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[[preprinted]] 36 [[/preprinted]] St. Croix 36. 
[[underlined]] Station 340. [[/underlined]] 
Beach at Greig Hill, west of Sugar Bay. Under seaweed found only one 1 minute beetle. As it was now after five, we put up the large net over the car and started slowly home. We took the road past Fredensfeld and Jealousy, and stopped occasionally to suck up the myriad insects in the aspirators. The collecting was done mostly in the central part of the island, between 5:30 and 6:30. 
[[underlined]] Station 341. [[/underlined]]
Roadways of St. Croix, as outlined above. From the net over the car took 1839 Staphs ([[underlined]] Anyselus [[/underlined]] - 102, other Anyselinae - 67 and 1624, Paederinae - at least 6 species - 27, [[underlined]] Philonthus [[/underlined]] - 1, [[underlined]] Coproporus [[/underlined]] - 3, Aleo-charinae-15), 88 Carabids, 41 Hydrophilids (including water beetles and Sphaeridiinae), Aphodiinae-2, Tenebrionids - 1, and 135 other coleoptera. 
The tiniest Anyselinae was the most abundant. I don't remember taking it before. The (67) other one is slightly larger but may be the same. These may both be Aleocharinae, as I thought at first. Most of the Paederinae were long, slender, and cylindrica, but seem to be Stilici or related. The [[underlined]] Coproporus [[/underlined]] is the first for the island, - a fine big reddish species.
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[[preprinted]] 37 [[/preprinted]]
[[left margin]] XI-30-36 [[/left margin]] Spent the whole morning counting yesterday's catch. Didn't finish it.  
After lunch Beatty came by for me, and we went down to the West End Salt Pond to try to catch some young ducks. Beatty has an aviary and wants some company for his one duckling. We went to the small freshwater pond just above the south beach. There were a few ducks, but no young. We then explored the beach, found a good crab but no insects and then started homeward. It was now after five so we put up the net. We went back through village of Camporico, past Concordia and La Grange, and home. 
Beatty stayed for dinner and we spent the evening talking politics and natural history.
[[underlined]] Station 342. [[/underlined]]
Byroads south and southeast of Fredericksted. In the net over the car took 78 Staphs ([[underlined]] Anyselus [[/underlined]] - 42, Anyselinae - 9, and tiny - 25, Paederinae - 1 and 1), 2 Carabids, 10 Hydrophids, 2 Aphodiinae, 3 beetles.  
[[underlined]] Station [[strikethrough]] 2 [[/strikethrough]] 343. [[/underlined]]
Eastern ^ [[insert]] end [[/insert]] of the Westend Salt Pond; 2 miles south of Fredericksted. One Chrysomelid and 1 Cantharid from sweeping. This with the last lot from Beatty (next page) brings the total for St. Croix to 6025.