C H I N A. 1751- 3** 



It was the Cantharis Chlncnfis (Lumpyrh 

 Chin. Linn.) thorace & elytris tejiaeeis, apice 

 nigris. The thorax and the wing-cafes are 

 highly marginated : the fcutcheon is black : 

 the wings are black : the feet are blackifti : the 

 lad ring of the abdomen, or belly, is of a 

 brownim-yellow ; but the laft but one is white 

 below, and this is it which (nines like fire in 

 the night time : the two rings next to this are 

 J>lackifh : the breajl is brownifh-yellow. 



September 17th. 



As I landed at the Bancfhat, I again faw 

 the Gobius peclinirofiris and nigcr, which I have 

 already defcribed, page 200 and 201. 



Cyperus odoratus. The ftalk of it is tri- 

 quetrous, but round near the root ; with a 

 (hort, even, obtufe leaf, which furrounds the 

 (talk towards the bottom. 



The 1 8 th of September, 



To-day the firfl Chinefe boat came on -board 

 y/ith porcellain in cheib 5 and bales for the 



company's 



