Australian Species of Laphria — PARAMONOV 
Hind femora swollen in apical half, but not 
long. 
Abdomen comparatively short, shining, 
nearly bare; at sides of 2nd-4th tergites 
weakly developed whitish spots. Genital (last) 
segment very short. Lateral bristles only on 
1st and 2nd tergites, but very weakly de- 
veloped. 
Length of body 16 mm., of wing 12 mm. 
1 9 , 17. i. 1951, Wyndham, Kimberley Re- 
search Station, Western Australia (L. C. Lee). 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
Laphria maura sp. nov., cf , $ 
Belongs to the group of species with com- 
pletely black legs and black wings, super- 
ficially similar to L. leei, but distinguishable 
easily by the absence of the cross furrow on 
the face below the antennae (Fig. 4b ) ; by the 
shorter proboscis, which is shorter than the 
height of the head; by the presence of silvery 
spots on the mesonotum and other characters. 
Ground colour of body black, shining. 
Face and occiput white dusted. Face at sides 
broadly covered by faintly yellowish hairs. 
Moustache consists of numerous, strong, 
black bristles. Hairs on underside of head 
slightly yellowish. Proboscis short, depressed 
from above. Frons whitish dusted, with light 
coloured short hairs and two very long black 
bristles on the ocellar tubercle. Antennae 
black, the third joint rather long, clavate. 
Mesonotum with silvery or golden soots 
beside humeral calli and another pair of them 
slightly behind the calli; postalar calli usually 
golden or yellow dusted. Upper part of meso- 
pleurae with a spot of silvery dust. Pleurae 
mostly without dust, with black hairs and a 
tuft of black bristles in front of the halteres 
which have a yellow knob. Wings rather uni- 
formly black, comparatively broad and short. 
First posterior cell closed with a slightly con- 
cave vein far from the margin of wing. 
Legs black, black haired and bristled, but 
the tibiae have an admixture of whitish hairs. 
Pulvilli yellow. Hind tibiae short, swollen. 
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Abdomen black, shining, with lateral whit- 
ish spots on tergites 2-4, nearly bare; only on 
the terminal segments are there more black 
hairs. Hypopygium of male swollen, but not 
very large; in female the last segment is short. 
On tergites 1-6 there are black bristles lat- 
erally. 
Length of body 11-15 mm., of wing 9-11 
mm. Queensland: 1 cf, xii.1922, Eidsvold 
(type) and a female; 1 d 71 , 194.1949, Yeppon 
(I. F. B. Common); 2 cf d\ 1 $ , 2.-3.iv.l929, 
Burnside (T. G. Campbell). The last 3 speci- 
mens with a closed first posterior cell. 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
Laphria reginae sp. nov., cf, 9 
Belongs to the group of species with black 
legs; easily distinguishable by the presence of 
yellow spots on the abdomen. 
Ground colour of body black, slightly 
shining; legs (in old specimens) may be 
brown, but never bright yellow or reddish. 
Face and underside of thorax with very 
dense grey dust. Bristles and hairs on the head 
black, except below, where they are whitish. 
Bristles and hairs on mesonotum black, but 
on underside of thorax in the area above the 
fore coxae the hairs are whitish, and the very 
long bristles on the tubercle in front of the 
halteres are reddish. Hairs on mesopleurae 
long and black. The hairs and bristles on 
mesonotum are very long and thin. On the 
anterior part of the mesonotum there are two 
lateral spots of golden dust (chiefly on the 
humeral calli and a little behind them). Wings 
slightly greyish. First posterior cell slightly 
narrowed at apex. Fourth posterior cell closed, 
much shorter than discal cell, its apical cross 
vein convex outwards, forming a very broad 
angle with m 3 . Halteres yellow. In two speci- 
mens the second submarginal cell is divided 
by a supernumerous vein. The possibility is 
not excluded that these specimens might be- 
long to a distinct species. Legs with very long 
hairs and bristles, mostly black. 
