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lizards; and others. Six amphibia and eight fish listed. In the insects the following beetles are mentioned: Cacao beetle, [[underlined]] Steirastoma depressum [[/underlined]], Cerambycidae, larvae bore under bark; American Coconut Weevil, [[underlined]] Rhynchophorus palmarum [[/underlined]], larvae (edible, called "gru-gru" worms) bore in trunk; Banana borer, [[underlined]] Cosmopolites sordidus [[/underlined]], Curcul., adults & larvae bore in trunk; Pin-hole beetles, [[underlined]] Xyletorus [[/underlined]] spp; [[underlined]] Cryptognatha nodiceps [[/underlined]], Coccinellid, adults and larvae feed on [[underlined]] Aspidiotus destructor [[/underlined]], introduced in 1928 to Fiji from here; Fire-fly, [[underlined]] Aspidosoma ignitum [[/underlined]]; Fire-fly, [[underlined]] Pyrophorus noctilucua [[/underlined]]. Other insects are: Fire-ant, Black Fruit-fly, Coconut Scale, Pink Boll-worm, Fall Army Worm, Mole-cricket, Chinch bug, malarial mosquito--[[underlined]] Anopheles [[tarsimaculatus ?]][[/underlined]], filariasis mosquito--[[underlined]] Culex fatigans [[/underlined]], Yellow fever mosquito -- [[underlined]] Aedes aegypti [[/underlined]], sand-flies, giant grasshopper; four species of termites. Other invertebrates: Centipedes (up to 12 inches or more), scorpions, bird-catching spiders, ^[[and]] [[underlined]] Peripatus trinidadensis [[/underlined]] --not uncommon in damp places under leaves, etc.
Even this list indicates the affinities of the Trinidad fauna with that of South America, rather than those of the Antilles.
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In the evening Mr. Adamson called for us and took us out to St. Augústine for dinner. The only other guest was [[strikethrough]] Mr. [[/strikethrough]] Professor Urich. The Adamsons' eight-year-old son was there of course. Prof. Urich is a specialist on termites, and though he seemed on the verge of falling asleep all evening, he told me some interesting points concerning the collection of termite guests. It seems that these are invariably found in or near the royal chamber, and can generally be found in all the nests. Specimens of the guests have been sent to Dr. Mann (several years ago) but no report has been received. The insect fauna of Trinidad is known to be practically the same as that of Venezuela with the exception of the things which are [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]] found here also. Tobago is said to be practically identical with Trinidad, and not worth the trouble of visiting for collecting purposes. I wonder.
Before dinner we met Mrs. Carmichael who is in the College Library, and after dinner Mr. Fennah dropped in. He is a lecturer in Entomology at the College, taking some of the work formerly done by Prof. Urich.
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