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Australian Species of Laphria — PARAMONOV 
Laphria bancrofti Ricardo, d, $ 
Laphria bancrofti Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 158. 
Laphria bancrofti Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. 
S. Wales, Proc. 54: 359. 
Laphria bancrofti Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 522. 
Type (female) in the British Museum. 
The considerable difference in the size of 
the sexes ($—11 mm., d — 17 mm.), the 
absence of spots on the sides of the male 
abdomen, and the difference in the colour of 
the femora show that the male probably does 
not belong to the same species as the female. 
The author has seen only 2 specimens: 1 
$ , Palm Island, Queensland (Bancroft) and 
1 $, 254.1949, Goodna, Queensland (I. F. 
B. Common), but he is not quite sure that 
the identification of the species is correct, 
both specimens have pure white, rather than 
yellow, markings on the mesonotum. 
Laphria hirta Ricardo, d, $ 
Laphria hirta Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 159- 
Laphria hirta Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, Proc. 54: 359. 
Laphria hirta Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 522. 
Type (male) in the British Museum. 
The author has seen only one male speci- 
men— 1 cf , 30.x. 1950, Heathcote, New South 
Wales (T. R. Henry). This species is easily 
recognisable by the yellow spots laterally on 
each tergite, except the basal one. Hairs of 
face orange; on the frons and upper part of 
occiput black, on the lower part of occiput 
pure white. Moustache consists of about 12 
long, fine, black bristles. Proboscis long, as 
long as the head is high, compressed laterally. 
All femora extremely swollen; all tibiae with 
extremely dense and long hairs, each of which 
is about three times as long as the diameter 
of the corresponding tibia. Hypopygium large, 
black, shining, rounded, as long as the last 
tergite. Sides of tergites with long, dense, 
orange hairs, directed downwards. 
Female (hitherto unrecorded). 1 $, I4.xi. 
1926, Woodford, New South Wales (Mac- 
kerras) is very similar to the male, but the 
hairs on the face are predominantly white, 
only slightly yellow at the sides, and all the 
femora swollen, though not to the same ex- 
tent as in male. 
Laphria telecles Walker, d, $ 
Laphria telecles Walker, 1849- List Dipt. Brit. 
Mus. 2: 37 6. 
Laphria telecles Walker, 1855. List Dipt. Brit. 
Mus. 7, Sup. 3: 559- 
Laphria telecles Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 154. 
Laphria telecles White, 1916. Roy. Soc. Tas- 
mania, Proc. 1916: 165. 
Laphria telecles Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. S. 
Wales, Proc. 54: 358. 
Types in the British Museum; from West- 
ern Australia. 
The author has seen specimens from the 
following localities: 1 d, 5.xii.l936, Pember- 
ton, Western Australia (K. R. Norris); 1 d, 
25. xi. 1914, Urella, New South Wales; 1 $, 
13.11.1948, Bendora, near Canberra, Australian 
Capital Territory (Paramonov); 1 $, 6.ii. 
1923, Strahan, Tasmania (A. Tonnoir); 1 $ , 
304.1948, 13 mis. N. W. of Broadmarsh, 
Tasmania (Key, Carne and Kerr). 
Laphria variana White, d, $ 
Laphria variana White, 1917. Roy. Soc. Tas- 
mania, Proc. 1917: 72. 
Laphria variana Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. N. 
S. Wales, Proc. 54: 358. 
Laphria variana Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 520. 
Type (male) in the British Museum. 
The remark of G. H. Hardy, ". . . the allo- 
type female and a paratype are in Mr. J. 
Mann’s collection,” is based on a misunder- 
standing of the term "paratype.” White de- 
scribed a "holotype” (single specimen) and 
it is quite evident that no paratypes existed. It 
