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Jamaica 10.

[[left margin]] II-3-37 [[/left margin]] In the morning we went to town to get Ed's mail from the Consulate, a cutlass for Ed, etc. [[insert]] 42 [[image: cent symbol]] !]] [[/insert]]
After lunch Ruth went with us to Jerry River.
[[underline]] Station 378. [[/underline]]
Same as sta. 360. From under bark took Staphs, [[underline]] Passalus [[/underline]], Tenebrionids, etc. We also caught a few fish in the river.
[[underline]] Station 379. [[/underline]]
Rio Cobre at Caymanas Estates; 10 miles west of Kingston. Along sandy bank took [[insert]] 11 [[/insert]] Staphs; also Ciindelids, Carobids, etc., etc. [[insert]] Label as Kingston [[/insert]]
We then followed a road north from Spanish Town toward Sligoville. We spotted several places to set up the light and screen.
[[underline]] Station 380. [[/underline]]
Road between Sligoville and Spanish Town. From net over the car took --- Staphs; etc.
In the evening Ed and I went out after fireflies.
[[underline]] Station 381. [[/underline]]
Pasture and brush at Hope Gardens, above Kingston. Too 2 spp. of fireflies, a luminous [[underline]] (Pyrophorus) [[/underline]] larva, and several [[underline]] Palaminus. [[/underline]]
We got home after eleven and found the front door locked. Luckily Ruth hadn't locked our outside door so we got in that way. She had gone to sleep with the light on.

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II-4-37 After breakfast we decided to take a lunch and go up to Newcastle. The weather looked threatening. We went to Gordon Town and then up a very crooked but not at all steep road for about ten miles. It started to rain shortly before we reached Newcastle, so we turned back.
[[underline]] Station 382. [[/underline]]
A small stream, 12 1/2 miles (by road) from Kingston on [[left margin]] A.B [[/left margin]] the Newcastle road. [[insert]] A [[/insert]] Water-beetles; under [[insert]] B [[/insert]] bark, - [[insert]] +1[[/insert]] Staphs (Piestinae), etc. [[insert]] Label as Gordon Tn. [[/insert]]
[[underline]] Station 383. [[/underline]]
A small stream, 12 miles (by road) from [[insert]] [[image: up arrow pointing to above insert (Label as Gordon Tn.)]] also [[/insert]] Kingston on [[left margin]] [[underline]] 34 Staphs [[/underline]] A [[/left margin]] the Newcastle road. From fresh chips on stumps [[left margin]] B [[/left margin]] took     Staphs, etc. Also banana stem.
We had lunch on the road and came back in the rain, until we reached Gordon Town.
[[underline]] Station 384. [[/underline]]
Mammee River, 1 mile above Papine and Hope Gardens. Dryopids; and 1 Staph (probably flying). Near juntion with Hope River. [[insert]] Label Gordon Tn [[/insert]]
[[left margin]] II-5-37 [[/left margin]] To town in the morning to call on Mr. Little, the American Consul, leave a tire to be fixed, etc., etc. Then we went to Hope Gardens to look over the insect collection, and also the orchids.
After lunch Ed and I took our dinner to Hope Gardens to set up the gasoline lantern and white sheet.