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List of South Australian Micro- 

 Lepidoptera. 



By E. Meyrick, B.A. 



[Read July 8, 1884.] 



The following list includes all tlie described species of 

 Miero-Lepidoptera known to me as inhabiting the colony of 

 South Australia — about 180 in all. Besides these, however, I 

 possess many others as yet undescribed, which cannot there- 

 fore be included here. The whole form only an insignificant 

 fraction of the number probably occurring, which I estimate 

 at not less than 4,000. The main purpose of the list is thus 

 to convey to residents in the colony some idea of the work 

 w^hich lies before them in the discovery and study of these 

 groups. In the identification of specimens, and in any other 

 respects, I shall always be very glad to assist any who may 

 care to communicate with me. 



The species hereafter given were mostly taken by myself 

 during a collecting tour made in 1882. I collected round 

 Adelaide and on the Mount Lofty Eange early in October, 

 and at Quorn, Petersburg, and Wirrabara Forest later in the 

 month ; at the beginning of November I passed through AVal- 

 laroo, and paid a visit to Port Lincoln ; and in the middle of 

 the same month I was at Mount Gambler. I examined also 

 the collection made by Mr. E. Guest, of Balhannah, on the 

 Mount Lofty Eange, and that in the possession of the Univer- 

 sity Museum ; also a few species collected by Prof. Tate and 

 the Eev. T. Blackburn. To these and my other South Aus- 

 tralian friends I am, moreover, indebted for much kindness 

 and valuable assistance during my visit. 



Those species marked with an asterisk are not yet known to 

 me as occurring outside South Australia. 



The undescribed species which I obtained will be found pub- 

 lished from time to time m my papers in the " Proceedings of 

 the Linnean Society of New South Wales," the "Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society of London," and elsewhere. 



PYEALIDINA. 

 Epipaschiad^. 

 *Catamola funerea. Walk. Ardrossan. 



elassota, Meyr. Quorn. 

 Stericta habitalis, Gn. Mount Lofty, xA.rdrossan. 



