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[[preprinted]] 42 [[/preprinted]] Carriacou 8. [[underlined]] Station 145. [[/underlined]] Near Windward on the northeast coast of Carriacou. Hunted in a small pile of refuse outside the nest of parasol ants (leaf-cutting ant, locally known as big head ants), and in the fungus chamber. Found nothing but the ants. [[underlined]] Station 146. [[/underlined]] Near Craigston on the northwest coast of Carriacou. In a pile of limes, refuse from a refinery, found, very far apart, one Staph - an Oxytelinae, one [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]], and two sp. of Nitidulidae (1&2). From here we went to Hillsborough where Simmons got some lunch and I ate the one that had been prepared for yesterday, plus a thermos of lime juice that Mr. Knight had had fixed for me. We then went on to the south coast, and stopped at [[underlined]] Station 147. [[/underlined]] Near Harveydale on the southwest coast of Carriacou. In cow dung found 30 Staphs, including: Oxytelinae (15), 2 sp. Aleocharinae (13&1), and Paederinae (1); also [[underlined]] Aphodius [[/underlined]] (2); Sphaeridiinae (3); Forficulids (2), and ants (2). In a large termite nest, found no queen and no guests, although I seemed to have found the queen [[underlined]] cell [[/underlined] and center of the colony. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 43 [[/preprinted]] From a hill near Belmont, a short distance southeast of Harvey Vale I took a photograph looking across the bay toward Cistern Peninsula (north west). Exp. 1/100 & 15. Then I took one looking south, showing some of the smaller Grenadines, Isle Ronde and Kick-em-Jenny, and in the distance Grenada. Exp. 1/100 & 16. [[underlined]] Station 148. [[/underlined]] Belmont School at southwest end of Carriacou. In a termite nest found queen but no guests. The teacher sent out several boys to look for nests of "wood-lice", but the only one found was broken up and brought in piece-meal. In spite of this I found the queen cell intact and found the queen, as above. [[underlined]] Station 149. [[/underlined]] Cistern peninsula, extreme west of Carriacou. Found one or two mealy bugs on logwood. Also a few on Pisonia subcordata. We drove back to Hillsborough, picked up Mr. Knight and drove up to the house again. Here we had tea, and Mr. Knight questioned Mr. Simmons about the Carriacou Literary Guild, which he claims would be more appropriately called a Mutual Improvement Society as it is not merely literary.
