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Two pertinent items of nomenclatural information became known while this 

 paper was at the page-proof stage. These concern the generic name Spoggosia and 

 the nominal species Masicera viridiventris. 



(1) Spoggosia Rondani. In the present paper this name has been used as valid 

 for a genus of Exoristini in accordance with the work of Mesnil (1947, 1956, i960), 

 but Herting (1972)* has now discovered that the name Chetogena Rondani, 1856, 

 applies to this genus and should be used as its valid name, since it has priority over 

 Spoggosia Rondani, 1859. The genus Chetogena Rondani is widespread in Eurasia 

 and Africa, and has one described and at least one undescribed species in Australia. 

 The combination Chetogena micropalpis (Malloch, 1930) comb. n. is here established 

 for the described Australian species. It should be noted that Herting (1972 : 8) 

 spelt the name as Chaetogena but that the original spelling Chetogena is correct under 

 the Code. 



(2) Masicera viridiventris. Macquart (1847 : 84 & 1851 : 163) described two 

 nominal species under this name, the later (1851) use of the name being a junior 

 primary homonym of the earlier (1847) use. The earlier nominal species was described 

 from Tasmania and the later one from Egypt. Townsend (1916c) cited the two 

 viridiventris names as synonyms and stated that the cited provenance 'Egypte' 

 for the later use was in error. During earlier work on Macquart 's types (Crosskey, 

 1971 : 276) I was unable to find the type of viridiventris (2), purportedly from 

 Egypt, and rejected Townsend's synonymy of the two viridiventris as unproven, 

 but it can now be confirmed that Townsend was right. On a visit to Oxford Univer- 

 sity Museum in April, 1973, the female holotype of M. viridiventris Macquart, 1851, 

 was found amongst the Palaearctic Tachinidae from Bigot's collection, and exam- 

 ination showed at once that the specimen is undoubtedly conspecific with, and the 

 female of, M. viridiventris Macquart, 1847 (described from the male); the two types 

 have been directly compared. The cited provenance of Egypt for viridiventris (2) 

 is unquestionably in error, and the second use of viridiventris should appear as 

 follows in the synonymy of Tasmaniomyia viridiventris (Macquart, 1847) on page 

 152 of this work: 



viridiventris Macquart, 1851 : 163 (190) (Masicera). Holotype $, Australia, prob. 

 Tasmania [publ. 'figypte' in error] (UM, Oxford) [examined]. (Name a junior primary 

 homonym of M. viridiventris Macquart, 1847, no replacement name required.) 



The holotype of viridiventris (1851) is in fair condition, but has lost the right mid 

 leg and the apices of some tarsi, the thoracic dorsum is rather crushed and the 

 ptilinum partially extruded. It bears Macquart's original label reading 'Masicera 

 viridiventris $. Macq. n. sp.' and Bigot's collection label reading 'M Viridiventris. 

 cj. Egypt. Macq.' (the sex sign being erroneous). At the time of writing the holotype 

 is still in the collection of the University Museum, Oxford, but it is hoped that 

 consent will be obtained for it to be transferred to the British Museum (Natural 



* Herting, B. 1972. Die Typenexemplare der von Meigen (1824-1838) beschreibenen Raupenfliegen 

 (Dipt. Tachinidae). Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk., No. 243, 15 pp. 

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