of Hymenopterous Insects of Neic Zealand. 7 



tips of the claws of tlie tarsi rufo-piceous ; tlie Avings hya- 

 line, the nervixres black. Abdomen smooth and shining, 

 Avith the apical segment, except its extreme base, finely 

 rugose and opaque. 



Fara. CRABRONID.E. 



mwpalum albipes. 



Male. — Length A\ lines. Black; with the posterior 

 tarsi white. Head subquadrate, a little wider than the 

 thorax, and slightly shining ; the clypeus with silvery- 

 white pubescence ; the scape of the antenna yellow in 

 front ; an impressed line runs from the anterior ocellus to 

 the insertion of the antenn;e. Thorax slightly shining ; 

 the scutellum, and the enclosed space at the base of the 

 metathorax, very finely punctured, the latter with a 

 central impressed line, which unites with a deep fossulet 

 that extends to the apex of the metathorax, the sides of 

 wdiicli have a little thin white pubescence ; the tubercles 

 yellow ; the wings hyaline, the nervures testaceous, with 

 the costal and the stigma brownish-black ; the tips of the 

 anterior and intermediate femora, the tibife and tarsi pale 

 rufo-testaceous, the tibite with a dark stain in the middle; 

 the claw-joint of all the tarsi rufo-piceous ; the posterior 

 tibiae clavate, white at their base, as Avell as the second, 

 third and fourth joint of the tarsi. Abdomen smooth and 

 shining ; the petiole clavate. 



Earn. ANDRENID^E. 



Dasycolletes hirtipes. 



Female. — Length 5 lines. Black ; the pubescence 

 fulvous. The front with long dense pubescence, that on 

 the cheeks pale fidvous. The mesothorax shining, thinly 

 pubescent and not very closely punctured ; the pubescence 

 more dense on the scutellum and metathorax ; the wings 

 hyaline and iridescent ; the legs with fidvous pubescence, 

 the posterior tibiae with a dense scopa, and also a floccus 

 on the trochanters ; the apical joints of the tarsi rufo-testa- 

 ceous. Abdomen shining and impunctate ; the apical 

 margins of the segments slightly testaceous; the fifth 

 segment Avith a fimbria of bright fulvous pubescence ; the 

 apical segment, Avith an opaque naked space, the sides 

 pubescent. 



