AEABIAN HYMENOPTERA. 



Subfam. PIMPLIDES. 

 Geuus PIMPLA, Fabr. 



7. PiMPLA INSTIGATOR. Ichneumon instigator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 

 ii. 164. 



Cairo. 



Inhabits Europe. 



Genus XOHIDES, Latr. 



8. XoRiDEs iEoYPTius. Female. — Black, slightly shiniug, 

 minutely punctured. Head smooth. Antennae rather stout. 

 Thorax with two distinct furrows which slightly diverge in front. 

 Abdomen deep red, sometimes black towards the tip. Oviduct 

 nearly six lines in length and nearly as long as the body. Legs red. 

 Wings slightly smoky ; veins black. Fore wings with a whitisli 

 point at the base of the stigma ; intermediate cubital areolet tetra- 

 gonal, its outer side very short. Length of the body 5^ lines. 



Cairo. 



Fam. BRACONID^. 

 Genus BRACON, Fabr. 



9. Bracon fastidiator. Ichneumon fastidiator, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 

 ii. 156. 



Cairo. Harkeko. 



10. Bracon sculpturatds. Female. — Black. Head and thorax 

 red, shining. Eyes and antennae black ; the latter stout, neatly as 

 long as the body. JMetathorax black, shining. Abdomen fusiform, 

 very much longer than the thorax, elaborately and beautifully 

 sculptured ; each segment with a striated triangular compartment and 

 a transverse ridge ; under side with three pale yellow patches. Ovi- 

 duct red, black towards the tip, longer than the body. Fore legs red, 

 their femora black towards the ba^e. Wings black. Fore wines 

 with a luteous stigma, whence a white streak extends to a white dot 

 in the disk ; an exterior white transverse streak. Length of the body 

 7i hues. 



The black abdomen of this species distinguishes it from B. fastidiator. 

 Hor Tamanib. 



11. Bracon melanarius. Male and female. — Black. Head and 

 thorax smooth, shining, pilose. Antennaa stout, a little longer than 

 the body. Abdomen red, sculptured much like that of B. sculpturatus. 



