BY G. II. BAEDY. 55 



and th typical male of 0. carinifacies, Macquart, as iden- 

 tified by White, is m I i presented in any recent collection 

 from the typ Locality, and this suggests that White trans- 

 posed tho name, if ind ed .Macmiart s species :in really 

 distinct. The key to the solution lies in the fact that 

 Whites 0. laterimaculata, male, has the scutellar spines 

 wider apart and long r than in those identified by Whit ■ 

 as 0. carinifacies. An examination of the structure of 

 Macquart's types will easily determine if White transpoe 'I 

 tho nam 



The >|>; • iinen id( ntified by White as 0. laterimaculata, 

 female, is not the female of his male, as tin has 



1m n taken in copula on . veral occasions in Tasmania On 

 this femali ed to 0. sydneyensis, 



Schiner, as the description conform! to tha . never- 



theless th form has not l> en seen by w i from that State. 



Hab. Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wa 

 Type.- The mail spei im< n upon which White identi- 

 fied the sp ci« Is in thi An- ralian Mus urn 



Odontotnyia cat Macquart. 



PI. VIII.. Bg. 5. 

 Odontotnyia carinifat quart, Dipl Exot. Suppl. 4, 



1850, ]). 51. / Id., Win: I I - Tasm., 



! I,!.. White. P.L - - W.. xli., 



191 



5 itus. While identified this a- the smaller of two 



similar bul Mj pia ription is not to be 



parated turn 0. laterimaculata, Macquart, under which 



species furthi ks a r< ii]iplicd. 



The typical male of th id ntified by White 



is not known in recent as, but a mountain form 



ribed be) w as a variety i.~ much smaller and bas the 

 male with th colour pattern similar to thi 



The only mal thai can he associated with the typical 

 form has a distinctive a 1< ur patt m, and is described, ap- 

 parently for the first time, und r the - cond variety name 

 below. 



Odontomyia carinifacies, var. minima, var. nov. 



PL VIII.. fig. 7. 



Description.— A small mountain variety of 0. cari- 

 nifacies (as identified by White) occurs on Mt. Wellington, 

 Hobart, Tasmania, at about the altitude of 2,000ft. The 



males are common and the females scarce, and on two 

 i ions specimens have been taken in copula. 



