upper 

 surface of the rails of the R R track. From here we took 

 the coast road toward Port Antonio. Didn't see much that 

 looked promising for collecting until we reached Hope 

 Bay. Back of a old foundation we foujid a cattle pen 



