of Hymenopterous Insects of Neto Zealand. 485 



Prosopis relegatus. 



]\y[ale. — Length 3^ lines. Black ; head subopaque, 

 very closely and finely punctured ; the clypeus and inner 

 orbits of the eyes, as high as opposite the insertion of the 

 antenna?, yellowish-white; the mandibles with a longi- 

 tudinal white stripe. Thorax : the disk closely and finely 

 punctured; the metathorax with a triangular enclosed 

 space at its base, which at its basal margin has a series of 

 abbreviated strias ; a spot on each side of the collar, and 

 the tubercles, yellow; wings subhyaline and iridescent, 

 the ncrvures black; the first recurrent nervure imiting 

 with the first transverso-medial nervure; the second re- 

 current received near the apex of the second submarginal 

 cell ; the calcaria pale testaceous. Abdomen oblong-ovate, 

 shining ; towards the base very finely punctured. 



Prosopis capitosus. 

 Female. — Length 8 lines. Black, the head nearly 

 quadrate above, slightly narrowed anteriorly towards the 

 clypeus, closely and finely punctured ; the flagellum, ex- 

 cept the three basal joints, fiilvous beneath ; a small lunate 

 yellow spot on each side of the face at the lower orbit of 

 the eyes. Thorax ovate, very finely punctured ; a minute 

 spot on each side of the collar, and the tubercles, yellow ; 

 metathorax smooth and slightly shining ; wings subhyaline, 

 the nervures black; the first recurrent nervure uniting 

 with the first transverso-medial nervure ; the second re- 

 current received near the apex of the second submarginal 

 cell ; all the calcaria pale testaceous. Abdomen ovate, 

 smooth and shining. 



Dasycolletes vestitus. 

 Female. — Length 5\ lines. Head and thorax shining 

 black, the abdomen dark blue. Head : below the antennas 

 covered Avith white pubescence, above is a little that is 

 fuscous ; on the cheeks and the head behind it is cinereous ; 

 ocelli in a curve on the vertex. Thorax : the mesothorax 

 and scutelluni Avith fine distant punctures ; the pubescence 

 on the sides of the thorax above fuscous, that beneath 

 griseous ; the femora fringed beneath Avith the same ; the 

 posterior coxie Avith a Avhitc floccus ; the pubescence on 

 the posterior tibiis black exteriorly, interiorly nearly Avhite ; 

 on the basal joint of the posterior tarsi it is yelloAvish- 

 Avhite Avithin ; the calcarijc and claAvs of the tarsi pale 



