98 Moris. J. Bourgeois on Malaoodermata 



Amythetes, Illig. 

 67-71. apicalis, Germ., 5 #. — Bresil, Rio de J. 



[Sept. 15, 1825. Along the Aqueduct (from Sta. There'sa 

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

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

 " Lampyn's (Lycus) . Antennae uno latere latissime pectinatas 

 nigi'83. Elytr. rufescentia, apicibus nigris. Ex sylvaticis 

 herbosis. Noctu valde lucens."] 



72. Sp. ?, 1 «*.— Br&il, Para. 

 [Dec. 15, 1823, 12 p.m.] 



Megalopiithalmus, Gray. 

 73-78. ptih'nfformis, sp. n., 6 <$ . — Bresil, Para. 



S . Oblongus, pallide fusco-griseus, flavido pubescens ; capite fusco, 

 mandibulis palpisquc testaceis ; oculis nigris ; antennis articulo 

 primo flavo, sequentibus iufuscatis, rarnulis pallidis, immaculatis ; 

 prothorace rugoso-punctato, transverse), trapezoidali, margine 

 antico leviter rotundato, lateribus fere rectis, subparallelis, basi 

 sat profunde bisinuata, angulis posticis leviter productis, disco 

 infuscato, levissime carinulato, pone medium tuberculis 2 sat 

 elevatis, glabris, nitidiusculis notato ; elytris basi paulo dilntiori- 

 bus, rugoso-punctatis, singulatim 3-costatis, costa prima pono 

 medium evanescente ; peetore flavo, abdomine nigro, segmentis 

 ventralibus 5 ct G albido-cereis ; pedibus pallide fuscis. 



Long. 5 mill. 



Voisin de M. obscurus, Ern. Oliv. (Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 

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

 elytrale abregee posferieurement. 



Je lui conserve le nom ineiit sous lequel l'avait designe 

 Westwood. 



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

 in the handwriting of Professor Westwood, " ptiliniformis, 

 Westw., sp. nov." 



74, 75, 76. Jan. 1 1, 1830, 8 p.m. Para* (3 examples) ; two 

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

 which the meaning was contained in an " 8 V0 (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. 10th, 1830, 



