﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs 
  \ 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  65 
  

  

  the 
  third 
  segment 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  transverse 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  fourth 
  and 
  fifth 
  segments 
  the 
  furrows 
  are 
  

   distinct, 
  forming 
  a 
  triangular 
  space 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  basal 
  

   transverse 
  depressions 
  on 
  these 
  segments 
  are 
  also 
  distinct. 
  

  

  BRACON 
  SIMLAENSIS, 
  Sp. 
  710V. 
  

  

  Ferrugineus 
  ; 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  nigro 
  ; 
  alt's 
  flavo- 
  

   hyalinis, 
  nigro-unimacalatis. 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  17 
  ; 
  terebra 
  12 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Simla. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body; 
  the 
  scape 
  ferruginous, 
  

   marked 
  with 
  black 
  laterally 
  ; 
  the 
  under 
  side 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  rufous 
  hairs. 
  Head 
  shining, 
  ferruginous; 
  the 
  

   face 
  yellowish, 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  black. 
  Front 
  

   and 
  vertex 
  shining, 
  impunctate, 
  the 
  vertex 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long, 
  greyish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  ocellar 
  region 
  raised 
  ; 
  the 
  

   front 
  broadly 
  depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  furrow 
  down 
  its 
  

   centre. 
  Mandibles 
  black, 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  base; 
  the 
  palpi 
  

   pallid 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  face 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hairs, 
  

   rather 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  not 
  

   close 
  together 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  has 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   curved 
  keel. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   pronotum 
  fringed 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  

   it 
  is 
  depressed, 
  the 
  depressions 
  having 
  two 
  short, 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  keels 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  and 
  two 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  The 
  

   middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  raised; 
  the 
  apex 
  is 
  flat; 
  

   the 
  transverse 
  furrow 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  is 
  

   stoutly 
  crenulated. 
  The 
  median 
  segment 
  has 
  a 
  gradually 
  

   rounded 
  slope, 
  and 
  is 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hair. 
  

   Pleurae 
  shining 
  and 
  impunctate; 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso- 
  very 
  

   sparsely, 
  the 
  meta- 
  thickly, 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  pale 
  hair; 
  

   the 
  oblique 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  wide, 
  

   shallow 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleural 
  furrow 
  wide 
  and 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  part 
  

   of 
  it 
  behind 
  the 
  spiracles 
  being 
  slightly 
  deeper. 
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