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family ; and the deep furrow bordering, and extending posteriorly 

 beyond, the eyes, within, recalls a similar feature in several genera of 

 Tenebrionince. It must, I think, be placed near Gamaria, one species 

 of which, G. spectabilis, Pascoe, has the antennae much longer and more 

 slender than ordinary. 



E. Beltii, n. sp. (PL II, fig. 3, £). 

 Length 9| to 10£ lines. — Metallic bronzed : head and prothorax bronzed-green ; 

 the former sparingly and finely punctured, the latter very minutely punctulate : 

 elytra bronzed-green, with purplish reflections down the intervals, and rich, golden- 

 green down the strige ; oblong ; very convex ; sub-parallel to three-fourths their 

 length, thence obliquely contracted to the apex : each with nine well-marked strise, 

 the striae closely and finely punctate : intervals very convex, not, or obsoletely, 

 punctured : the 8th (or outer) interval extending to the apex ; the 1st and 2nd 

 reaching, and running into, the 8th : the 3rd, 5th, and 7th connected posteriorly, 

 enclosing the 4th and 6th ; the 6th is interrupted at about half its length by the 

 abrupt coalescence (at this point only) of the 5th and 7th : under-side and legs 

 brilliant dark green with slight purplish and coppery reflections ; tarsi black with 

 a greenish tinge ; palpi, &c, and the seven first joints of the antennae pitchy-black. 



Hab. Chontales, Nicaragua. 



I dedicate this fine species to Mr. Belt, who discovered it. 

 6, Stockdale Terrace, Leicester, February, 1870. 



TWO DAYS' COLLECTING AT KANWORTH. 

 BY CHARLES GOLDING BARRETT. 



July 31st, 1869, is a memorable day to me, as the date of my first 

 introduction to fens and fen collecting. On that day Mr. De Grey 

 and I paid our first visit to Banworth, and to his kind instructions I 

 owe it that I had any success in collecting ; for, as those who share my 

 previous ignorance will not be aware, the ordinary conditions of suc- 

 cessful collecting are so entirely absent in the fens, that, at first, one is 

 almost tempted to stand still in despair, and wonder how it is possible 

 to find anything in such a dreary expanse. 



The perfectly level surface presents no shelter from the wind, 

 which in so wet a place is almost constantly blowing ; the stunted 

 sallow bushes scattered here and there scarcely rise above the level of 

 the reeds ; and only in one or two spots where the alders and sallows 

 have been allowed to grow so thickly together as to form a thin 

 copse (locally called a carr), is there any real shelter ; — and here many 

 of the insects congregate. Most insects, however, peculiar to the fens 

 seem to frequent the open fen and hide during the day among the long 

 reeds and plants which cover the surface in rank luxuriance. 



