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discal bar is set in a reniform spot of a pinkish brown colour, edged 

 internally witb black ; basal line black, irregularly wavy ; central line, from 

 costa to inner margin, black, and has the appearance of a series of n-marks ; 

 outer line double, wavy, commencmg from the apex, where it is white ; it 

 loses itself in a large black spot, then continues in a series of symmetrical 

 black waves to the inner margin ; submarginal line white, straight ; apes 

 suffused with a pale brown cloud ; basal two-thirds of costa heavily clothed 

 with thick dark brown sjcales. Secondaries with the salmon-pink patch and 

 n-like central line as in primaries ; basal line curved and indistinct ; double 

 outer line wavy, black throughout ; white submarginal line wavy, traversing 

 a broad band of dull orange-brown ; discal spot very similar to that on 

 primaries, but larger, bordered all round with black, and the bar bordered 

 externally with violet-grey scales. Head yellow, collar and front of thorax 

 blackish brown, remainder of thorax and body golden orange. Under 

 surface with fainter markings ; legs chocolate-brown, banded with pink. 

 Expanse, 154 mm. 



One male, taken near Ichang in August. 

 Mr. C. Oberthur, after whom I purpose naming this species, 

 possesses a male specimen from Cochin China. 



29, Hyde Park Gate, S.W. 



COLEOPTERA AT CAMBER DURING 1889. 

 By W. H. Bennett. 



Hastings and the districts around it afford some remarkably 

 good hunting-grounds for the coleopterist. By far the best of 

 these (as far as my experience goes) is to be found near Eye, a 

 quaint old town of considerable interest from an archaeological 

 point of view. 



Our business, however, is with the entomological features of 

 the place. Immediately on leaving the town our hunting-ground 

 begins. There are, at the foot of the hill on which the town 

 stands, some miles of flat marshy land, intersected by more or 

 less brackish ditches, the haunts of the Octhebii, &c. ; and a 

 mile or two off, near the mouth of the harbour, is a small range 

 of sand-hills, similar in character to the well-known Deal sand- 

 hills. They are not of large extent, only a mile or so in length, 

 and very narrow. Judging, however, from the number of special 

 sand-hill species found there we may, I think, safely conclude 

 that at some former period they must have been much more 

 extensive. 



The following are the best species I have taken there during 

 1889 : — Dyschirius salinus, plentifully, apparently associated with 

 Bledius unicornis and B. tricornis, and also with Heterocerus 

 sericans. Dyschirius ceneus also occurred, but I could not find 

 any Bledii at the same place with it. In March I took two 

 specimens of Masoreus tvetterhallii on moss, but could never find 

 any more ; so I suppose it is rare here. In moss, in early 

 spring, I found Amara bifrons (not rare), A. rufocincta (one), 



