118 HYMENOPTERA 



all, or very faintly, ferruginous ; the wings have the nervures blacker, 

 the stigma is also darker ; the legs resemble those of F. crassipes, but 

 the claws of the posterior tarsi are long and curved, being twice as 

 long as in that species ; they are ferruginous. 



Length, 5 2 lines. 



The Male closely resembles the female ; but its legs are black ; the 

 abdomen elongate, and only slightly clavate ; the legs are also more 

 slender. 



Family— BEACONIDJE. 

 Antennae long, multiarticulate. The first subcostal cell separated 

 from the first median, and lying just behind it ; the second subcostal 

 generally large ; only one recurrent vein. Abdomen attached to the 

 end of the metathorax. 



aenus-RHOaAS. 



Nees. 



Clypeus deeply excavated. First subcostal cell completely formed 

 behind, wanting the recurrent nerve ; the second cell long and four- 

 sided ; the three first abdominal segments long, forming a slender 

 petiole, nearly equal ; second and third divided by a furrow, the rest 

 very small. Borer very short. 



R. PENETRATOR. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. ^. 



Female. Black, with tlie anterior and intermediate legs pale tes- 

 taceous-yellow. The antennae as long as the body; the front and the 

 mandibles obscui'cly ferruginous, as is also the thorax above ; the 

 three longitudinal lobes of the mesothorax black; the scutellum and 

 greater portion of the metathorax also black, the apex of the latter 

 ferruginous ; the metathorax rugose ; wings hyaline and iridescent, 

 the nervures and stigma black ; the anterior and intermediate legs 

 with the coxse black, and also the claw-joint of the tarsi ; the pos- 

 terior coxae very large, and transversely rugose. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining ; the ovipositor about as long as the insect. 



Length, 3 lines. 



Dunedin. 



Family— ICHNEUMONID^. 

 Ovipositor straight ; the abdomen attached at the extremity of the 

 metathorax ; first subcostal cell united to the median cell ; the second 

 small or wanting. The antennae not elbowed, with more than sixteen 

 joints (except in very minute species). 



