108 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Long., 10-11 mm. 



Head alutaceous, the face and clypeus minutely punctured, 

 thickly covered with white pubescence. Mandibles, except 

 the teeth, and the palpi yellow. The inner eye-orbits dis- 

 tinctly margined. Clypeal fovese deep ; there is an indistinct 

 one in the middle. Mesonotum minutely and closely punc- 

 tured ; its middle slightly raised at the base. Median seg- 

 ment depressed slightly in the middle, closely transversely 

 striated ; the centre with a narrow longitudinal furrow. 

 Pleurae minutely closely punctured ; the propleurae towards 

 the apex closely striated ; the apical furrow deep, crenulated. 

 The four anterior legs are lemon-yellow ; the tarsi infuscated, 

 lighter coloured at the base ; the hinder legs black, except for 

 a broad lemon-yellow band at the base, extending beyond the 

 middle, but not to the extreme base ; the posterior calcaria 

 pallid-testaceous. Abdomen smooth and shining ; the apical 

 segments are thickly covered with pale pubescence. 



TRYPHONIDES. 



Mr. Hudson sends a Bassus, which is perhaps different 

 from B. generosus, Cam. I have a suspicion, however, that 

 Scolobates varipes, Smith,* may be really a Basszos. It cer- 

 tainly agrees very closely with generosus so far as can be 

 made out from the description given by Mr. Smith, who, 

 furthermore, places it in the Tryphonides, while Scolobates 

 belongs to the Ophionides. Scolobates intrudens, Sm.,f is cer- 

 tainly not a Scolobates. It may be a Meteorus. 



The investigation of the New Zealand Hymenoptera would 

 be greatly facilitated by a critical examination of the species 

 in the British Museum. At present one is not always sure 

 that they have been correctly referred to the genera as now 

 limited by Hymenopterists. 



CRYPTIDES. 



Mesostemis albipectus, Sm. This pretty species is probably 

 common. 



ICHNEUMONIDES. 



Amblyteles zealandicus, sp. nov. 



Niger, apice scutelli flavo ; abdominis medio rufo ; pedi- 

 bus pallide runs ; coxis trochanteribus apiceque tibiarum 

 posticarum nigris ; alis hyalinis, stigmate nervisque testa- 

 ceis. $ . 



Long., 15 mm. 



Antennae stout, distinctly tapering towards the apex. 

 Head entirely black, closely, almost rugosely, punctured ; 

 behind almost striated ; the ocellar region less closely punc- 



* Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 3. 

 f hoc. cit. 



