Ichneumonide tn the British Museum. iH 
?. Antenne 39-jointed, the third joint half as long again 
as the fourth. Clypeus and face very finely and closely 
punctured, the upper part of the face with a deep longitudinal 
groove on each side near the inner orbits. Front, vertex, 
and thorax subopaque, smooth; the parapsidal furrows 
distinct anteriorly ; median segment only half as long as the 
mesonotum, without carine, the spiracles small and round. 
Abdomen smooth and shining, the apical segments minutely 
punctured on the sides; first tergite about half as long again 
as ils apical breadth, longer than the second segment, second 
tergite narrowed to the base. Hypopygium not reaching the 
apex of the abdomen. Valvulee reddish brown at the extreme 
apex. Areolet triangular, very shortly petiolate ; the inner 
side of the areolet straight, forming a right angle with the 
cubitus ; the recurrent nervure received close to the apex of 
the areolet. Nervulus interstitial ; nervellus intercepted far 
below the middle. Tarsal ungues pectinate, 
Hab, Mt. Wellington, 8S. Tasmania, 2300 ft., March 25, 
L913) (Lurner); 1 2. 
_ The second tergite is longer and more narrowed to the base 
than in P. corypheus, Gray., and other Palearctic species, 
the first tergite is also much more slender; otherwise the 
species does not differ in any important structural point. In 
these points it comes very near to P. astutus, Grav., which 
appears to be its nearest ally. 
Tribe XORIDINI. 
Xylonomus crudelis, sp. n. 
Q. Nigra; facie, antennis articulis 11-18, orbitis late ocellum 
anteriorem non superantibus, vertice macula magna orbitali 
utrinque, propleuris postice latissime, mesopleuris postice late, 
scutello macula magna quadrata, postscutello macula transversa, 
segmento mediano macula triangulari utrinque angulis basalibus, 
segmento abdominali primo basi, segmentis 1-7 fascia apicali, 
coxis anticis intermediisque supra, tarsisque posticis, articulo 
apicali excepto, albidis; terebra pedibusque testaceis, posticis 
trochanteribus, tibiis apice, tarsisque articulo apicali nigris; alis 
hyalinis, iridescentibus, venis fuscis, stigmate basi albomaculato, 
Long. 7 mm.; terebre long. 4 mm, 
@. Clypeus very short, finely punctured ; face smooth and 
shining. Antenne 24-jointed, joints 3-6 subequal, the five 
apical joints inserted at a sharp angle to the preceding joints. 
Eyes parallel on the inner margin ; head smooth and shining, 
cubical and not narrowed behind the eyes. Mandibles 
short, simple at the apex, not bidentate, eyes separated from 
