154 Miss G. Ixicardo — A Revision of 



Laphria ornatipemns, Macq., /. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fi». 4. 



Laphria niveifacieri, Macq., I. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fig. 5 ; v. d. Wulp, 



Sumatra Exped. Dipt. p. 231 (1881) ; Kertesz, Cat. Dipt. p. 203 



{\909) [Mairaj. 

 Laphria Havifeiuorata, Macq., I. c. p. 377, pi. vii. fig. 5. 

 Laphria calopogon, Bigot, Auu. Soc. Ent. f rauce, (5) viii. p. 226 (1878). 

 Laphria baucrofti, sp. n. 

 Laphria fidvipes, sp. u. 

 Laphria hirta, sp. n. 



1. Legs wholly black. "Wings yellow, with dark 



apex and spots ornatipennis, Macq. 



Legs violet. Wings brownish, but with uo 

 dark apex or spots niveifacies, Macq. 



2. Legs black and yellowish or red 3. 



3. Abdomen bluish black, usually with white 



lateral spots 4. 



Abdomen black, with fulvous lateral spots . . (i. 



Abdomen bluish black, the apex reddish yellow. 7. 



4. Legs black, posterior femora yellow teledes, Wlk. 



Legs black, all femora and tibife yellow at base, fulvipes, sp. n. 



Legs black, all femora more or less yellow . . 5. 



5. "Wings clear. Small species. Moustache black. 



No white spots visible on abdomen Jlavifemorata, Macq. 



"Wings brownish. Larger species. Moustache 

 black and white. Abdominal white spots 

 present riififemorata, Macq. 



6. Legs black, middle and posterior femora and 



all tibite yellow hirta, sp. n. 



7. Legs black, femora and tibise reddish yellow at 



base bancrofti, sp. n. 



Laphria teledes, Walker. 



Types ( (J ? ) from W. Australia and another male from 

 New South Wales. 



A species distinguished by the yellow swollen posterior 

 femora, with a blue- black shining abdomen, with white lateral 

 spots on the second, third, and fourth segments ; pubescence 

 on them aud on sides white and dense; underside blue- 

 black, with white pubescence. The face is black, with a 

 black moustache on the tubercle and dense silvery white 

 hairs above reaching antennce, the first two joints of which 

 have black pubescence. Palpi Avith black hairs. Beard 

 white. Legs blackish, with dense white pubescence, thickest 

 on the anterior and middle pair; some black hairs inter- 

 mixed, and wholly black on tarsi. Wings brownish, paler 

 at base ; veins brown ; the neuration as in L. rujifemorata. 



Length, S 19 m^-^ ? 1^ ^^' 



Laphria 7'ufifemorata, Macquart. 



Type ( ? ) seen in Paris Museum, 12. 4. 11. 



In Brit. Mus. Coll. are three females from Tasmania, 



