On Itliopalocera from Brazil, 33 



thoraco vix brevius, versus apicem paulo atif^ustius, subhus fere 

 nudum, fortiter punctatum ; scrobes dorsales, antice profundi 

 curvati, apicem fere attingentes, postice late et minus profunda 

 ad oculos continuati ibique squamosi. Antennae prope apicem 

 inserta), elongata5, scapo curvato clavato, apicem thoracis supe- 

 rante, funiculi articulo secundo quam prime multo longiore, 

 articulis apicalibus elongatis. Prothorax transversus, antice 

 posticequo truncatus. Elytra ovata, humeris uullis, ad basin 

 subtruncata, evidcnter punctato-striata. Pedes sat validi, femori- 

 bus elavatis inermibus, tibiis fere rectis, apice inermibus, corbulis 

 posticis apertis, tarsorum articulo primo lato (tertio fere aequali), 

 secundo angustiore sed late triaugulari, unguiculis liberis. Abdo- 

 minis segmentum primum postice truncatum, secundum brevius 

 quam 3-|-4; sutura episterni metasternalis ad basin tantum 

 perspicionda. 



Type Sciobius squamulosus. Boh. 



The species upon which this genus is founded cannot 

 remain iu Sciobius, because the mandibuhvr scar is entirely 

 wanting. The niaxillte are not exposed laterally, but the 

 palpi are partially visible beyond the apex of the nientum. 



1. Nastomma squamulosa, Boh. {Sciobius), Schh. Gen. Cure, 

 vii. 1, p. 194 (1843) ; Marshall, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, 

 i. p. 274. 



Cape Colony: Grahamstown. 

 Type in the Stockholm Museum. 



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

 the Hope Department, Oxford University Museum. 



IV. On the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera collected by W. J. 

 Burchell in Brazil, 1825-1830. By COKA B. SANDERS, 

 of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 



[Continued from ser. 7, vol. xiii. p. 371.] 



IV. MoiiPHiNJi:. 



The following paper contains an account of the Morpliin;e 

 and Brassolinae collected by Burchell in Brazil. The notes 

 of habits and modes of flight are not only of the deepest 

 interest on account of their early date, but even more from 

 their intrinsic value and the precision conferred by the 

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