1899.] 57 



Nuka Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands (1500 feet). "On a 

 Lamium-]ike plant" (J. J. Walker). 



E.HTNCOGONUS GRACILIS, Sp. IIOV. 

 Niger, nitidus, gracilis, subfusiformis, pallide puhescens. Caput cum 

 rostro nitidum, punctatum, hoc impresso. Oculi fortiter prominentes. An- 

 teniiarum articulus secundus tertiu.sque subcequi-longi. Pronotum nitidum, 

 punctatum, haud transversuni, laieribus parum rotundatis. Elytra angusta, 

 elongata, crasse punctata, subceneo-micantia, pubescentia brevi decumbente 

 vestita. Abdomen subtus nitidum, basi impressa, parum distinct e punctatum, 

 bi'eviter inconspicue pubescens. 



hong, (rostr. incl.), 13 mm. Lat. elytrorum max., 4"75 inm. 



The single example of this very distinct species is probably a $ , as the apical 

 ventral segment of the hind body is narrowly rounded at the apex. The elongate 

 narrow form, and the elytra which show a faint but evident metallic tint, and have 

 a very dense punctuation, readily separate it from any other. The appressed clothing 

 is somewhat intermediate in character between hairs and scales, but at the apex of 

 the elytra it becomes longer and more hair-like. The hind body beneath has the 

 sculpture very indefinite, and is only inconspicuously clothed, except at the sides, 

 where the pubescence is denser and forms a line on each side. The middle coxae are 

 decidedly closer together than in the other species of the genus. The pseudepipleural 

 and dorsal surfaces of the elytra form a sharp edge only for a short distance from 

 the shoulders. 



Ahurei Bay, Rap-a (Opavo) Island, {J. J. WalJcer). One 

 example. 



Cambridge : December, 1898. 



AMARA STRENUA, Zimm., AND OTHEE COLEOPTERA IN FLOOD- 

 EUBBISH AT IWADE, NORTH KENT. 



BY A. J. CHITTT, M.A., F.E.S. 



The stormy weather, accompanied by spring-tides of unusual 

 height, which occurred on and about March 19th of last year, injurious 

 as it must have been to the sheep-owners of that part of North Kent 

 which lies opposite to the Isle of Sheppey, was undoubtedly most 

 beneficial to any Coleopterist in a position to take advantage of the 

 situation. A breach in the sea-wall on the south bank of the Swale, 

 or channel between Sheppey and the mainland, caused the flooding of 

 some hundreds of acres of meadow land between Iwade and the 

 King's Ferry bridge, over which the railway passes to Sheerness. As 

 w^as the case with the great Sheppey flood of November, 1897 (cf. 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., xxxiv, pp. 56, 57), an enormous number of beetles 



