BY G. H. HAEDY. 61 



amples I have examined, and the description comes well 

 within the limits of this very variable species. 



This gives a surprising range for the species, covering 

 Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, and Vic- 

 toria, as well as Tasmania, from an elevation of 3,00Uft. 

 down to sea level. 



Walkers description of hasilix is from a New South 

 Wales example. I have Tasnianian examples showing the 

 -chief characteristics described by Walker. 



Cradle Mt. specimens range lo 9 mm. in length ; these 

 are the largest I have seen. 



White overlooked Westwoods 0(jr(j(I(.<< tasnianica. 



Epicerina NICr.ICORNIS. 

 Epicerina ui(/ricornis, Macq., Dipt. Exot. Suppl. 4, pg. 

 •98, 1849. 



White overlooked this description, the type of whicli 

 is recorded from Tasmania. No specimen of Cyrtidie has 

 been found recently to correspond with this species in 

 Tasmania. 



STRATIOMYIDiE. 



Genus O D () X T o m via. 



In the revision of the Australian Stratiomvidae (Froc. 

 Lin. Soc, N.S.W., Vol. XLI., No. 161. pg.'71, 1916), 

 White has placed the synonomy of the genus Oduntoviyin 

 ill a condition that cannot bo accepted as satisfactory. 

 0. Jiunferi, King, has priority over ami/ris, Walk., and 

 several descriptions aro overlooked. 



In my own series there ar^ only four well defined 

 species, the remainder being apparently only variations, 

 the intermediate forms of which are found in Tasmania, 

 although specimens agreeing entirely with the published 

 descriptions have not been found in every case. 



I consider the following provisional synonomy will ulti- 

 mately be found coiTCct : — 



Odonffinn/ln liuiUeri, King., 1827. 



dea'piens, Guer., 1S30; regif^-georgii, Macq., 

 1838; carinata, Macq., 1846; i^tylafn, Macq., 

 1847; (imijrix. Walk., 1849; iaimenus, Walk., 

 1849; rufifacies, Macq., 1851; and pectoraiia, 

 Thorns., 1869; lannulipes, Macq., 1851; ?war- 

 giiiella, Macq., 1851; Isiihdenfnta, Macq., 1851; 

 l.picea, W^alk., 1851. 

 O. lateremarulatn . Macq., and rnriiiifacien, Macq., are 

 being fast linked by intermediate forms. I do 

 not think they can be maintained as separate 

 species. 



