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gastrinae were seen on the island by myself 
or by my assistant. 
All three described species are rather closely 
related to the mainland species, but none of 
the mainland species were found on the is- 
land. The circumstance that all three species 
of the same genus are different from the 
mainland species seems to be a convincing 
sign of true paleoendemism. 
The relationship between species from 
Lord Howe Island and those from the main- 
land are easily seen from the above given key 
to identification of all Australian species 
known to the author. 
Laphria clavata White, d\ 9 
Laphria clavata White, 1913. Roy. Soc. Tas- 
mania, Proc. 1913: 273. 
Laphria clavata Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, Proc. 54: 357. 
Laphria clavata Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 519- 
Type in the British Museum, London. 
This species is recorded only from Western 
Australia. On the abdomen the small white 
lateral spots are present only on the 2nd, 3rd 
and 4th tergites, but not on the 1st. Claws and 
pulvilli in female about as long as in male. 
Wings distinctly smoky in their distal half. 
A rather common species (Fig. 2a). 
Laphria ornatipennis Macquart, cf, $ 
Laphria ornatipennis Macquart, 1849. Dipt. 
Exot., Sup. 4: 73. 
Laphria ornatipennis Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 156. 
Laphria ornatipennis Hardy, 1929. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. Wales, Proc. 54: 357. 
Laphria ornatipennis Hardy, 1934. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 520. 
Type in the Paris Museum. 
The moustache in the male consists of soft, 
long golden hairs and bristles, in the female 
of stout black bristles and some yellow hairs. 
A bright yellow third antennal joint is char- 
acteristic of this species alone. Two bright 
yellow triangles in the fore part of the wing 
also separate this species at once from all 
other species (Fig. 1). 
Distributed in Eastern states of Australia 
and not very common. 
The author has seen specimens from the 
following localities: New South Wales: 1 d\ 
31.xii.1923, Broken Bay (Mackerras); 1 cT, 
Li. 1926, National Park (Mackerras); 1 cf, 
12.iii.1953, Colo Vale (R. Mykytowycz); 1 $ , 
124.1935, 1 9, 25. ii. 1935, Killara (M. F. 
Day); 1 9 , 17. i. 1935, Port Macquarie (M. F. 
Day); 1 9, 2.xii. 1950, Nellingen (K. L. H. 
Key). 
Fig. 1. Pattern of wing of Laphria ornatipennis 
Macq. (Shaded portion is brown, unshaded portion is 
yellow.) 
Laphria fulvipes Ricardo, 9 
Laphria fulvipes Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 158. 
Laphria fulvipes Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, Proc. 54: 359- 
Laphria fulvipes Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 522. 
Type in the British Museum, London. 
Only the female is described. This species 
is unknown to the author. 
Fig. 2. a, Scutellum of Laphria clavata White, b, 
Scutellum of Laphria zentae sp. nov. 
