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Darlington — Carabid Beetles 
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to indicate principal collecting methods used at each locality. “Logs” 
means under logs on the ground, or in rotting logs. “Stones” means 
under stones. “Waterside” means beside, or in vegetation in, standing 
or running water. “Drowning” means throwing large quantities of 
loose soil, leaf litter, or debris into water and catching the Carabidae 
that come to the surface of the wet materials. This is a little known 
but very effective collecting method. “Bark” means collecting under 
loose slabs and flakes of bark on trunks of living trees, usually 
eucalyptus. A whole special insect fauna lives in this habitat in Aus- 
tralia. “Arboreal” means beating and sweeping. And “light” means 
collecting insects attracted to artificial light at night. “Usual 
ground m(ethods)” means first four methods listed above. “All usual 
m(ethods)” means all methods listed except light, which is separately 
specified. 
Lockerbie, Q41 ; low; light rain f, savannah w; Jan. 11-15, 58; all usual 
m, light. 
Bamaga, Q40 ; low; savannah w, light rain f; Jan. 7-11. 15-20, 58; all 
usual m, light. 
Iron Range, Q39; low; rain f, savannah w; Jan. 21-28, 58; all usual m. 
Tozer Gap, Q39; mts to over 1000 ft.; rain f, savannah w; Jan. 25-26, 58; 
logs, stones. 
Coen, named on Q map; low; savannah w, gallery f; May 27, June 4-5, 
58 (also 1932) ; all usual m. 
Rocky River (Rocky Scrub), Q38; low to mts c. 2000 ft.; rain f., savannah 
w; May 30-June 2, 58 (also west side this “scrub’’ in 1932) ; all usual m 
inch much drowning of ground debris from upper banks of river in rain f. 
Silver Plains, Q37 ; low; savannah w; May 27-June 4, 58; logs, waterside, 
light. 
Cooktown, named on Q map; low; poor rain f, savannah w (much cleared) ; 
June 5, 10-12, 58; little collecting. 
Shiptons Flat, 036; c. 1000 ft.; good savannah w to gallery rain f, with 
transitions; June 5-10, 58; all usual m. 
Mr. Finnigan, Q36; 1000 to over 3000 ft.; rain f, savannah w, transitions; 
June 5-10, 58; all usual m (collected up to and in edge elfin f, but catch 
inexplicably poor). 
Thornton (’s) Peak (or Mt. Alexandra), Q35; c. 1000 to c. 4500 ft.; rain f, 
elfin f near summit; Dec. 21-22, 57; stones, logs (collecting cut short by 
bad weather) . 
Mossman-Daintree area, Q33; low; diverse vegetation (much altered); 
Dec. 20-27, 57; little collecting except on Thornton Peak (see above) and 
Mt. Lewis (see below). 
Mt. Lewis, Q34; to c. 4000 ft.; rain f; Dec. 25-27, 57; stones, logs. 
Cairns, named on Q map; low; diverse vegetation (much altered) inch 
remnants rain f; various dates Dec. 57-Feb. 58, May-June 58; all usual 
m, light. 
Kuranda, Q30, and named on Atherton Tab map; on plat c. 1000 ft.; rain f, 
some savannah w; various dates Dec. 57 to May 58; all usual m. 
