1865.] 8] 



Bracon ? cincticornis, n. sp. 



Bright ferruginous: head piceous; antennseand part of legs hlack, the former 

 with a broad whitish annulus ; wings fusco-hyaline; base of abdomen striated. 



Female. — Bright orange-ferruginous, robust ; head subglobose, pice- 

 ous, paler in front; antennae lo-jointed, two-thirds as long as the body, 

 black, joints seven to nine whitish. Thorax ferruginous, tinged on 

 each side with piceous ; rnesothorax with two longitudinal carina? on 

 the disk, rounded and confluent behind the middle, lateral margins 

 elevated and piceous; scutellum somewhat convex; metathorax ferru- 

 ginous, with well defined elevated lines, forming a large subrhomboidal 

 central area. Wings fusco-hyaliue, with a strong brassy reflection ; 

 nervures indistinct. Legs: the coxa? and four anterior legs black, with 

 the extreme tips of their femora and tibia? and the whole of the tarsi, 

 whitish ; posterior pair pale ferruginous, with the tips of their tibia? 

 and most of their tarsi, dusky. Abdomen short, rather broad and sub- 

 ovate, depressed, bright orange-ferruginous, opaque; the first and base 

 of second segments covered with fine longitudinal carina?, the third 

 segment covered with semicircular stria?, running from the base ; re- 



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maining segments retracted; ovipositor short. Length fths of a line; 

 expanse of wings If line. 



Collection.— Dr. J. Grundlach. One specimen. 



Easily recognized by its minute size and annulated antenna?. 



Bracon exiguus, n. sp. 



Dull honey-yellow, legs paler; antennae black: wings subhyaline, iridescent: 

 abdomen broadly ovate, finely and densely punctured; ovipositor longer than 

 the abdomen. 



Female. — Dull honey-yellow; head globose ; antenna? black. Tho- 

 rax smooth and polished ; metathorax convex, polished, with a rather 

 deep, longitudinal, central furrow; tegula? honey-yellow. Wings sub- 

 hyaline, tinged with fuscous, slightly iridescent; nervures pale fuscous, 

 stigma pale testaceous. Legs pale testaceous, tips of tarsi dusky. Ab- 

 domen broadly ovate, subdepressed, very densely and finely punctured, 

 opaque honey-yellow ; the second and third segments slightly incised 

 at base, the former with a subobsolete carina down its middle; apical 

 segments gradually narrowed to the tip ; venter concave, the ventral 

 valve large and prominent; ovipositor longer than the abdomen, honey- 

 yellow, valves black. Length \\ line; expanse of wings 3 \ lines. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One specimen. 



Bracon pallens, n. sp. 



Yellowish: antennae fuscous ; wings subhyaline, iridescent; abdomen ovate, 

 shining, segments not incised, second segment excavated on each side of the 

 basal middle; ovipositor longer than the abdomen. 



