218 Psychs [October- December 



Propodeum convex above, reticulate or irregularly areolate; 

 perpendicularly delcivous behind. Pleurae shagreened, the under- 

 side of the thorax clothed with long whitish hair. Petiole of 

 abdomen coarsely shagreened and with four longitudinal carinse, 

 two above and one on each side at the level of the spiracle. 

 Gaster smooth and highly polished, ovate, the second segment 

 occupying more than one-half of the surface, before the tip with 

 a transverse line of widely separated white hairs; following 

 segments each with a similar line of hairs. 



Type from Nelson, New Zealand, December 8, 1921 (A. Phil- 

 pott). ' 



At first glance this insect looks very much like a species of 

 Pezomachus. 



Family Ichneumonid^. 



Pezomachus {Gelis) philpottii sp. nov. 

 9 Length 2 mm. Mesonotum, legs, second and third 

 abdominal segments, except sides, pale brownish yellow; head 

 and pleuse black; antennae, except extreme base, petiole, 

 and the sides and apex of abdomen piceous. Head twice 

 as broad as thick, deeply excavated behind with the 

 temples very strongly oblique; eyes very large; seen from 

 above, extending nearly to the hind margin and highly 

 convex; malar space as long as the width of the mandible, with 

 a distinct furrow; face delicately shagreened, clypeus small, 

 protuberant. Antennae 23-jointed, slightly longer than the body, 

 slender, especially at the base. Ocelli in a small triangle, 

 the posterior ones equidistant from one another and the eye. 

 Thorax rather strongly bilobed, the scutellum faintly indicated 

 but not distinctly separated. Propodeum shining, with a faint 

 tooth at the upper hind angle. Pleurae smooth and polished. 

 Petiole gradually and evenly widened behind, the sides straight 

 with no indication of spiracular teeth: apex twice as wide as base; 

 upper surface, seen from the side evenly convex, not angled near 

 tip. Second and following segments smooth, sub-shining. 

 Ovipositor projecting a distance equalling the length of the 



