1922] Some Parasitic Hijmenoptera from New Zealand 223 



medially; parapsidal furrows present; scutellum with two fovese 

 at the base. Propodeum densely hairy, without spines; wings 

 reaching to the base of the abdomen, strap-shaped. Petiole 

 one-half longer than thick; second segment occupying most of the 

 abdomen, following very short, the last not elongated nor com- 

 pressed. Legs very slender, femora and tibia? clavate. Body 

 thinly clothed with erect, long, glistening pale hairs as well 

 as with more dense pile on the prothorax and abdominal petiole. 



Type: P. suhaptera sp. nov. 



Probetjila suhaptera sp. nov. 



9 . Length 2.2 mm. Llniform yellowish brown, the legs 

 paler than the body. Head, seen from above, but little wider 

 than thick, the eyes set at the anterior corners, about two- 

 thirds as long as the temples which are suddenly narrowed be- 

 hind; occiput margined; seen from the side, the head is high as 

 long, the frontal projection rather small; face nearly horizontal, 

 the eyes more than their own length from the base of the man- 

 dibles; surface of entire head smooth. Antennae but slightly 

 thickened apically; scape as long as three following joints taken 

 together; thicker near the middle, not spinose at apex; pedicel 

 twice as long as thick; first flagellar joint longer and more slender, 

 three times as long as thick; second to sixth gradually shorter aiid 

 thicker, four following moniliform, each about one-half wider 

 than the first flagellar joint. Pronotum short medially, but 

 distinctly visible from the above; mesonotum as long as broad, 

 with a deep groove next its anterior margin extending from 

 tegula to tegula; parapsidal furrows complete, nearly parallel. 

 Scutellum with two large, narrowly separated fovea at base. 

 Upper surface of propodeum nearly horizontal, convex. Pro- 

 and mesopleurae smooth and shining; metapleura finely rugose and 

 densely pubescent. Petiole finely longitudinally aciculate; two- 

 fifths as wide as the propodeum; gaster one-half wider than the 

 thorax and as wide as the head. 



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

 pott). 



