90 Mons. J. Bourgeois on Malacodermata 



" L. palliatus ex verb. Lichtens [tein] ." He also added 

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

 " scutatus, 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." In this list we find "82. Lycus rostratus <?. 

 Specimina Banksiana sunt paulb 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 Lyciaxe distinct species."] 



3. palliatus, F., var. pallulatus, Dalm., 1 <$ . — Afriqueausrr. 

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



