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p. 128. Voria ruralis (Fallen). The annotation under this name can now be 

 ignored, as examination of the <$ genitalia and other characters of Australian Voria 

 specimens in comparison with material from other regions has confirmed that 

 V. ruralis is correctly identified from Australia. 



p. 129. Type-species of Thelaira. Mesnil's (1975a : 1337-1340) recent work on 

 Thelaira in the Palaearctic Region has shown that the long-accepted synonymy 

 of T. nigripes (Fabricius) and T. abdominalis Robineau-Desvoidy is in error, and 

 that abdominalis is a different species and the name a synonym of Thelaira solivaga 

 (Harris). Accordingly, the statement '= Musca nigripes Fabricius, 1794' in 

 square brackets given in the type-species information for Thelaira should be changed 

 to ' = Musca solivagus Harris, 1776'. 



p. 130. The generic name Sumpigaster is feminine, not neuter, and the italic 

 bold-face spelling fasciatus (line 3) should be changed to fasciata (to comply with 

 Article 30 of the ICZN Code). The original spelling published by Macquart was 

 fasciatus and this spelling should be left standing in the information on the type- 

 species of Sumpigaster and its synonyms. 



p. 131. Rhinomyobia australis Brauer & Bergenstamm. The $ holotype was 

 misplaced in the NM, Vienna, collection and has now been rediscovered there by 

 Dr R. Lichtenberg and sent to me for examination. I can now confirm that all 

 the key characters cited on pp. 68-69 I0r running to Rhinomyobia are correct. 

 The holotype is in excellent condition (except right hind tarsus and most of right 

 mid tarsus missing); it is labelled 'australis [by hand] det. B. B. [in print]', 'N. 

 Holland [by hand] Alte Sammlung [in print]', and 'Rhinomyobia australis Br. 

 Bgst.' [in unrecognized ink handwriting]. 



p. 135. Year date for Echinomyia brevipennis Walker (line 3) should be 1856 

 (see annotation under p. 193 below). 



p. 136. Ceracia aurifrons Aldrich has now been seen from Queensland and should 

 be added to the list of Australian species. Reference data for the species are given 

 on p. 210. C. aurifrons has recently been found to parasitize the migratory locust 

 in New Guinea. 



p. 138. Anagonia anguliventris (Malloch). Dr D. H. Colless informs me that 

 he has a specimen of this species from Port Moresby, and 'New Guinea' should 

 be added to the entry data. 



p. 144. Year date for Masicera vicaria Walker (cited in type-species information 

 for Phorocerosoma) should be 1856, not 1847. 



p. 146. Winthemia trichopareia (Schiner). The 9 holotype of Exorista tricho- 

 pareia was misplaced in the NM, Vienna, collection but has now been rediscovered 

 there by Dr R. Lichtenberg and sent to me for examination. It can be confirmed 

 that the name applies to a species of Winthemia (as Malloch supposed) in which 

 the $ has pale yellow mesopleural hair, but comprehensive revision of the Australian 

 Winthemia species will be needed for reliable placement of trichopareia (particularly 

 as synonymy of this name with lateralis Macquart is likely). It is, in fact, largely 

 presumption that trichopareia holotype had an Australian provenance, as it bears 

 no locality data and Schiner indicated no locality in the original description: never- 

 theless I accept the nominal species as Australian because of its exceedingly close 



