Australian Species of Laphria — Paramonov 
H. Hardy, 1934, that "the type-locality of this 
species was probably Sydney, not Tasmania 
as recorded.” G. H. Hardy, in various papers, 
expressed doubts about the validity of Mac- 
quart’s recording many species as from Tas- 
mania, as he had not found them there him- 
self. However, in most cases I have examined, 
Macquart’s data were quite correct. 
In his paper G. H. Hardy (1929) also 
writes: "The leg coloration is variable, having 
a complete range as is found in the three 
forms mentioned above (L. rufifemorata 
Macq., L. telecles Walk., L. comata White), but 
is to be distinguished from them by the 
slender femora which conform to those spe- 
cies placed in group I (L. tectamus Walk., L. 
clavatus White, L. ornatipennis Macq.).” 
G. H. Hardy, 1929, did not give the de- 
scription of the male, nor the date and locality 
of collection of the specimens examined, and 
his expression, "the leg coloration is variable, 
having a complete range” is very obscure. It 
is probable that he was dealing with a mix- 
ture of species as he had also done with 
Comptosia , Oncodes , and other genera, when at 
least half a dozen species were confused 
together. 
This species can be recognised easily by its 
yellow femora, concolorous abdomen devoid 
of lateral white spots, nonincrassate femora, 
and its venation. 
Laphria rufifemorata Macquart, d , $ 
Laphria rufifemorata Macquart, 1844. Dipt. 
Exot., Sup. 1: 73. 
Laphria rufifemorata Walker, 1855. List Dipt. 
Brit. Mus., Sup. 3: 559- 
Laphria rufifemorata Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 154. 
Laphria rufifemorata White, 1916. Roy. Soc. 
Tasmania, Proc. 1916: 166. 
Laphria rufifemorata Hardy, 1929- Linn. Soc. 
N. S. Wales, Proc. 54: 257. 
Laphria rufifemorata Hardy, 1934. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 520. 
One of the commonest species in Australia, 
99 
possibly distributed throughout the whole 
continent (Figs. 3 b, 6b). 
Type in the Paris Museum. 
The author has examined specimens from 
the following localities: Australian Capital 
Territory: 3 cfcT, 1 $, 15. iv. 1953, Bendora 
(S. J. Paramonov); 1 d\ 1 $ , 28.iii.1951, Mt. 
Gingera (Common & Day) ; 1 d , 4 $ 9 , 
6.iii.l952, Mt. Gingera (S. J. Paramonov); 
1 d, 644.1952, Mt. Gingera (H. M. Cane); 
1 d, 234.1952, Lee’s Springs (I. F. B. Com- 
mon); 1 $, 15.iii.1950, Lee’s Springs (S. J. 
Paramonov); 1 $, 144.1950, 1 $, 314.1952, 
Mt. Gingera (S. J. Paramonov); 1 $, I4.ii. 
1953, Mt. Gingera (I. F. B. Common); 2 
$ $, 244.1949, 1 9 , 314.1952, Bendora (S. 
J. Paramonov); 1 9 , iii.1948, Brindabella; 
1 9 , 10.iv.1951, Brindabella (Small). New 
South Wales: 1 d, 12.xi.1953, Durras (S. J. 
Paramonov); 2 d d, 84.1956, Upper Man- 
ning Riv., Barrington Tops, 4500 ft. (I. F. B. 
Common) ; 1 9 , vii.1949, Kincumber; 1 9 , 
14.x. 1952, 4 mis. N. of Bateman’s Bay (S. J. 
Paramonov); 1 9 , 12.xii.1951, 40 mis. N. of 
Sydney (E. F. Riek); 1 9 , 22. xi. 1925, Gordon 
(Harrison); 1 9 , Acacia Plat. (J. Armstrong) 
Victoria: 1 9 , 23.ii.1951, Mitta Mitta (B. 
Given). Tasmania: 2 dd, 25.xii.1922, 1 9 , 
31.xii.1922, Advent Bay (A. Tonnoir); 2 9 9 , 
304.1949, Erriba IE. F. Riek); 1 9 , 104.1932, 
Mt. Wellington, Ferntree (L. F. Graham); 1 
9 , 264.1948, near Wadamana (Key, Carne, 
and Kerr); 1 9 , ll.ii.1949, Rose’s Tier (R. 
A. Free). 
Laphria calopogon Bigot, d 
Laphria calopogon Bigot, 1876 (1878). Soc. 
Ent. de France, Ann. (5): 226. 
Laphria calopogon Ricardo, 1913. Ann. and 
Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 11: 157. 
Laphria calopogon Hardy, 1929. Linn. Soc. N. 
S. Wales, Proc. 54: 358. 
Laphria calopogon Hardy, 1934. Ann. and Mag. 
Nat. Hist. (10) 13: 521. 
Type presumably in the British Museum, 
London. 
