126 HYMENOPTERA 



P. EPHiPPiATUs. Smith, Tram. Ent. Soc, 1876^ p. 478. 



Female. Rufo-ferruginous ; tlie space between the ocelli black ; 

 the apical third of the antennae fuscous ; tips of the mandibles black. 

 Thorax : the mesothorax black ; the metathorax transversely finely 

 striated ; wings hyaline and iridescent^ the stigma^ costa, and nervures 

 dark fuscous ; the claws of the tarsi black. Abdomen rufo-ferru- 

 ginous to the extent of the two basal segments^ from thence fusco- 

 ferruginous, becoming gradually darker to the apex; the o^dpositor 

 black. 



Length, 6i lines. 



P. EPHIPPIATUS. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 3. 



Female. Perruginous, with the eyes, mesothorax, and apex of 

 the abdomen black. The apical portion of the antennae fuscous ; 

 the tips of the mandibles black. Thorax : the sternum black ; wings 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous ; the scutellum prominent, 

 oblong, narrowed towards the apex, and with the sides margined ; the 

 metathorax finely transversely striated. The abdomen beyond the 

 first segment fusco-ferruginous, darkest at the apex. 



Length, 6 lines. 



Dunedin. 



This appears to be the same species as the last. — P. W. H. 



Sub-Pamily — TETPHONiNiE. 

 Abdomen subsessile; ovipositor not exserted. 



Genus-SCOLOBATES. 



Gravenhorst. 



Posterior tarsi thickened ; face flat ; abdomen subsessile ; basal 

 segments gradually narrowed ; ovipositor not exserted ; scutellum 

 flat ; areolet wanting ; head transverse, and deeply excavated behind. 



S. VARIPES. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 3. 



Female. Head and thorax black ; abdomen red in the middle. 

 The inner orbits of the eyes with a narrow ferruginous line ; the 

 mandibles and palpi pale testaceous ; the antennae ferruginous. The 

 wings fulvo-hyaline, the nervures and stigma ferruginous. The meso- 

 thorax smooth and shining ; the margin of the prothorax laterally 



