On Malacodermata from South Africa and Brazil. 89 



X. — The Collections of William John Burchell, D.C.L.^ in 

 the Hope Department^ Oxford University Museum. 



III. Rhipidocdrides et Malacodermes recueillis par W. J. 

 Burchell dans ses voyages en Afrique aiistrale (1810- 

 1815) et au Bresil (1825-1830)/ avec la description de 

 quatre esp^ces nouvelles. Par J. BOURGEOIS. 



I HAVE added toMons. Bourgeois' memoir all the observations 

 and data I can find recorded in Burchell's manuscript notes. 

 Such additions are placed between square brackets. The 

 numbers by which the specimens are brought into relation 

 with the present series o£ papers are printed in heavy type, 

 to distinguish them from Burchell's reference numbers. — 

 E. B. POULTON, Dec. 9, 1903, Oxford. 



KHIPIDOCERID^. 

 Ehipidocera, Latr. 



1. marginata, Kirby, 1 <$ . — Bresil. 



[No. 215. Sept. 15, 1825, Rio. Burchell went for an excur- 

 sion on this day " along the Aqueduct (from Sta. Theresa to 

 the ridge above the valley of Laranjeiros)," but the words in 

 his " Notes of Brazilian insects " probably indicate that he 

 captured the insect in the house at Rio. " Lampyris. Non 

 lucet. Caught in my room j perhaps brought in with the 

 plants."] 



MALACODERMATA. 



Lycidae. 



Lycus, Fabr. 



Lycus in sp. 



2. ampliatus, Fahr., 1 c? . — Afrique australe. 



[The specimen is numbered 82. The corresponding number 

 in Burchell's manuscript " Catalogus systematicus Insectorum 

 in Itinere per Africam australem extratropicam " proves that 

 the insect was captured on March 12, 1814, " in plantis " at 

 Wagenbooms River, north of Plettenberg Bay. Burchell was 

 in much uncertainty as to the determination of the species. 

 He gives the names ^' rostratus ^, Fab.," with an inverted query. 



