The classification of Cupes Fabricius (s.lat.) is discussed. Details of previously proposed species groupings are expanded and supported by characters of the male genitalia. In addition to Cupes (s.s.) five new genera (Tenomerga, Distocupes, Adinolepis, Ascioplaga and RhipsideigPna) are established and the total number of species is raised t o twenty-four of which seven are new: Tenomerga trabecula, T. kapnodes, T. favella, Adinolepis scalena, Ascioplaga mimeta, A.sciasma and Rhipsideigma adjuncta.
The caddis-flies of south-western Australia, the western section of Bassian province, have been examined; 48 species in nine families are recorded, descriptions of 24 new species are given and one species is synonymized; 79% of the species appear to be endemic. Only three families of the superfamily Limnephiloidea are recorded compared with 16 in the eastern section of the Bassian province. The Ecnomus continentalis species complex is briefly discussed, the lectotype male of Ecnomus continentalis is designated, figured and redefined; three new species, including one from eastern Australia, are described.
The subfamily Panopinae in Australia is revised, the historical aspect of early collections discussed and certain taxonomic changes proposed. Four genera and ten species are recognized, of which the genus Mesophysa Macquart is revived and one genus, Panocalda, and five species, Panocalda grossi. Panops austrae. Mesophysa ilsei. M . tenaria and M . ultima, are described as new. Neotypes are selected for two species, Panops baudini Lamarck and PanopsJavipes Latreille, of which the types have been lost. Panops Javipes var. burnsi Paramonov is raised to species status and transferred to Leucopsina Westwood.
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