ity (;. u. )i.\itDY. 79 



Oncodocera plana, Hardy, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1921, p. 54. 

 Anthrax imtula, Walk., ibidem, 1849, p. 273; and 1852, p 168. 

 Oncodocera patula. Hardy, ibidem, 1921, p. 53. 

 Anthrax ampla. Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt,, 1852, pp. 167-185. 

 Oncodocera ampla. Hardy, ibidem, 1921, p. 53; pi. xvii., fig 11. 

 Sipionymt/. — The above synonymy is given on the 

 authority of White's manuscript. 



Comptosia plena. Walker. 



Obsertmtion. — If the characters given in White's key are 

 accurate, my determination of Anthrax plena. Walker, is 

 wrong, but a further comparison with Walker's description 

 leads me to believe otherwise, and on this account I think it 

 is possible that White extracted his characters from the de- 

 scription, and did not base his remarks upon specimens. 



Comptosia fasciata, Fabricius. 



Anthrax fasciata, Fabricius, Syst. Antl., 1805, p. 118. 

 Comptosia fasciata. Hardy, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1921, p. 57, 



which see for further references, and synonymy. 

 Anthrax prsearnentata, Macleay, in King'^s Narr. Surv. 



Austr., ii., 1832, p. 468. Id., Hardy, Proc. Roy. Soc. 



Tasm., 1921, p. 60, which see for further references. 

 Synonymy. — White probably based his identification of 

 Anthrax pneargentata, Macleay, upon a specimen identified 

 by Walker. The whereabouts of the type is not known, so it 

 seems advisable, for the time being at least, to accept White's 

 statement "fasciata, Fabr. according to my description 

 "agrees with prieargentata, Macl.," to be the probable solution 

 to Macleay's species. A. fas'ciata, Fabr., is not referred to 

 elsewhere in White's manuscript, so the details of White's 

 description are unknown. 



Comptosia fascipennis, Macquart. 



Comptosia fascipennis, Macquart, Dipt. Exot , ji., 1, 1840, 

 p. 80; pi. fig. Id., Hardy, Proc. Roy. Sec. Tasm., 

 1921. p. 54. 

 Nenria lateralis, Newman, Entom., i., 1841, p. 220. 

 Comptosia lateralis. Hardy, ibidem, p. 58, which see for fur- 

 ther references and synonymy. 

 Synonymy. — According to the infornuition given by 

 White in his manuscript, this name, C. fascipennis, Macquart, 

 mu.st be given the preference over C. lateralis, Newman. I 

 do not know from where White could have secured his in- 



