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Bracon Sphserocephali spp. . . . N. ab E. Monogr. 



y^c^wo/. — Inopia materise coactus subgenus valde incompositum 

 relinquo. Prima species proprium fere vindicat. Sunt equidem 

 omnes affines Spathio, Heterospilo et Hecabolo, a reliquis Hete- 

 roclitis difFerunt maxime capite longiore. 



Sp. 3. R. D. obliteratus. ^igro piceoque varius, t'lbiis bast 

 albidis; alarum stigmate punctisque tribus brunneis, nervo 

 recurrente interstitiali ; " feminae terebra abdominis lon- 

 gitudine." (Long. corp. If — 2| ; alar. 3 — 4 lin.) 



*Bracon obliteratus . . N. ab E. Monogr. I. 104, No. 62. 

 Macrocentrus maculipes . Curtis, Guide G. 546, No. 5. 



Caput punctulatum pubescens, oculis parvulis, fronte subtilissime 

 rimuloso, facie lata confertim punctulata punctis 2 impressis fere 

 contiguis in basi clypei brevissimi ; mandibulse parvae : maxillae 

 lobus ut in Hecabolo trigono-acuminatus : palpi maxillares prse- 

 longi, articulis 2 baseos ratione reliquorum perparvis, 3 ultimis 

 rectis filiformibus ; labialium articulus l«»iis_ obconicus ; 2"^^^., 3'^"^. 

 ovati breviores ; 4*"^. binis antecedentibus conjunctim sequalis, 

 linearis, basi subito attenuatus : antennas maris corpore longiores 

 articulis circiter 35, omnibus post 2*^""". cylindricis : thorax elon- 

 gatus, utrinque attenuatus, collari conspicuo, mesothoracis dorso 

 punctato opaco pubescente, sulcis postice leniter convergentibus, 

 lobo medio canaliculato : metathorax attenuato-declivis, confertim 

 punctatus ; arese dorsales magnse, oblongae, apice nonnil divari- 

 catae, basi Isevigatse ; area interjecta inter illas vix incurrens et 

 reliquaB apicales perparvae : abdomen maris longitudine capitis 

 thoracisque, oblongum utrinque attenuatum, latitudine maxima 

 pone medium, et ano rotundato : segmentum l™»im_ latitudine 

 apicis fere triplo longius, basi lenissime attenuatum, punctato- 

 reticulatum, medio fere rugulosum lineisque 2 manifestioribus 

 antrorsum divergentibus postice obliteratis : segmenta 2'^**™. et 

 gtium^ indiscreta, conjunctim 1™°. paulo longiora, punctato reti- 

 culata hujus margine postico Isevissimo ; reliqua lasvissima vel 

 proxima basi tantum punctulata : pedes sat longi femoribus 

 validis : color totius corporis fusco-piceus, antennarum inser- 

 tione, scutelli regione et pleuris medio rufescentibus at indeter- 

 minate ; abdominis segmenta 3*'"™. et sequentia margine postico 

 fulvescunt splendore fere electreo : abdomen plerunque medio 



