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necessary before an adequate conclusion can be reached con- 

 cerning the value of characters usually adopted for generic 

 division in the subfamily. 



Comptosia ocellata, Newman, 

 Neuria ocellata, Newman, Entom., i., 1841, p. 221. Id., 



Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1852, p. 167. 

 Anthrax ocellata, Walker, List Dipt. B.M., ii., 1849, p. 268- 

 Comptosia maculipennis, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., suppl. 1, 



1846, p. 116. Id., White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 



1916, p. 201. 

 Anthrax inclusa, Walker, List Dipt. B.M., ii., 1849, p. 268. 

 Anthrax cognata. Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1852, p. 177. 



Synonymy. — The above synonymy is given on the 

 authority of White. 



Hah. — Anthrax cognata was described from Western 

 Australia, the others from Tasmania. One specimen from 

 Piper's Flats, New South Wales, and two from Cape York, 

 Queensland, are in the Macleay Museum. Other specimens 

 represented in various collections are from Tasmania. 



Comptosia sylvana, Fabricius. 

 Bibio sylvayius, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., 1775, p. 758; and Sp. 



Ins., ii., 1781, p. 415; and Mant. Ins., ii., 1781, p. 



329. 

 Musca sylvanus, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., v., 1792, p. 2,832. 

 Anthrax sylvanus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iv., 1794, p. 261; and 



Syst. Antl., 1805, p. 125. Id., Wiedemann, Dipt. 



Exot., 1821, p. 151; and Auss. zweifl. Ins., i., 1838, 



p. 321. lid., Walker, List Dipt. B.M., ii., 1849, 



p. 241; and Ins. Saund. Dipt., i., 1852, p. 166. 

 Neuria atherix, Newman, Entom., i., 1841, p. 222. Id., 



Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1852, p. 167. 

 Neuria corculum, Newman, Entoni^^ i., 1841, p. 221. Id., 



Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1852, p. 16'}. 

 Atherix corculum. Walker, List Dipt. B.M., ii., 1849, p. 269. 

 Comptosia corculum. White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1916, 



p. 203. Id., Hardy, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 1917, 



p. 66. 

 Neuria maculosa, Newman, Entom., i., 1841, p. 221. 

 Neuria partita, Newman, Entom., i., 1841, p. 221. Id., 



Walker, Ins. Saund. Dipt., 1852, p. 167. 



