166 THE DIPTERA-BRACHYCERA OF TASMANIA, 



and white side-spots on the posterior angles of the second 

 to fifth segments ; genitalia large, black, and bearing long 

 black hairs. Legs stout, with dense, long, black pube- 

 scence, the posterior fi^^mora swollen, and posterior 

 tibiae curved; anterior and middle femora, and apical 

 half of posterior femora, blue-black or violet, basal half 

 of posterior femora orange; all tibiae blue-black or violet; 

 tarsi black. Wings brown, but with the base more or less 

 clear. 



Female resembles the male veiy closely, but the wings 

 are hyaline. 



This species may be easily distinguished from L. ruiife- 

 inorata by ha,ving only the posterior, instead of all the. 

 femora, partly orange, and by ih© narrower alxlomen. 



L. teleclex occurs not uncommonly in the bush, usually 

 settled on dead wood near the ground, but sometimes on 

 tree-trunks. My dates range from December 17 to 

 March 1. 



LaphPvIa RuriFEMORATA, Macq. 



Abdomen broad, flattened, and somewhat ovate; thorax 

 dull black; abdomen, tibiae, and apical third of all femora, 

 shining blue-black or violet, basal two-thirds of all femora 

 orange. 



Length. (Ta&manian specimens.) Female, 14-18 mm. 



Hah'. Bagdad Valley. (Probably generally distributed.) 

 Also in New South Wales and Western Australia. 



Female. Face black, covered at sides with white or yel- 

 low pubescence; facial tubercle black, bearing a bushy 

 black moustache ; beard white. Front black, with long 

 black hairs bordering the eyes on either side. Antenna? 

 black, the third joint expanded. Back of head with long 

 black hairs jutting out on each side beyond the eyes. 

 Thora,x didl black, with two faint grey median stripes and 

 yellowish-white shoulder-spots ; scutellum with a fringe ot 

 remarkably long yellow hairs. Abdomen broad, flattened, 

 and somewhat ovate, shining blue-black or violet, with 

 pale yellow side-pubescence , and yellowish-white side-spots 

 on posterior angles of second to fifth segments, that on the 

 fifth segment being ver}^ small and inconspicuous. Legs 

 stout and bearing very long pubescence, which is black 

 on the black portions, orange on the orange portions, 

 tibiae curved, and without any distinct bristles; all femora 

 with basal two-thirds bright orange, apical third blue-black 

 or violet; tibiae blue-black or violet; tarsi black. Wings 

 with veins suffused broadly with brown. 



All the specimens of L. rufifeinorata that I have met 



