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REVISION OF AUSTRA^LIAN TORTRICINA. 

 By E, Meyrick, B.A., F.R.S., Corresponding Member. 



In 1881, I published in the Proceedings of this Society two 

 papers, in which I dealt with the Tortricina of Australia and 

 New Zealand, so far as then known to me. Excluding the New 

 Zealand species (which are not now given, as I am revising them 

 in a paper in course of publication in the Transactions of the 

 New Zealand Institute), 132 Australian species were there 

 recorded, to which I subsequently added a few more, whilst Mr^ 

 Lower has described a good many on various occasions. I am 

 now enabled to record altogether about 434 species, of which 

 about 232 are described as new, so that the progress made has 

 been very considerable, and the character of the fauna can be 

 fairly estimated. 



For this excellent result I am gx'eatly indebted to the aid of 

 my Australian correspondents, who on learning that I contem- 

 plated this task, sent me a large quantity of most valuable 

 material for examination; I apju'eciate most highly this generous 

 assistance. Especially I would thank Mr. Geo. Lyell, of Gis- 

 borne, who not only sent a completely representative set of all 

 species and varieties in his own extensive collection, but also 

 took pains to get together additional material from his corres- 

 pondents; the material collected by Miss M. Wise and Messrs. 

 Berthoud, Bleeser, Drake, Findlay, Goudie, Hill, Jarvis, and 

 Trebilcock was forwarded by him. Mr. O. Lower very kindly 

 transmitted the types of all his described species (except two); 

 this was of great importance, as I was thereby enabled to 

 identify them with certainty. Dr. A. J. Turner sent a very 

 useful representative collection of Southern Queensland species. 

 In all, more than twenty collectors have at one time or another 



