4 EGYPTIAN AND 



Sheaths of the oviduct black, rather more than half the length of the 

 abdomen. Wings black. Fore wings \Yith an ochraceous stigma. 

 Length of the body 5 — '6 lines. 



Hor Tamanib. Massowah. 



12. Beacon akdens. Female. — Bright red. Head and thorax 

 smooth, shining. Antennae stout, black, almost as long as the body. 

 Abdomen finely scabrous. Oviduct black, rather more than half the 

 length of the abdomen. Wings lurid. Fore wings with a blackish 

 band joining the inner end of the stigma ; surface from the outer end 

 of the stigma to the tip blackish ; veins red, black in the blackish 

 part ; stigma bright red. Hind wings with the exterior half obliquely 

 blackish. Length of the body 4 J lines. 



Tajura. 



13. Bracon concolor. Female. — Ked. Head and thorax 

 smooth, shining, pilose. Head black above. Antennae black, a 

 little longer than the body. Abdomen finely striated. Sheaths of 

 the oviduct black, about twice the length of the abdomen. Wings 

 blackish. Fore wings with a pale luteous band at a little beyond the 

 middle, and with an exterior pale cinereous spot in the disk. Hind 

 wings with two pale luteous spots, the inner one in the disk, the 

 outer one joining the costa. Length of the body 5 lines. 



Hor Tamanib. 



14. Bracon determinatus. Male. — Bright red. Head and 

 thorax smooth, shining. Head and sides of the pro thorax black. 

 Antennae black, stout, a little longer than the body. Abdomen very 

 finely scabrous. Wings lurid, with a black middle band, black also 

 between the stigma and the tips ; veins red, black in the black part. 

 Length of the body 4 — 4^ lines. 



Hor Tamanib. 

 Eafla, Annesley Bay. 



15. Beacon coNGRUUs. Male. — Red. Head and thorax smooth, 

 shining. Head black about the ocelh. Antennae black, stout, as 

 long as the body. Abdomen finely striated. Wings black, lurid and 

 with red veins along tbe costa towards the base. Fore wings with an 

 irregular whitish band adjoining the stigma, which is red. Length 

 of the body 6 lines. 



Cairo. 



