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thorax black ; tlie metatliorax transversely finely stnated ; 

 wings hyaline and iridescent, the stigma, costa and uer- 

 vui'es dark fnscous ; the claws of the tarsi black. Abdomen 

 rnfo-ferruginous to the extent of the two basal segments, 

 from thence fusco-ferruginous, becoming gradually darker 

 to the apex ; the ovipositor black. 



PiMPILIDES. 



Rhyssa antipodum. (PI. IV. fig. 4.) 



Female. — Length 15 lines; of the ovipositor 27 lines. 

 Dark ferruginous, variegated with yellow. Head: the 

 orbits of the eyes, slightly interrupted opposite the insertion 

 of the antennre, and the clypeus, yellow ; the palpi rufo- 

 testaceous ; the apical third of the antennae yellowish- 

 white, the apex fuscous. Thorax : the mesothorax trans- 

 versely rugose-striate ; the lateral margins of the prothorax, 

 the tegulge, and a spot beneath the wings, the scutellum, 

 post-scutellum, and the apical half of the metatliorax, 

 yellow ; wings hyaline or faintly fulvous, the nervures 

 black ; legs ferruginous ; the anterior and intermediate 

 coxa3 and trochanters and the posterior trochanters, yellow. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining, at the apical margin of the 

 first and second segments a yellow fascia, which emits a 

 short yellow line in the middle ; each of the four following 

 segments have a longitudinal oblong spot in the middle, 

 and also an elongate one latei'ally ; the sixth has two yellow 

 spots, and the two following segments have their posterior 

 margins yellow, extending to the apical segment also, 

 Avhich has two additional yellow lines beneath the spot. 



This species has a close general resemblance to the 

 Phnpla clavata of Fabricius. 



Two specimens fi-om the North Island, and one taken 

 on a black birch-tree at Oxford, near Christchurch. 



EVANIIDiE. 



Fcenus crassipes. 



Female. — Length 5 lines. Black, the abdomen varie- 

 gated with sericeous-grey pile. Head subglobose, the 

 front covered with a thin silvery-white pubescence ; the 

 anterior margin of the face and clypeus, and also the tips 

 of the mandibles, ferruginous ; the latter bidentate at the 

 apex, and ha\'ing a strong acute tooth towards their base 

 on the inner mare'in. Thorax : the mesothorax trans- 



