BY G. H. HAi;l)Y. 61 



Mus am. Western Australia: King George Sound, two 

 females in the Macleay Museum. 



Qdontomyia pallida, Hill. 



Odontomyia pallida, Hill, P.L.S. N.S.W., xliv., 1919. p. 

 456. Text figs. 4 a-b. 



Status. — It is impossible without a proper description 

 of the scutellar spines to ascertain if the relationship of 

 this sp cies is mar 0. decipiens, Guerin, which seems pro- 

 bable, as there is nothing in the d a i iption to separate 

 it from that variable species. 



odontomyia obscura, Hill. 



Odontomyia obscura, Bill, P.L.S. N.S.W., xliv., 1919. p. 

 \ Text fig. 5 a-b. 



Status- The illustration of this specie* conforms to 0. 

 laterimaculata, Macquart, and indeed the description reads 

 remarkably similar to a variation of the same, but differs 

 in sonic colour markings 



It is possible thai this may be the long missing 0. 

 hunteri, Macleay, which probably came from somewhere 

 on tie- northern coast of Australia, and also app ars to 

 conform to 0. laterimaculata, Macquart. 



Odontomyia hunteri, Macleay. 



Stratiomys hunteri, Macleay, in King's Narr. Surv. Austr. 

 ii., 1827, p. 467. 



Odontomyia hunteri, White. P.L.S. X.S.W., xli., 1916 p. 

 92. 



Status. — Th? type of this species apparently cannot be 

 traced. A specimen corresponding to the description is 



not to be found in the Australian Museum nor the Macleay 

 Museum, and it i- advisable to hold over the identification 

 until Dioi mat erial is available. 



It could be 0. laterimaculata, Maoquarl (as identified 

 bv White), which sometimes has only two basal pairs of 

 spots present. White included the reference under his 

 0. amyris, Walker, now 0. decipiens, Guerin, stating that 

 a rare form has two pairs of spots, but as no special colour 

 is given for the face in the original description this would 

 probably be black and not yellow. 



The description of (). obscura, Hill, also conforms to 

 the 0. laterimaculata variety referred to above, and as 

 Macleay's species probably came from somewhere on tho 

 northern coast of Australia it is possible that 0. obscura, 

 Hill, belongs here. 



