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Hab. AUSTRALIA. QUEENSLAND Brisbane 8 , Moreton Bay 7 . N. S. 

 WALES Sydney 2 ~ 4 6 ~ 8 . VICTORIA Ballarat 8 , Warragul 8 . S. AUS- 

 TRALIA Kangaroo Id. 8 , Port Lincoln 8 . 



Mus. OXF. One specimen, New Holland (if this came from Francillon's 

 collection it may be Donovan's type) ; one specimen without locality, 

 from Kirby. [Drnt. Det. III-II2 (1893).] 



Walker accords to australasiella, Don. (1805), precedence over cossuna, 

 M'Leay (1805), but without citing any evidence. 



3698. Scardia clathrella, F. & R. 

 n. syn.=dioyotis, Meyr. 



Tinea clathrella, F. & R., Reise Nov. Lp. V. PI. 140. 30 (187s) 1 . Scardia 

 australasiella, Meyr., Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. (2 s.) VII. 521-2, No. 60 syn. partim 

 (1893) \ Scardia dicyotis, Meyr., Pr. Lin. Soc. NSW. (2 s.) VII. 521, 522, No. 61 

 (i8 93 ) 3 . 



Types 3 ?. clathrella, F. & R., J, Mus. Tring ; dicyotis, Meyr., j ?, Mus. 

 Meyr. 



Imago. X-XI 3 . 



Hab. AUSTRALIA 1 . [? = Fiji 1 .] W. AUSTRALIA Albany 3 , [King 

 George's Sound. Mus. Wlsm.], Perth 3 . 



Mus. OXF. One specimen, Swan River (W. Australia). [Drnt. Det. 

 113(1893)-] 



[In 1893 I named this specimen australasiella, Don. I am now unable 

 to re-examine it, but it is almost certainly clathrella, F. & R. 



The figure of clathrella is not a good one, but the type agrees with the 

 West Australian species named by Meyrick dicyotis. The type is 

 recorded from FIJI, and is so labelled, but as pointed out by Meyrick 2 

 this is probably an error. [Drnt.] 



MACH^ROPTERIS, Wlsm. 

 MACH^KOPTEKIS, Wlsm., Moore's Lp. Ceyl. III. 502 (1887). 



3699. Machseropteris receptella, Wkr. 



Tinea receptella, Wkr., Cat. Lp. Ins. BM. XXVIII. 479 (186s) 1 ; Moore, Lp. 

 Ceyl. III. 500 (1887) 2 . Macharopteris receptella, Moore, Lp. Ceyl. III. 502, 

 PL 208. 14 (1887) 3 ; Swinh. & Cotes, Cat. Moths Ind. 702, No. 4791 (1889) *. 



Type <j. Mus. Br. 



Hab. CEYLON 1 - 4 . 



Mus. OXF. One specimen, Ceylon (Thwaites, 1872). [Wlsm. Det. 34 

 (1893).] 



There is an unfortunate omission in the first line of the description of 

 Machceropteris. 'Antennas scarcely longer than the head and thorax, 

 simple, with long diverging hairs,' &c., should be corrected to ' Antenna 

 scarcely longer than the head and thorax, simple. Palpi with long 

 diverging hairs beneath covering the second and third joints, forming 

 conspicuous brush-like tufts.' [Wlsm.] 



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