list of diptera. 557 



150. Laphria Dorei. 



FcEtn. Thorax fulvus, vitta fusca ; abdomen alceque fusca. 



Dasypogon Dorei, Boisduval, Voy. de ^Astrolabe, Alias Entomol. pi. 



12, f. 10. 

 Laphria Dorei, Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. 2, 67, 10. 



151. Laphria iodisoma. 



Fusco-cuprea ; abdomen cyancum ; alee fusees. 



Laphria iodisoma, Boisd. Voy. de I' Astrolabe, Atlas, Ent. pi. 12, f. 9. 



New Guinea. 



152. Laphria cyanea. 



Viridi-cyanea ; caput, pectus et httmeri nigra, albo tomentosa ; 

 frons et fades aurece; abdominis latera albo maculata ; pedes 

 purpureo-cyanei, tarsis niyris ; aim nigrce, basi sublimpidce. 



Laphria cyanea, Macq. Hist. Nat. Dipt. i. 286, 27. 



Greenish blue. Head, pectus and humeral spots black, with 

 white tomentum. Front and face gilded and with gilded hairs. 

 Mystax with a few black bristles. Hind borders of the abdominal 

 segments with lateral spots of white tomentum. Legs purplish blue; 

 tarsi black. Wings black, nearly limpid towards the base. Length 

 of the body 6 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



This species much resembles L. aurifacies, but diners in the 

 colour of the wings and of the abdominal spots. 



New Guinea. 



a. Aneiteum, New Hebrides. From the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. 

 Collected by J. Macgillivray, Esq. 



Australia. 



A. Corpus plus minus ve metallicolor. 



A. Pedes nigri. 



a. Abdomen cyaneum. - Tectamus, Walk. 



b. Abdomen ameum. ... splendidissima, IVied. 



B. Femora fulva. Alae fuscse. - - rufifemorata, Macq. 



C. Femora dimidio basali rlavo. Alae limpidse, fusco varice. 



Telecles, Walk. 



B. Corpus non metallicolor Amaracus, Walk. 



Group 1. 

 Caput hirsutissimum. Facies apud epistoma valde convexa. 



3 c2 



