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atra Townsend, 1926c : 541 (Eocypterula). Holotype <?, Philippines: Mindanao, Dapitan 

 (USNM, Washington) [examined]. Comb. n. - Malaysia (Malaya), Philippines 

 (Mindanao). 

 atra Malloch, 19350* : 672 (Palpocyptera) . Holotype q\ Malaysia: Malaya, Perak, Larut 

 Hills (BMNH, London) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 bicincta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 : 228 (Duvaucelia). Lectotype $ [not <£] (by fixation of 

 Townsend, 1931a : 389), 'Bengal' (MNHN, Paris) [examined]. Comb, n - 'Bengal', 

 Malaysia (Malaya), Indonesia (Sumatra), Philippines (Panay), Singapore. 

 sumatrensis Townsend, 1927a : 59 [Philippolophosia). Holotype $>, Indonesia: Sumatra, 



Tandjunggadang (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 ornata Townsend, 1928 : 384 (Philippolophosia). Holotype $, Philippines: NW. Panay 

 (USNM, Washington) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 costalis Townsend, 1928 : 382 (Lophosiopsis). Holotype <J, Philippines: Luzon, Benguet, 

 Baguio (USNM, Washington) [examined]. Comb. n. - Philippines (Luzon). (Possibly 

 = angusticauda) . 

 epalpata Townsend, 1927c : 283 (Epseudocyptera). Holotype 9. Philippines: Mindanao, 



Davao (USNM, Washington) [examined]. Comb. n. - Philippines (Mindanao). 

 erythropa Bezzi, 19256 : 122 (Pseudocyptera). Holotype q*. Malaysia: Malaya, Stapak 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. Comb. n. - Malaysia (Malaya). 

 excisa Tothill, 1918 : 58. Holotype $ [not <J]> India: Uttar Pradesh, Dehra Dun (BMNH, 

 London) [examined], - Formosa, India (Dehra Dun), Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia 

 (Malaya, Sarawak). 

 diversipes Villeneuve, 19266 : 275 (Xenolophosia). Holotype $, Formosa: Daitorinsho (CNC, 



Ottawa) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 samarensis Townsend, 1927c : 286 (Zambesoides). Holotype $, Philippines: Samar (USNM, 



Washington) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 tricincta Malloch, 1931 : 318 (Duvaucelia). Holotype o", Malaysia: Malaya, Selangor, Bukit 

 Kutu (BMNH, London) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 exquisita Malloch, 1931 : 325 (Palpocyptera). Holotype $, Malaysia: Malaya, Selangor, 

 Bukit Kutu (BMNH, London) [examined]. Comb. n. - Malaysia (Malaya). 



Malloch was uncertain at the time of description whether the holotype was a female. 

 It can be confirmed that this sex is correct. 

 felderi Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893 : 144 (56) (Macrolophosia). Holotype $, 'Ost Indien' 



(NM, Vienna) [examined]. Comb. n. - 'Ost Indien' (known only from holotype). 

 hamulata Villeneuve, 19266 : 274 (Xenolophosia). Holotype o*. Formosa: Taihorin (CNC, 

 Ottawa) [examined]. Comb. n. - Formosa. 

 cylindrica Townsend, 19276 : 280 (Stylogynemyia) . Holotype $, Formosa: Toa Tsui Kutsu 



(DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 hemydoides Townsend, 19276 : 280 (Formosolophosia). Syntypes 10 <$, Formosa: Toa Tsui 

 Kutsu (DEI, Eberswalde & USNM, Washington) [USNM syntypes examined]. 

 imbuta Wiedemann, 1819 : 36 (Ocyptera). Lectotype <J (by fixation of Townsend, 1931a : 389), 

 India (as Tnd. or.') (UZM, Copenhagen) [examined]. Comb, n - India, Indonesia 

 (Sumatra, ? Java). 

 indica Walker, 1852 : 261 (Phania). Holotype o". India (publ. 'East Indies') (BMNH, 

 London) [examined]. 

 lophosioides Townsend, 1927a : 59 (Lophosiocyplera). Holotype <J. Indonesia: Sumatra, 

 Fort de Kock (ZM, Amsterdam) [examined]. Comb. n. - Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia 

 (Malaya). 

 annuliventris Malloch, 1931 : 323 (Palpocyptera). Holotype $ [not <J], Malaysia: Malaya, 

 Kuala Lumpur, Ulu Gombak (BMNH, London) [examined]. Syn. n. 

 Malloch mistook the sex of the holotype, unusually for him, which is female and not male. 

 obscura Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1893 : 143 (55) (Pseudocyptera). Holotype <J [not $], 'O. 

 Indien' (NM, Vienna) [examined]. Comb. n. - Laos, ? India. 



Townsend (1931a : 390) pointed out that the holotype is a male, not a female. 



