98 Mons. J. Bourgeois on 'Malaoodermaia 



Amythetes, Illig. 

 67-71. apicalis, G-erm., 5 $ . — Bresil, Rio de J. 



[Sept. 15, 1825. Along the Aqueduct (from Sta. Theresa 

 to the ridge above the valley of Laranjeiros). Five specimens 

 are mentioned in the '' notes," with the following remarks : — 

 " Lampyris {Lycus) . Antennae uno latere latissime pectinataj 

 nigrse. Elytr. rufescentia, apicibus nigris. Ex sylvaticis 

 herbosis. Noctu valde lucens."] 



72. Sp. ?, 1 c?.— Bre'sll, Par^L 

 [Dec. 15, 1829, 12 p.m.] 



Megalophthalmus, Gray. 

 73-78. ptiliniformis, sp. n., 6 S . — Bresil, Para. 



c^" . Oblongus, pallida fusco-griseus, flavido pubescens ; capita fusco, 

 mandibulis palpisque testaceis ; oculis nigris ; antennis articulo 

 primo flavo, sequentibus iufuscatis, ramulis pallidis, immaculatis ; 

 prothorace rugoso-punetato, transverso, trapezoidali, margine 

 antico leviter rotundato, lataribus fare rectis, subparallelis, basi 

 sat profunda bisinuata, augulis posticis leviter productis, disco 

 infuseato, levissime cariniilato, pone medium tubarculis 2 safc 

 elevatis, glabris, nitidiusculis notato ; elytris basi panic dilutiori- 

 bus, rugoso-puuctatis, singulatim 3-costatis, costa prima pone 

 medium avanescente ; pectore flavo, abdomine nigro, sagmentis 

 vantralibus 5 ct 6 albido-cereis ; pedibus pallida fuscis. 



Long. 5 mill. 



Voisin de M. ohscurus, Ern. Ollv. (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 

 1895, p. 146), dont il differe surtout par la premiere cote 

 elytrale abr^gee posterieurement. 



Je lui conserve le nom inedit sous lequel I'avait ddsigne 

 West wood. 



[73. Dec. 28, 1829. Paia. This specimen bears a label 

 in the handwriting of Professor Westwood^ " ptih'nifortm's, 

 Westw., sp. nov." 



74, 75, 76. Jan. 11, 1830, 8 p.m. Pard (3 examples) ; two 

 of these bear the number " 1454," a reference number of 

 which the meaning was contained in an " S^** (long) red-coloured 

 volume " which did not reach Oxford. " This red vol. has 

 not been found, J. 0. W." is appended in pencil by Prof. 

 Westwood to Burchell's allusion to it. The last entry in the 

 " Brazilian notes " deals with the number 1345, for March 

 18th, 1829; so that the missing volume contains Burchell's 

 recorded observations between this date and Feb. lOfch, 1830, 



