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y ; and the deep furrow bordering, and extending posteriorly 
id, the eyes, within, recalls a similar feature in several genera of 
rionincd. It must, I think, be placed near Gamaria, one species 
ich, G. spectahilis, Pascoe, has the antennae much longer and more 
?r than ordinary. 
E. Beltii, «. sp. (PI. II, fig. 3,c?)- 
3ngtli 9^ to 10^ lines. — Metallic bronzed : head and prothorax bronzed-green ; 
rmer sparingly and finely punctured, the latter very minutely punctulate : 
bronzed-green, with purplish reflections down the intervals, and rich, golden- 
down the striae ; oblong ; very convex ; sub-parallel to three-fourtha their 
, thence obliquely contracted to the apex : each with nine well-marked striae, 
dae closely and finely punctate : intervals very convex, not, or obsoletely, 
ired : the 8th (or outer) interval extending to the apex ; the 1st and 2Dd 
ig, and running into, the 8th : the 3rd, 5th, and 7th connected posteriorly, 
ng the 4th and 6th ; the 6th is interrupted at about half its length by the 
i coalescence (at this point only) of the 5th and 7th : under-side and legs 
it dark green with slight purplish and coppery reflections ; tarsi black with 
nish tinge ; palpi, &c., and the seven first joints of the antennae pitchy-black. 
lab. Chontales, Nicaragua. 
, dedicate this fine species to Mr. Belt, who discovered it, 
Stockdale Terrace, Leicester, February, 1870. 
TWO DAYS' COLLECTING AT RANWOETH. 
BY CHARLES GOLDINQ BAERETT. 
ruly 31st, 1869, is a memorable day to me, as the date of my first 
luction to fens and fen collecting. On that day Mr. De Grey 
paid our first visit to Eanworth, and to his kind instructions I 
fc that I had any success in collecting ; for, as those who share my 
)us ignorance will not be aware, the ordinary conditions of suc- 
1 collecting are so entirely absent in the feus, that, at Qrst, one is 
t tempted to stand still in despair, and wonder how it is possible 
d anything in such a dreary expanse. 
?he perfectly level surface presents no shelter from the wind, 
L in so wet a place is almost constantly blowing ; the stunted 
'■ bushes scattered here and there scarcely rise above the level of 
seds ; and only in one or two spots where the alders and sallows 
been allowed to grow so thickly together as to form a thin 
(locally called a carr), is there any real shelter ; — and here many 
3 insects congregate. Most insects, however, peculiar to the fens 
to frequent the open fen and hide during the day among the long 
and plants which cover the surface in rank luxuriance. 
