BY G. H. HARDY. 57 



in Tasmania, and the female lias invariably a black face 

 and front, not fulvous, and is as Large as the male. A 

 smallei specimen with a yellow face and front is not repre- 

 - ii". d in many collections, but conforms to the description 

 of 0. sydneyensis, Schiner, and White's female record i f 0. 

 laterimaculata probably belongs h. re, but doubt mu 

 placed upon it.-- identity with 0. sydneyensis, Schiner, as 

 this species b not represented from Tasmania in any collec- 

 tion. 



Status. — This species, described by Schiner, was en- 

 tirely overlooked by White, and the remark under the de- 

 scription givt n I.v S( bin r bo the effi ct thai i: s< ms to be 

 related to 0. laterimaculata, Macquart, sugg ste thai the 

 (>. carini fades of White is the true 0. laterimaculata 

 of Macquart Until the status of cadi of these various 

 inquired into and established by examination of 

 the typ materia] the determination of the species of the 

 Odontomyia in Australia will remain unsatisfactory. 



Hab. New Si nth Walt b, Sydney, 



Odontomyia decip I : lerin. 



PI. VII] • and 9. 



Oxycera decipiens, Guerin, Vbv. Coq. zool. 2, ii.. 1830, p. 

 291. 



Hermiont decipiens, Kertesz, Cat. Dipt, iii., 1908, p. 33. 



Odontomyia reqisgeorgii, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. i., 1, 

 !8, p. L86. ' Id., White, P.L.S. N.S.W., xli., 

 1916, pp. 90 and 100. 



Stratiomys regisgeorgii, Walkei Dipt. B.M., v. 



suppl. 1 . L85 1 , ]). 56. 



Odontomyia carinata, Macquart, Dipt. Exol suppl. 1, 

 I- 16, p. 52. Id., White, Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasm., 

 L914, p. 59; and 1916, p. 260. Id., White, P.L.S. 

 N.S.W., xli., 1916, p. 90. 



Stratiomys carinata, Walker, List. Dipt. B.M., v. suppl. 

 1 . L85 1, pp. 56 and 312. 



Odontomyia stylata, Macquart, Dipt^ Exot., suppl. 2, 

 7. p. 30; and suppl. 4, 1850, p. 52. Id., Frog- 

 gal alian [nsects, 1907, p. 294. Id., White, 

 Proc Roy. Soc. Tasm., L914, p. 56. Id., White, 

 P.L.S. N.S.W., xli., L916, p. 90. 



Stratiomys stylata, Walker, List. Dipt. B.M., v. suppl. 

 L, is:, |. ,,. 56. 



