197 



This list might, by a reasonable use of conjecture, be con- 

 siderably enlarged. 



It is, of course, impossible to 'prove that the published 

 locality in each or any instance in this list is erroneous. There 

 is no inherent improbability that a Townsville insect may 

 be taken in Mackay. Though it m.ay be improbable that any 

 given Townsville insect may be taken in Broken Hill, it can- 

 not be claimed to be an impossibility. A few widely ranging 

 species may be found in both localities. But these species 

 would probably be known from many intermediate localities. 

 The improbability in any case in the preceding list m^-v not 

 of itself be sufficient to sustain a charge of inaccuracy, but 

 the cumulative weight of a series of such improbabilities may 

 be sufficient. The evidential value of this list must be taken 

 to be supported by that of the preceding list. In both in- 

 stances the locality ("Townsville") is not recorded by Mr. 

 Lower. Some of the insects in this second list I know to have 

 been received by Mr. Lower from Townsville before the pub- 

 lication of his descriptions. All of them have been received 

 from Townsville by myself. 



The following is an additional list : — 



Name. 



(Enone xenopis .. 

 Crypfophaga isoneura 

 Taxeotis xanthogramma ... 



Darantasia perichroa 

 Procom e.ti.^ periscia 

 Heiiocau.'ffa episarca 

 Pedois anthracias 

 L epidoscia melanograinma 

 Procometis tetraspora 



Reference. 



Published 

 l ocality. 



Tr.R.S.S.A., 1902, p. 2271 



„ p. 2361 



1903, p. 186! 



1902, 

 1903. 



187 



200 



220 



246 



71 



199 



Broken Hill " 

 Victoria " 

 Broken Hill ; 

 Melbovirne " 

 Stawell " 

 Melbourne " 



' Stawell " 



■ Melbourne " 



C 



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This list, taken by itself, is of less value than the pre- 

 ceding. It can only be regarded as corroborative. Some 

 of the published localities may be correct. But I believe 

 these species were received by Mr. Lower from Birchip before 

 description, and the omission of this locality has the same sig- 

 nificance as the omission of the "Townsville" locality in the 

 preceding lists. 



