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KrKKALDY's original descriplion of tliis genus is simply « Closely 

 alliecl to Tluviniatoscopns, biil head only slightly foliaceous ante- 

 riorly ; cells of te.^mitia iri'oi'ate o. The determinalion of some of 

 the species thereiii inciuded makes ils identification possible. 



The British Muséum possesses examples (apparenlly) of hoth Ihe 

 V. vaedulcis a,nd V. vappa Ivirk., which were collected by Mr. Donn 

 in Queenslaud and attached to the same card as though known to 

 be the sexes of one species. 



I hâve kept them separate uutil we possess further information, 

 but M"" Dodd's opinion may be correct. 



Subfam. TASSIN.E including AGOCEPHALIN.E. 



Genus TARTESSUS. 



Tartessus Stâl, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fôrh., 1865, p. 156. 

 Type, T. ferrugineeus Walk, 



Tartessus fulvus. 



Bytlwscopus fulvus Walk., List Hoiii, III, p. 866 (1851); StXl, Ôfv. 



Vet.-Ak. Fôrh., 186ii, p. 494. 

 Bytlwscopus latifrons Walk., loc. cit., p. 869. 

 Bythoscopus transversus Walk., loc. cit. p. 869. 

 Bytlwscopus seviicitrinus Walk., Ins. Saund. Ho)}i., p. 105 M858) 



excl. habitat . 

 Bytlwscopus ■sig>iifrons Walk., loc. cit. p. 106. 

 Tartessus subniger SiGN., Anu. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5) X, p. 350, PI. IX, 



f. 75 (1880). 

 Tartessus syrtidis Kirk., Rep. Exp. Stat. Haw. Plant. Assoc, VI. IX, 



p. 341, PI. XXIV, f. 9 (1906) (1). 



Hab. : Oueensland (E. P. Dodd ; Brit. Mus.), N. S. Wales and 

 Moreton Bay (Brit. Mus.), Tasmania (Brit. Mus.). 



The type of B. semicitrinus Walk. has no locality "attached, so 

 that the habitat « Amazon Régions » given by Walker must bave 

 been one of inference only. This common species is of a varietal 

 nature ; in transversus and latifrons Walk., and subniger Sir.N. the 

 face and cheeks are wholly black, excepting transverse latéral ochra- 

 ceous striœ to the face ; in other spécimens the tegmina are wilhoul 

 the pale markings. Kirkaldy has recently sank his proposed T. syr- 

 tidis as a var. of this species, but it is an absolute synonym. 



It is probable that T. iphis Kirk. and T. io Kirk. are al.so simple 

 varieties of this species. 



(I) Not PI. IV. f. 75 as cited by Kirkaldy. 



