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confine themselves to refer to Förster. Nor in the litte- 
rature of the other continents is anything published indi- 
cating that such a genus has been found. 
However, fortunately those specimens which Nees as 
the discoverer and those which Förster have possessed, 
are still in existence so that it is possible to get know- 
ledge about genus and species. 
On the supposition that Mayrs collection after his de- 
cease had found its way to the museum at Vienna I have 
written to this museum to get, if possible, a drawing of 
Asynacta. Professor Franz Fr. Kohl has in consequence 
hereof written me two letters of which transpires that 
Mayr’s collection as I expected is in the museum and 
that Asynacta exigua Nees still is in the collection. The spe- 
cies is certainly established under the name of Asynacta 
nigra Forster, and Professor Kohl has not been able to 
find out what has become of two of the specimens which 
Mayr has used for his description (Euloph. exiguus „Ori- 
ginalexempl.“) but he thinks that after all the two speci- 
mens are still to be found in the collection. 
Professor Kohl has compared the specimens labelled Asy- 
nacta nigra Förster in Mayr’s collection with Mayr’s de- 
scription of A. exigua Nees and he says that the descrip- 
tion fits migra completely. There cannot be any doubt, 
that the problem Asynacta has found its final solution 
by the here mentioned description by Mayr. 
Unfortunately it appears that out of the five specimens 
at hand only a single one is in such condition that it 
could be used to make a drawing from. Professor Kohl 
has shown me the extreme kindness to draw for me what 
could be drawn from the said specimen. The hind wings 
unfortunately are covered by the front wings and it has 
been impossible to get a proper view of the antenne of 
the badly prepared specimen. Professor Kohls drawing is 
reproduced beneath. 
