370 SIRICIDiE. 



Exp. al. 7-8 lin., long. corp. 4-5 lin. 



Luteous ; head and thorax darker above, especially in the male ; 

 orbits, and an extension on the vertex to the occiput, face, and a V- 

 shaped spot between the antennae yellow ; the first or the two first 

 joints of the antennse rufous. Thorax with three pairs of spots on 

 the back ; cenchri and part of the scutellum yellow. Collar and 

 a large spot beneath the wings yellow. Pectus blackish. Femora 

 and tibiae yellowish in the male, in which the last three segments of 

 the abdomen shade into blackish. Wings yellowish hyaline, with 

 piceous nervures. 



Described from one male and one female, which, though placed in 

 different genera by the late Mr. F. Smith, agree so closely in their 

 markings that I have no doubt of their identity. On account of 

 the short ovipositor, I place them provisionally in Brachyxiphus 

 rather than in Xiphydria. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



a. $ • (Type.) Canterbury. C. M. Wakefield, Esq. 



b. S • (Type of X.jlavopicta.) Otago. Prof. Hutton. 



4. XIPHYDRIA. 



Xiphydria, Latr. Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins. iii. p. 304 (1802) ; Hart. 



Blatliv. p. 367 (1837). 

 Hybonotus, Klug, Mon. Sir. Germ. p. 11 (1803). 

 Xiphiura, Fall. N. Hym. Disp. (1813). 

 Xiphidion, Prov. Nat. Canad. x. p. 233 (1878). 



1. Xiphydria camelus. 



Ichneumon camelus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 560, n. 4 (1758). 

 Sirex camelus, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 397 (1761). 

 Hybonotus camelus, Kluy, Mon. Sir. Germ. p. 14,pl.i. figs. 4, 5 (1803). 

 Xiphydria camelus, Hart. Blattw. p. 369 (1837) : Thorns. Him. 

 Scand, i. p. 330 (1871). 



J. F. Stephens. 



W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



J. F. Kuthe. 



2. Xiphydria dromedarius. 



Sirex dromedarius, Fair. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 258, n. 14 (1787). 



Xyphidria camelus $ , Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 52 (1804). 



Hybonotus dromedarius, Klug, Mon. Sir. Germ. p. 15, pi. i. fig-s. 6, 7 



(1803). e 



Xyphidria fasciata, St.-Farg. Mon. Tenth: p. 3, n. 4 (1823). 

 Xiphydria dromedarius, Hart. Blattw. p. 370 (1837) : Thorns. Hum. 



Scand. i. p. 331 (1871). 



Huh. Europe. 



Hah. Europe. 





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Britain. 



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Newcastle. 



g. 2- 



Britain. 



h. 2. 



Britain. 



i. 6. 



France. 



k,l tf$. 



Germany. 



