1 28 Mr. F. Walker's Characters of undescr'ibed Diptera 



of the hind tarsi, black ; wings lurid ; disks of the areolets nearly 

 limpid ; veins black ; halteres testaceous. 



Length of the body 5 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 



Australia. 



Sub-fam. 3. Laphrites. 



The Catalogue contains 217 species of this sub-family. Mac- 

 quart has published eight species in his fourth Supplement. 



Laphria fortipes. 



Nigra, robusta, capite pilis nigris dense vestito subtus albido- 



hirto, antennarum articulo 3° subclavato, abdomine nitente 



purpurascente subcupreo, segmentorum marginibus posticis 



apiceque albo-pubescentibus, pedibus crassis pilosis, femoribus 



posticis valde incrassatis, tibiis posticis arcuatis, alis limpidis, 



venis halteribusque fulvis, illis apice nigris. 



Black, stout ; head thickly clothed with long black hairs, and 



beneath with whitish hairs ; antennae nearly as long as the breadth 



of the head ; third joint subclavate, slightly pubescent, a little 



longer than the first and second joints together ; abdomen shining, 



with a purplish cupreous tinge, and with white down on the hind 



border of each segment and at the tip ; legs thick, pilose ; hind 



femora much incrassated ; hind tibiae curved ; wings limpid ; 



veins tawny, black towards the tips, with the usual structure ; 



halteres tawny. 



Length of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 8 lines. 

 Port Natal. 



Genus Lampria, Mac. 

 Lampria ctlipes. 



Mas. — Nigra, capite postico cinereo, mystace fulvo, antennis 



thorace paullo longioribus, articulo 3° longissimo depresso, 



thorace vittis quatuor subauratis, scapulis fulvis, pectore 



cinereo, abdomine fulvo, disco fusco, pedibus fulvis, tibiis 



posticis extus nigris ciliatis, alis cinereis, apud costam nigri- 



cantibus, striga basali lurida, halteribus fulvis. 



Male, — Black ; head behind with cinereous tomentum ; mystax 



with a few tawny bristles ; antennae a little longer than the thorax ; 



third joint linear, depressed, more than twice the length of the first 



and the second together ; thorax with four indistinct stripes of 



slightly gilded tomentum ; scapula; tawny ; pectus cinereous ; 



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