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Psyche 
[October- December 
Propodeum convex above, reticulate or irregularly areolate; 
perpendicularly delcivous behind. Pleurae shagreened, the under- 
side of the thorax clothed with long whitish hair. Petiole of 
abdomen coarsely shagreened and with four longitudinal carinae,. 
two above and one on each side at the level of the spiracle.. 
Gaster smooth and highly polished, ovate, the second segment 
occupying more than one-half of the surface, before the tip with 
a transverse line of widely separated white hairs; following 
segments each with a similar line of hairs. 
Type from Nelson, New Zealand, December 8, 1921 (A. Phil- 
pott). 
At first glance this insect looks very much like a species of 
Pezomachus. 
Family Ichneumonid^e. 
Pezomachus ( Gelis ) philpottii sp. nov. 
9 Length 2 mm. Mesonotum, legs, second and third 
abdominal segments, except sides, pale brownish yellow; head 
and pleuse black; antennae, except extreme base, petiole, 
and the sides and apex of abdomen piceous. Head twice 
as broad as thick, deeply excavated behind with the 
temples very strongly oblique; eyes very large; seen from 
above, extending nearly to the hind margin and highly 
convex; malar space as long as the width of the mandible, with 
a distinct furrow; face delicately shagreened, clypeus small, 
protuberant. Antenme 23-jointed, slightly longer than the body, 
slender, especially at the base. Ocelli in a small triangle, 
the posterior ones equidistant from one another and the eye. 
Thorax rather strongly bilobecl, the scutellum faintly indicated 
but not distinctly separated. Propodeum shining, with a faint 
tooth at the upper hind angle. Pleurae smooth and polished. 
Petiole gradually and evenly widened behind, the sides straight 
with no indication of spiracular teeth: apex twice as wide as base; 
upper surface, seen from the side evenly convex, not angled near 
tip. Second and following segments smooth, sub-shining. 
Ovipositor projecting a distance equalling the length of the 
