352 NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, 



polished, impunctate, but with the transverse and oblique lateral 

 furrows or impressions as in Lissopimpla, Krieehb. 



Type—Xo. 4906, U.S.N.M. 



Hab. — Australia. 



Host — Lepid. Bred by A. Koebele from the pupa of an 

 unknown Noctuid moth. 



Subfamily iv. — TKYPHONIN.E. 



Tribe v.— Bassini. 



Genus Bassus, Gravenhorst. 



(48) Bassus laetatorius, Fabr. 



Hab. — Europe, North America. 



Two specimens of this common European species are in the 

 National Museum, taken by Mr. Koebele in New Zealand. Dr. 

 Shauinsland has also taken it on the Chatham Islands. 



Subfamily v.— 0PHI0NIN.E. 



Tribe iv.— Anomalini. 



Genus Barylyta, Forster. 



(19) Barylyta coarctata, n.sp. 



(j). — Length 16 to 17 mm. Head black; anterior orbits, face 

 below insertion of antennae, clypeus, cheeks, mandibles, palpi, 

 scape beneath, scutellum, anterior and middle coxae and trochan- 

 ters, together with their tibia? and tarsi, and tips of basal joint 

 of hind tarsi, as well as joints 2-4, all lemon-yellow; rest of the 

 legs, except hind tibia? and basal joint of hind tarsi, except as 

 noted, rufous; hind tibiae and basal joint of hind tarsi black, or 

 dark fuscous. Thorax dark rufous, washed here and there with 

 black, metathorax wholly dark ferruginous. Wings hyaline, 

 stigma and veins black. Abdomen rufous, segments from second 

 more or less blackish along dorsal edges; ovipositor short, black. 



Type— So. 4907, U.S.N.M. 



Hab. — Australia (A. Koebele, collector : 4 £ specimens). 



