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BMNH collection, one from New South Wales and the other without locality label; 

 these are considered to be both original syntypes as both came from Saunders' 

 collection (they are males, whereas Walker stated 'Female', but errors of sexing 

 are frequent in Walker's work). LECTOTYPE <$, Australia: New South Wales 

 (in British Museum (Natural History), London). Paralectotype <$, Australia 

 presumed (also in BMNH, London). 



Sisyropa cinerea Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1891 : 346 (42). 



Described from both sexes but without statement of the number of specimens. 

 Existing material consists of one <$ and one $ syntype (mis-associated with each 

 other). LECTOTYPE $, Australia: Queensland, Rockhampton, 1868 (Thorey) 

 (in Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna). (Only the Rockhampton locality is 

 mentioned in the original description.) 



The lectotype bears a label reading 'Thorey 1868 Rock-hampton' (the word 

 Thorey and figures 186 in print, remainder in black ink), a label 'cinerea det. B. B' 

 (handwritten in black ink except for the letters 'det.') and a label in purple ink 

 reading 'Blepharipoda Sisyropa'. The paralectotype is similarly labelled except 

 that the words 'Cap York' are given for locality on the first label and there is no 

 label in purple ink. 



Lectotype and paralectotype are mis-associated, the former being a Carcelia 

 and the latter a winthemiine (Nemorilla sp.). Mesnil (19506 : 9) referred to 'le 

 Carcelia (Eticarcelia) cinerea B. B. dont nous avons vu le type', but this statement 

 does not restrict the name to a single recognizable specimen and therefore does not 

 constitute a valid lectotype fixation. Present designation of the <$ specimen as 

 lectotype maintains the sense of the name used by Mesnil. Here it should be 

 noted that Crosskey (19666 : 109) cited his assignment of cinerea to Carcelia as a 

 new combination; this was due to an oversight, Mesnil's (19506) earlier assignment 

 to Carcelia in a work on African Carceliini having been overlooked. 



Tachina bura Walker, 1849 : 7^°- 



Described from two specimens, one presented to BMNH by Rev. T. Ewing 

 from Van Diemen's Land, and the other from New Holland and in the Rev. J. 

 Wenham's collection. Only the specimen from Tasmania has been found, which 

 is here designated as lectotype. LECTOTYPE <$, Australia: Tasmania (in 

 British Museum (Natural History), London). 



The lectotype bears a circular white accession label with the ink figures '46 81' 

 and a pencilled label in Austen's writing that reads 'Tasmania. Rev. J. Ewing. 

 46. 81'. 



Tachina ruralis Fallen, 1810 : 265. 



Described from an unstated number of specimens of both sexes from 'Esperod i 

 Skane'. The Fallen collection at Stockholm contains seven specimens standing 



