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Anthrax consimilis, Thomson, Eugenies Resa, Dipt., 1868, 

 p. 481. 



Synonymy. — The above synonymy appears to be correct 

 according to the descriptions, which agree with some speci- 

 mens in the Macleay Museum. 



Anthrax fuscicostata, Macquart, 



Anthrax fuscicostata, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., suppl. 1, 1846, 



p. 111. Id., Schiner, Novara Reisa, 1868, p. 126. 

 Anthrax margiyiata. Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1850, p. 178. 



Id., White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1916, p. 210. 

 Anthrax alhirufa. Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., iv., 1857, 

 p. 143. 

 Synonymy. — White gives Macquart's name as a synonym 

 of A. marginata. Walker, although Macquart described the 

 species four years earlier than Walker. A. alhirufa, Walker, 

 appears from the description to be the same species. 



Anthrao: minor, Macquart. 



Anthrax minor, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., suppl. 4, 1850, p. 111. 



Id., White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1916, p. 208. 

 Anthrax vitrea, Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1850, p. 181. 



Synonymy. — The above synonymy is given on the 

 authority of White, who makes no remarks concerning it. 

 Macquart's species is from Tasmania, and Walker's from 

 Western Australia. 



Anthrax yiigricosta, Macquart. 



Anthrax nigricosta, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., suppl. 4, 1850, 

 p. 111. Id., Froggatt, Austr. Ins., 1907, p. 296. 

 Id., White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1916, p. 209. 

 Anthrax pellucida, Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1854, p. 182. 



Synonymy. — White overlooked Walker's description, 

 which conforms to A. nigricosta, Macquart, and also was 

 described from Tasmania. 



Hab. — White records the species from New South 

 Wales, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania. On 

 Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, this species occurred in vast 

 quantities, and was the only species of the genus taken there 

 during January, 1917. 



Anthrax resurgens, Walker. 

 Anthrax resurgens, Walker, List Dipt. B.M., ii., 1849, p. 259. 

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