202 Mr. W. F. Kirby's notes on new or 



PUPIVORA. 



ICHNEUMONIDjE. 



PIMPLIDES. 



Rhyssa semipunctata. 



Exp. al. 12 — 18 lin. ; long. corp. 6|- — 10 lin. ; ovi- 

 ductus 4 — 72-lin. 



Eed ; antennae shading into blackish beyond the 

 middle ; often entirely blackish above, except for a space 

 of about four joints considerably before the middle ; 1st 

 four segments of the abdomen (except the base of the 

 1st) black ; a large yellow spot on each side of the 1st 

 segment in front, and another behind ; a yellow spot on 

 each side at the back of each of the three other black seg- 

 ments ; ovipositor black ; fore wings smoky hyaline, with 

 black nervures, and deeply tinged with purple towards 

 the base ; hind wings clear hyaline, with black nervures ; 

 hind tarsi, except the last joint, darker than the femora 

 and tibiae. 



Australia ; New Zealand. 



CHALCIDID^. 

 TOEYMIN^. 

 Callimome antipoda. 

 Exp. al. 2 lin. ; long. corp. 1\ lin. 



Greenish blue, coarsely punctured, and with golden 

 reflections on the sides. Antennae brown. Legs brownish 

 yellow ; upper surface of the coxae and outside of the 

 femora green. Wings subhyaline, with yellow nervures ; 

 cubitus brown, hook-shaped ; ovipositor about as long as 

 the abdomen. 



Lindis, New Zealand. Collected by Capt. F. H. 

 Hutton. 



TEREBRANTIA. 



SIEICIDJS. 



XIPHIDRIIN.E, 



Derecyrta flavipes, Phil. 



The female is considerably larger than the male (exp. 

 al. S 8 lin. ; $ 13 lin.), and the legs are entirely fulvous, 

 except the coxae and trochanters. The hind tibiae in both 

 sexes are armed with one or perhaps two very slender 



