12 Cameron, Hymenoptera^from Greymouth. 



punctured, much more closely in the centre below the 

 antennae ; the oral region with the punctures much more 

 widely separated and covered with longish fulvous hair ; 

 the palpi testaceous ; the eyes margined distinctly. Pro- 

 notum closely punctured ; the mesonotum with the punc- 

 tures more widely separated ; the scutellum almost 

 impunctate ; median segment closely punctured ; the 

 arese all distinctly defined ; the supramedian longer than 

 broad ; the apex is closely and somewhat coarsely trans- 

 versely striated. Meso- and meta-pleurae closely and 

 strongly punctured. Coxae strongly punctured. Abdo- 

 men smooth and shining, impunctate ; the gastrocoeli 

 impunctate. The areolet at the top narrowed, being there 

 a little less than the space bounded by the recurrent and 

 the second transverse cubital nervures ; the recurrent 

 nervure is bent towards the apex of the wing near the 

 middle, and has there a minute branch. 



Ichneumon insidiator Sm. 



Smith's description, which only relates to coloration, 

 may be supplemented as regards other points. 



Comparing it with the $ of /. sollicitorius, it may be 

 known from it by the petiole being black, only yellow at 

 the apex, whereas in /. sollicitorius it is entirely yellow ; the 

 face is black in the middle, the thorax above and at the 

 sides is much more strongly punctured, as are also the 

 the coxae ; the thorax is broader in front at the tegulae ; 

 the post-scutellum black ; the median segment strongly 

 aciculated ; the transverse cubital nervure at the base in 

 the middle, is angled with a short branch issuing back- 

 wards from the middle of the angle, whereas in I. sollicitorius 

 it is rounded ; and the stigma is testaceous, not blackish. 



Ichneumon sollicitorius Fab. 



Apparently a common species. I have only seen the 

 male. 



