318 HYMENOPTEKA. 



y^ 7. Bracon apicipennis. (Tab. XIII. fig. 13.) 



Niger; ventris basi late rufa ; alis fuscescentibus, litura hyalina; terebra quam corpus fere longiore; articula- 



tione suturiformi vix sinuata. $ . 

 Long. 9 millim. ; terebra 7*5 millim. 



Bab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion). 



Antennas stout, as long as the thorax and abdomen together, the scape not produced 

 at the apex beneath. Head narrower than the mesothorax, not much developed behind 

 the eyes ; front depressed, but not broadly, a broad and deep furrow leading down 

 from the ocelli. Face rugosely punctured, two keels on each side, enclosing transverse 

 reticulations ; clypeus projecting, the apex margined, a broad semicircular depression 

 at its base. Thorax stout, the middle lobe of the mesonotum not clearly separated 

 from the lateral one ; scutellum not raised above the mesonotum ; metathorax short, 

 broader than long, and having a gradual but somewhat rounded steep slope to the apex, 

 the oblique furrow at its side wide and deep. Petiole with the central part raised 

 considerably above the lateral part and deeply excavated at the base ; the lateral furrow 

 very deep and broad. The second abdominal segment is slightly depressed on each side 

 at the base. The suturiform articulation is slightly bent backwards. The abdomen is 

 shorter than the head and thorax together, being not much longer than the thorax. 

 Cubital nervure broadly curved at the base ; the recurrent nervure received a little in 

 front of the first transverse cubital one ; the second cubital cellule distinctly shorter 

 than the third. 



^S 8. Bracon heterodoxus. 



Mger; abd omine, lateribus et ventre sordide albis; articulation e suturiformi sinuata; terebra quam abdomen 



fere lcngiore; alis fuliginosis. § . 

 Long. 8-5 millim. 



Hob. Guatemala, Las Mercedes 3000 feet (Champion). 



Antennae moderately stout ; basal joint as long as the third and fourth joints together, 

 not produced at the apex beneath. Front excavated, but not very deeply, the centre 

 aciculate ; the ocelli raised ; face coarsely rugose ; a keel down the side of the eyes ; 

 clypeus not projecting. Petiole not much longer than broad, the central part flat, 

 large, excavated deeply at the base ; the lateral furrow short, broad, moderately deep. 

 The suturiform articulation is narrow and curved backwards in the middle. The 

 abdomen is scarcely longer than the head and thorax together ; a little longer, and 

 slightly broader in the middle, than the thorax, and narrowed to a blunt point at 

 the apex. 



The head is longer than in B. apicipennis, being much more developed behind 

 the eyes. The wings are torn beyond the stigma, so I cannot describe the 

 neuration. 



