132 HYMENOPTERA. 



ginous. Thorax : the prothorax forming a short neck ; a line on each 

 side of its posterior margin running to the base of the wings ; two 

 obliqiie stripes on the mesothorax inclining inwardly^ and uniting with 

 a transverse waved stripe at its basal margin, two spots on the scutel- 

 lum^ and also the post-scutellum, yellowish- white; wings fulvo-hy aline, 

 the nervous ferruginous, the stigma fuscous ; a large yellowish spot 

 beneath the wings, and the posterior coxse j)ale beneath ; the legs pale 

 ferruginous. Abdomen yellowish towards the base. 

 Length, 5 lines. 



Genus-XIPHYDRIA. 



Latreille. 



Ovipositor short ; body rather jlattened and somewhat turned up 

 behind; tip of the abdomen ending in an obtuse point. Antennae short, 

 curved, and tapering at the end. Prothorax elongated into a neck ; 

 two marginal and four submarginal cells ; maxillary palpi long, five- 

 jointed. 



X. FLAVO-PicTA. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 1. 



Male. Ferruginous, the head and thorax variegated with yellow ; 

 the sixth, seventh, and eighth segments of the abdomen black. An- 

 tennae black, with the two basal segments ferruginous. The head yellow; 

 a broad ferruginous stripe from the posterior margin of the vertex to 

 a little beyond the ocelli ; an angulated ferruginous spot at the sides 

 of the vertex, touching the eyes, and three small ones at the inser- 

 tion of the neck. The posterior margin of the prothorax yellow ; the 

 mesothorax with two oblique stripes inclining inwardly and uniting at 

 its posterior margin, a lunate spot on each side of the scutum, two 

 ovate ones at the base of the metathorax, and three small ones at its 

 apex, yellow ; a large oblong spot beneath the wings, and the legs, 

 yellow ; wings pale f ulvo-hyaline and splendidly iridescent ; the tarsi 

 pale ferruginous. 



Length, 4 lines. 



Dunedin. 



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