OF NEW ZEALAND. 1SJ5 



O. PEREGRiNUs. Smith, Trans. Ent, Soc, 1876, jo. 478. 



Female. Rufo-ferruginous ; a narrow line at the inner orbits of 

 the eyes, and a broad one behind them^ yellow ; antennae black, with 

 the scape and two basal joints of the flagelliim rufo-ferruginous. 

 Thorax : the anterior margin of the prothorax, the tegulse, and a spot 

 beneath the wings, another beneath the jjosterior wings, close to the 

 intermediate coxse, the sides of the metathorax, and the scutellum and 

 post-scutellum, yellow ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 fuscous ; all the nervures more or less ferruginous at the base of the 

 wings as well as the stigma ; the claws of the tarsi black. Abdomen 

 more or less fuscous at the apex beneath. 



Length, 7 lines. 



O. FERRUGiNEUs. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 2. 



Ferruginous, smooth and shining. A narrow yellow line on the 

 lower portion of the inner orbit of the eyes, and a broader one behind 

 them, not extending to their summit. Thorax : the tubercles, and 

 a large spot above both the intermediate and posterior coxse, as well 

 as the scutellum, bright yellow ; the spots above the posterior coxse 

 are tuberculate ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures black, the 

 stigma ferruginous. The apical segments of the abdomen slightly 

 f usco-f erruginous . 



Length, 6 lines. 



Dunedin. 



O. iNUTiLis. Smith, TVans, Ent. Soc, 1878, j9. 2. 



Female. Ferruginous ; the eyes and tips of the mandibles black. 

 Thorax shining ; the mesothorax finally punctured ; the metathorax 

 opaque and finely rugulose ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the ner- 

 vures and stigma ferruginous ; the legs paler than the thorax, except 

 the coxse, with the claws and pul villus black. Abdomen smooth and 

 shining, darkest towards the apex. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Dunedin. 



Genus-PANISCUS. 



Gravenhorst. 



Antennae setaceous, as long as the body, the first joint swollen. 

 Wings with a small areole, pentagonal or triangular, and more or less 

 oblique. Abdomen compressed, the first segment gradually increasing 

 posteriorly. Ovipositor very short, but longer than in Ophion. 



