January ijth, /po2.] PROCEEDINGS. 



{Microscopical and Natural History Section^ 



Ordinary Meeting, January 13th, 1902. 



Charles Bailey, F.L.S., President of the Section, in the Chair. 



The following paper was read : — 



Note on two probably introduced Parasitic Hymen- 

 optera in New Zealand. 



By P. Cameron. 



Among the Hymenoptera sent me by Mr. G. V. Hudson, 

 F.E.S , from the Wellington district, was a Bassus, which had a 

 familiar look. On investigation I came to the conclusion that, 

 although it did not quite agree with any of my European 

 specimens, it was identical with the Palaearctic Bassus IcEtatorius, 

 Fabricius. The inquiry into the name of this Ichneumon has 

 enabled me to clear up a matter which has puzzled me for 

 some time. 



In the Trans. Ent. Soc, 1878, p. 3, the late Mr. Frederick 

 Smith, of the British Museum, described two species oi Scolobates, 

 namely, 6". varipes and S. intrudens, as being from New Zealand. 

 There has always appeared to me to be some error here. 

 In the first place Mr. Smith refers his Scolobates to the Tryphon- 

 ides, whereas their proper position is among the Ophionides ; and, 

 in the next place, I have never seen an Ichneumon belonging to 

 the genus Scolobates from New Zealand. The similarity of the 

 description of Scolobates varipes to Bassus Icetatorius led me to 

 suspect that it might have been founded on that species. I 

 therefore forwarded a European example of the latter to 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby, and asked him to be good enough to compare 

 it with S. varipes. He did so, and found the two to be identical, 



