Waitk Kkview of Austkaman Tvpiilopiuae 13 



kiKiwn cxam])k> aic ficjiu sctllcd areas; fewer specimens are iiaturall\ uiiearllieil 

 in remote (listiii'ls, and. (i\\ ini; In lack (if |in.i]>er facilities, fewer slill are 

 jireserxed. 



it is unfnrUniale alsd thai precise Idcalilie^ are not always available: in 

 earlier da\ s "Xew 1 hilland" was cnnsideied In lie sullicienlly exact, pnniding, 

 as it did. a habitat distinct from India. L'liina nr Africa. Collectors operating 

 over wide areas are apt to lose labels, camel transit being notorionsly liad, and the 

 name of the State, say, "Western Anstralia." whose borders extend a distance 

 i-i|nal to that seiiarating London and Mc.irocco. may be the only indication of the 

 locality of a specimen. Then, again, the seaport of a State may stand for an 

 inland locality as in I'eters" record of "Melbnrn." for T. bicolor (7". aiistralis ) . 

 Thongh. as elsewhere mentioned, the exam|iles ])reser\ed in all the .\ustralian 

 AFuseums ha\e been critically examined for the purposes of this pajjcr. C|nite a 

 large proportion of the specimens are ini]ierfectly localized, and cannot, therefore, 

 be used in assigning the exact range of the species. 



Chart 7. Dis/nhiituni of • T. hitubcixiilatiis. 



