152 Transactions. — Zoology. 



on the fore part. Scutellum fulvous, with a grey base. 

 Abdomen dark greyish-brown, with white tessellations on the 

 sides. Legs blackish, the tibiae dark-fulvous. Squamae white. 

 "Wings slightly tinged with brown near the base ; the veins 

 dark-brown. The first posterior cell barely closed. Length, 

 7 mm. ; wing, 5 mm. 

 Christchurch. 



P. inconspicua, sp. nov. 



Like P. tecta, but no spot on the side of the face, and the 

 first posterior cell slightly open. Third joint of antennae not 

 much more than twice the length of the second. Length, 

 7 mm. ; wing, 5 mm. 



Christchurch. 



Described from a single specimen. 



P. orasus. 



The sides of the face are yellow, the antennal groove 

 white. Legs black. Length, 7 mm. ; wing, 5 mm. 



P. clathrata. 



This species differs from P. orasus only in having red spots 

 on the sides of the abdomen, and there are many intermediate 

 varieties of which it is doubtful to which species they should 

 be referred. 



P. efferata. 



Frontal band dark reddish-brown ; the vertex yellowish- 

 w^hite, with black shadows ; sides of the face yellowish- white, 

 with a broad brown spot on each sid ■ half-way down the 

 antennal groove. Femora tawny ; tibiae and tarsi black. 

 Often a fulvous spot on the side of the second abdomi- 

 nal segu)ent. Three sterno - pleural macrochajtae. Length, 

 10 mm. ; wing, 7|mm. 



P. fulvipes, sp. nov. 



Like P. efferata, but the tibiae and tarsi fulvous. Length, 

 from 8 mm. to 10 mm. 



P. brouni, sp. nov. 



Vertex, face, and antennae black. Thorax and scutellum 

 dark-fulvous. Al)domen pale-fulvous. Legs black. Wings 

 colourless. Length, 5 mm. ; wing, 4 mm. 



Maketu. Captain Broun. 



A single damaged specimen, but very distinct from any 

 other. 



P. funesta. 



There is a brown spot on each side of the face. 



