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SYDNEY. Linnean Society of New South Wales, Aug. 29.—C. P. Alexander: The Tanyderidse (Diptera) of Australia. The family Tanyderidse is represented by ten recent and fossil genera; of these, three genera with four species are here recorded from the Australian sub-region.—Rev. H. M. R. Rupp: Terrestrial orchids of Barrington Tops. During a visit paid in January last, abundant material of Diuris venosa was obtained. Southern forms discovered on the plateau were Pterostylis falcata, P. deourva, Prasophyllum Suttonii, and Chiloglottis Ounnii; while evidences of Adenochilus Nortonii, hitherto only recorded from the Blue Mountains, were found. Altogether, 23 species of terrestrial orchids were collected. Two species of Prasophyllum are described as new.—F. H. S. Roberts: A revision of the Australian Bombyliidæ (Diptera). Part 2. This part includes the revision of the subfamily Bombyliinæ. Five genera are placed in this subfamily, namely, Bombylius, Systoechus, Sisyromyia, Dischistus, and Anastoechus. 36 species are described, 15 of which are regarded as new. The genus Anastaschus is recorded for the first time from Australia.—G. A. Waterhouse: Notes on Australian Lycsenidæ. Part 6. New subspecies of Candalides heathi, Miletus apollo, and Pseudalmenus chlorinda are described. Miletus delicia ab. duaringæ, originally described from a single male, is the northern race of this species, while Philiris is a genus distinct from Candalides. The species Lycaena? byzos Boisd., described in 1832, is considered to be a Miletus, identical with the specimens of M. hecalius found near Sydney.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 122, 714 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122714a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/122714a0