90 Mons. J. Bourgeois on Malacodermata 



" L. palUatus ex verb. Liclitens[tein]." He also added 

 the word " new " in pencil^ and suggested the specific name 

 " sciitatus, B.," underlining it according to his custom. The 

 specimen was also examined by Dr. W. E. Leach, of the 

 British Museum, as is proved by a paper in his handwriting, 

 dated by Burchell Nov. 28, 1818. This manuscript, which 

 is bound into the " Catalogus," is a letter and list of the 

 numbers upon over one hundred forms of Burchell's South- 

 African insects, with determinations or such statements as 

 *' new," " unknown," " not described," " to be examined," &c. 

 The letter speaks of other lists to follow " next week," but 

 no more have yet been found. A postscript says " Do send 

 me on Monday by post your names for the new species " [see 

 above, pp. 48, 49]. In nearly fifty cases such suggested names 

 were written by Burchell in Leach's list. No. 82 is stated 

 to be '^ new or not described," and the name " scutatus''^ is 

 written opposite to the number here as in the " Catalogus." 



" 1 Duplicate L." indicates that one specimen was given to 

 Leach for the British Museum. The letters " ? S. L." in the 

 '' Catalogus " indicate that Burchell thought, but was not 

 sure, that the species 82 also occurred at Sierra Leone, to 

 use his own words, " according to a small collection sent to 

 the Horticultural Society, and which I saw at the Linnean 

 Society, 2. 8. 22." 



There are three other references to no. 82 in Burchell's 

 handwriting : — 



(1) A series of notes headed " The following notes are the 

 result of a collation of the whole of my African collection of 

 insects, with the Banksian Cabinet (now belonging to the 

 Linnean Society), the greatest part of which is named in the 

 handwriting of Fabricius. 1823 to 1824 " ; and then, appa- 

 rently added later, " but I fear some labels had been 

 misplaced." Li this list we find "82. Lycus rostratas ^. 

 Specimina Banksiana sunt paulo minora." 



(2) Another undated collation headed " The following 

 Notes are the result of a collation of all my African insects 

 with the figures in Olivier's ' Entomologie.' " Here we find 

 " 82. Lycus latissimus.'^ 



(3) The third reference is on a single sheet in Burchell's 

 handwriting, headed " Remarks on my African Insects by 

 Mr. Wm. McLeay, 1 April, 1824." McLeay's opinion, as 

 recorded by Burchell, was " all the Lyciave distinct species."] 



3. palliatus, F., yav. pallulatuSf Dalm., 1 (^ . — Afriqueaustr. 

 [No. 81. Nov. 18, 1813, Uitenhage, Cape Colony.] 



