APPENDIX. 579 



" Mr. Haworth spent a day with me about a month ago. He left me a speci- 

 men of what appears to be Z?^/iscMs?nm;V«!w of Schrank .... He left me like- 

 wise a Gyrinus very like nalator, with rufous elytra .... I don't recollect whether 

 we made out the Copris you took at Landguard-fort. I had received one of 

 the same species from Dillwyn, and named it reticulatus. I since find by com- 

 paring it with Gyllenhal's insects, that it is Scai: Xiphias of Paykull, Copris 



nuchicornis of Sturm, Illiger, and Panzer, but not of E. B I have now 



given you all the entomological intelligence my budget contains. A later 

 letter from my friend Marsham tells me he had no success in that way in his 

 late expedition. I shall hope to see something new in Norfolk, whither I am 

 going for a month next Monday fortnight : I am sure I shall, at least, in 

 Hooker's cabinet : so that if you write between the 20th of Sept. and the 20th 

 of Nov., your letter must be directed to me, Bev. Dr. Sutton's, Lower Close, 

 Norwich. I shall not forget to inform you of what occurs in my way .... I 

 hope you will do what you hint at — take a walk Barham-way next summer. 

 I think I could meet you on the road, at least as far as Cambridge, and 

 accompany you here. 



" Believe me, &c." 



"Barham, March 22, 1807. 

 " Dear Sir, — I don't wonder at your surprise at my long silence ; yet the 

 reason of it is contained in your favour, for which I thank you the more, 

 because I do not deserve it. You say — ' The fact is, that for the two months 

 succeeding my last I was so occupied with ?<ra-entomological affairs that I had 

 not leisure to look at an insect.' This has been precisely my case .... 

 I have boxes of insects both from Haworth and Hooker to name, which I 

 am afraid the owners think I have cribbed ; and when I shall hare leisure to 

 look them over and return them, I cannot tell : so I trust you will accept of this 

 my apology. In London, I went over Sir Joseph's Staphi/hni ; but there was 

 nothing very remarkable amongst them except S. aureus, which is of the same 

 family with S. murinus, &c. I found several non-dcscript species in Mr. 

 M'Leay's cabinet, which he purchased from the Levcrian Museum, and one 

 large and blue one from old Urury's cabinet. Another piece of entomological 

 Tiews I can tell you, — that M'Lcay has purchased all Donovan's foreign 

 insects — a most valuable addition to his collection, which in value falls not very 

 far short of Francillon's. I will now endeavour to answer your letter . . . ." 



"Barham, April 1, 1807. 

 "Dear Sir, — Your box arrived here safe last Thursday or Friday without 

 any damajje of consequence .... I have looked over the contents of your 

 bo.x and Mr. Watson's, but have not yet had leisure to compare either with my 

 own cabinet ; but the following in your parcel at the first glance seem to me 

 new: — No. 4, Carabus scitulus. No. 14, Dyliscus scitulus — a very pretty 

 species. No. 19, Haliplus mucronatus ? I have one very near it, I am sure. 

 No. 20, Helophorus longipalpis, appears to me quite a new insect, and not Hyd. 



longipalpis of Fi. H iio. 4], Catheretes Junci and nitidus, sxrc both 



new to me, except one be in Sheppard's cabinet. 44 is new to mc. 76, Cur' 

 culio Geranii, new to me as British. Apian, Nos. 81, 82. 93. 9G, seem to me 

 all new. Ill, Mordella picea, new to me. 138, Staph, fulvipennis, new I think; 

 139 also, and 144. Aleochara, No. 160, is a very pretty species ; the pile 

 glitters like silver in certain lights, 194: I believe this may be distinct from 

 IcEvior; 197, also, is new I think. I don't think wliat you have sent me as Antho' 

 phagus carahoides is that insect; it seems to mc to come nearer to Anth. ulpinu<:. 

 There are many others, concerning which I am dubious, but shall tell you more 

 when I can compare them with my own insects . . . My entomological studies 



p p Jl • 



