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Laphria ornatipennis, Macq., I. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fig;. 4. 

 Laphria niveifacied, Macq., l. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fig. 5 ; v. d. Wulp, 

 Sumatra Exped. Dipt. p. 231 (1881); Kertesz, Cat. Dipt. p. 203 

 (1909) [Alaira]. 

 Laphria flaviferaorata, Macq., I. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fig. 5, 

 Laphria calopogon. Bigot, Ann. Soe. Ent. France, (5) viii. p. 226 (1878). 

 c' . ^vit-tr Laphria bancrofti, sp. n. 



T' Laphria fidvipes, sp. n. 



^/^ " Laphria hirta, sp. n. 



(vAr " L Eegs wholly black. Wings yellow, with dark 



" "" apex and spots oi^natipennis, Macq. 



Legs violet. Wings brownish, but with no 

 dark apex or spots niveifacies, Macq. 



2. Legs bhick and yellowish or red 3. 



3. Abdomen bluish black, usually with white 



lateral spots 4. 



Abdomen black, with fulvous lateral spots . . 6. 



Abdomen bluish black, the apex reddish yellow. 7. 



4. Legs black, posterior femora yellow telecles, Wlk. 



Legs black, all femora and tibiae yellow at base, fulvipes, sp. n. 



Legs black, all femora more or less yellow . . 5. 



5. Wings clear. Small species. Moustache black. 



No white spots visible on abdomen Jlavifemorata, Macq. 



Wiugs brownish. Larger species. Moustache 

 black and white. Abdominal white spots 

 present rufifemorata, Macq. 



6. Legs black, middle and posterior femora and 



all tibiae yellow „ Mrta, sp. n. 



7. Legs black, femora and tibiae reddish yellow at 



base bancrofti, sp. n, 



, Laphria telecles, Walker. 



Types ( c? ? ) fi'om W. Australia and another male from 

 New South Wales. 



A species distinguished hy the yellow swollen posterior 

 femora, with a blue- black shining abdomen, with white lateral 

 spots on the second, third, and fourth segments ; pubescence 

 on them aud on sides white and dense; underside blue- 

 black, with white pubescence. The face is black, with a 

 black moustache on the tubercle and dense silvery white 

 hairs above reaching antenme, the first two joints of which 

 have black pubescence. Palpi with black hairs. Beard 

 white. Legs blackish, with dense white pubescence, thickest 

 on the anterior and middle pair; some black hairs inter- 

 mixed, and wholly black on tarsi. Wings brownish, paler 

 at base ; veins brown ; the neuration as in L. rufifemorata. 



Length, $ 19 mm., ? 13 mm. 



Laphria rufifemorata, Macquart. 



Type ( ? ) seen in Paris Museum, 12. 4. 11. 



In Brit. Mus. Coll. are three females from Tasmania, 



