Australian Species of Laphria — PARAMONOV 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
This species is not very closely related to 
the mainland species, but superficially looks 
very similar to L. dayi sp. nov. 
Laphria pacific a sp. nov., cf , $ 
From the group with yellow-marked tibiae. 
Face and frons dusted with yellow; face 
with long, black bristles of moustache and 
below the antennae, and with central part 
covered with dense golden scalelike hairs. 
Underside of head with white hairs. Most of 
occiput, ocellar tubercle and antennae clothed 
with black hairs. Third antennal segment 
extremely elongated, narrow, broadening 
slightly towards the apex. Proboscis long, 
about as long as vertical diameter of head. 
Mesonotum with golden markings on hu- 
meral calli; behind them on the side*; of 
sutura, two small subcentral markings; golden 
markings also on prescutellar area and on the 
disc of scutellum. Propleurae and mesopleurae 
also golden but not so distinct as the meso- 
notum. Sides of thorax whitish and yellow 
dusted. Two notopleural bristles, 3-4 supra - 
alar, 4 postalar. Prescutellar area quite nude. 
Scutellum with numerous long, black and 
white, marginal hair-bristles; disc with very 
short, yellowish ones. 
Wings on apical two-thirds black, basal 
third hyaline. Veins closing the fourth pos- 
terior cell not straight but convex. Halteres 
yellow. 
Fegs black, but all femora and tibiae with 
reddish-yellow markings. All femora very 
swollen, the anterior only slightly yellow at 
base; the middle with basal third yellow; the 
hind with basal half yellow. Hairs on yellow 
parts of legs yellow, on remainder black. 
Bristles on femora practically absent. Tibiae 
with extremely long hair-bristles, especially 
the middle tibiae, and with yellow markings 
occupying their middle half. Hind tibiae dis- 
tinctly curved. Pulvilli yellow. 
Abdomen black, with slight blue sheen, 
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and with 3 small white or slightly yellowish 
spots of dust on sides of second, third and 
fourth tergites. Hairs on sides yellowish, not 
very numerous. Genitalia very large, swollen. 
Female very similar to the male. The ab- 
domen comparatively broader, and the spots 
at sides of second to fourth tergites larger and 
whiter. Hind metatarsus distinctly swollen. 
Length of body 14.4 mm., of wing 11 mm. 
1 cf , 18.xii.1955 (type), Lord Howe Island, 
N. S. Wales (S. J. Paramonov); 1 cf , 1$, 
28. xi. 1955, 1 $ , 30.xi.1955, Lord Howe Island 
(S. J. Paramonov and Z. Liepa). 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
Laphria howeana sp. nov., cf , 9 
Belongs to the group with yellow-marked 
tibiae, but without spots of white or yellow 
dust at sides of abdomen. 
Very similar to L. pacifica sp. nov., but 
white spots at sides of abdomen replaced by 
a narrow reddish longitudinal stripe. This 
stripe is not visible from above but is clearly 
visible from the lateral view. Golden markings 
on mesonotum brighter, postscutellum sil- 
very. The yellow colour on legs is brighter 
and more extensive: it occupies the basal half 
of anterior and middle femora and a slightly 
greater area of hind femora. 
Length of body 18 mm., of wing 14 mm. 
1 cf, 29.xi.1955 (type), 7 cf cf , 25.xi.- 
29. xi.1955, 11 $ 9, 23.xi.-29.xi.1955, Lord 
Howe Island, N. S. Wales (S. J. Paramonov 
and Z. Liepa); 3 9 9, 20. xi. 1956, Dawson 
Range, Lord Howe Island (Z. Liepa). 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
Some specimens have nearly hyaline wings, 
although as a rule the apical two-thirds is 
dark. 
It is quite evident that all three described 
species are common on the island, but other 
representatives of Asilidae are very rare. Only 
one species of Dasypogoninae was collected, 
but no Asilinae, Stichopogoninae or Lepto- 
