158 Miss G. Klcardo — A Revision of 



Laphria bancrofti, ? , sp. n. 



Type ((^) from Mackay, Queensland (G. Turner^. 



Type (?) from S. Queensland {Bancroft), and other 

 females. 



A species nearly allied to L. fulvipes and L. hirta, sp. n., 

 but distinct from both, the bluish-black abdomen being 

 reddish yellow at the apex. 



Length, ? \\, $ \7 mm. 



Female. — Face blacky with yellow tomentum ; the mous- 

 tache consists of long, weak, black hairs, with shorter whitish 

 liairs above and below. Palpi with black pubescence. 

 Beard white. Hind part of head with black pubescence. 

 Thorax dull black, with yellow toraentose spots on shoulders, 

 one on each side on centre of dorsum, and a yellow border 

 round posterior half of thorax; pubescence black, yellow 

 posteriorly, with four long, red (in the other female white), 

 bristly hairs between the scutellum and base of wings. 

 ScuteUum black, covered with grey or fulvous tomentum and 

 some yellow pubescence. Abdomen blue-black, shining, with 

 yellowish-white tomentose spots on the second, third, and 

 fourth segments, the sixth and seventh segments wholly 

 reddish yellow ; the ovipositor blackish, with yellow and 

 black hairs. Legs black, the posterior femora swollen and 

 yellow on their basal half, on the others only yellow at their 

 base, tibiae widely yellow on the basal half ; pubescence of legs 

 long, white, on the tarsi short and black. Wings brownish, 

 paler at the base ; neuration as in L. rufifemorata, with the 

 exception of the first posterior cell, which is considerably 

 narrowed at opening. 



Male. — Identical, but the four long red bristles on thorax 

 are replaced by three black ones. The spots on abdomen 

 are not visible, and only the sixth segment is reddish yellow, 

 and on the posterior border only ; the genitalia are shining 

 black and prominent ; the middle and posterior femora are 

 not yellow on their basal half. 



Laphria fulvipes, ? , sp. n. 



Type (?) and two others from Mackay, Queensland 

 {G.^ Turner). 



A small species with black legs, distinguished by the 

 femora being yellow on their basal half and by the yellow 

 tibiae, which are black at their apices on the middle and 

 anterior legs and on the posterior pair more widely so. 

 From L. hirta it may be distinguished by the less pubescent 

 legs and by the white spots on the dull black abdomen. The 

 face has a black moustache, with long golden-yellow hairs 

 above reaching to the antennae; pubescence on forehead and 



