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bristles and hairs. Moustache tubercle very 
well developed. Proboscis massive, short, 
acute, shining, black, depressed from above, 
not compressed laterally. On occiput about 
a dozen strong, black bristles. 
Mesonotum shining, with some white spots 
on humeral calli, also beside them and at the 
sides of the mesonotum. Collare (pronotum) 
with a row of numerous black, short bristles. 
Pleurae also with whitish spots, but meso- 
pleurae shining. Mesonotum bare, but there 
are three longitudinal rows of short, black 
hairs, and the prescutellar area is covered with 
numerous, long, erect hairs; area immediately 
above the scutellum with short black bristles. 
The tuft of long hairs in front of the halteres 
consists of black and whitish hairs. On mar- 
gin of scutellum 8-10 long white hairs (re- 
duced bristles). Wings dark, with colour 
saturated along the veins. First posterior cell 
rather broadly open. Fourth posterior cell very 
broad, slightly shorter than discal cell. Hal- 
teres yellow. Legs black, pulvilli brownish. 
Hairs on legs mostly whitish, the very long 
hairs usually present on tibiae are not very 
well developed in this species. All femora are 
very moderately swollen. 
Postnotum strongly shining, almost silvery. 
Abdomen strongly shining, nearly bare; on 
the sides of the tergites are some whitish hairs, 
and 1 black bristle laterally. On the sides of 
tergites 2-4 are whitish spots. Hypopygium 
of male not large, only slightly protruding. 
Length of body 14.5-18 mm., of wing 
10.5-15.5 mm. 
New South Wales: 1 cf, 14. ii. 1928, Na- 
tional Park (Mackerras) (type), and 1 cf, 1 
9 , same date and locality; 1 cf , 20. ii. Gordon 
(D. F. Waterhouse); 1 cf, 27.xii.1927, Dee- 
Why (M. Fuller); 1 cf, 18. ii. 1936, Killara 
(M. F. Day); 1 cf , 3 9 $ , 7.iv.l951, 17 mis. 
SSW of Bohena, Pilliga Scrub (Key & Chin- 
nick). Western Australia: 1 cf, 1 9, 30.xii. 
1953, 12 mis. W. of York (J. H. Calaby). 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
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Laphria campbelli sp. nov., cf 
Belongs to the group of species with black 
legs; closely related to L. mauroides sp. nov., 
but having a distinct, bright yellow base to 
the wing. 
Head as in L. mauroides sp. nov., third an- 
tennal joint also very broad, elliptical. 
Mesonotum as in L. mauroides sp. nov., a 
pair of whitish spots beside the humeral calli, 
another pair at suture laterally, and a 3rd pair 
at the postalar calli. Hairs distributed irregu- 
larly on the mesonotum. A brush of thick 
short hairs on the underside at the apex of 
the hind tibiae is more strongly developed 
than in L. mauroides. First posterior cell is 
narrower at apex than in L. mauroides; only 
one-third of the width of the 2nd one, whereas 
in L. mauroides it is equal to one-half. Wings 
are distinctly narrower than in L. mauroides. 
Abdomen as in L. mauroides. 
Length of body 11-13 mm., of wing 8.5- 
9.5 mm. 
1 cf (type), 12.iii.1957, Exp. area 3 mis. 
E. Pilot Hill, Bago Forest, Batlow, New 
South Wales. Phasmid Ecol. Exp. (T. G. 
Campbell); 1 cf , same data and locality. 
Type in the Division of Entomology Mu- 
seum, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra. 
Laphria hurnsi sp. nov., cf , 9 
Closely related to L. bancrofti Ric., but 
easily distinguishable by the reddish yellow 
abdomen in the male, and the reddish central 
half of the abdomen in the female. 
Head as in L. bancrofti Ric., but moustache 
consists of distinct black bristles, not hairs. 
Facets near face are much larger than on the 
outside of the eye. Face occupying about one- 
fifth of head width. Palpi yellowish haired. 
Occiput predominantly yellowish haired, only 
on the upper part are there some long, black 
hairs. 
Mesonotum as in L. bancrofti Ric., but 
bristles black in both sexes. Wings strongly 
darkened in their apical two-thirds, in the 
basal third almost hyaline. Hind femora very 
