﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliii. 
  (1899), 
  No. 
  3. 
  75 
  

  

  num 
  closely 
  and 
  minutely 
  punctured; 
  furrowed 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  Petiole 
  rugosely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  'widely 
  

   depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  transverse 
  furrows 
  near 
  the 
  apex. 
  

   The 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  fifth 
  segments 
  are 
  closely 
  rugose; 
  the 
  

   triangular 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  central 
  keel 
  is 
  longitudinally 
  rugose 
  ; 
  

   the 
  space 
  on 
  either 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  strongly, 
  irregularly 
  reticu- 
  

   lated; 
  the 
  sides 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  depressed, 
  the 
  central 
  

   portion 
  being 
  sharply 
  raised 
  at 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  middle 
  

   ventral 
  segments 
  are 
  pallid 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  hypopygium 
  

   sharply 
  cultriform. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  

   hair 
  ; 
  the 
  tarsal 
  spines 
  fulvous. 
  

  

  BRACON 
  DODONAEUS, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Luteus 
  ; 
  flagello 
  antennarum 
  terebraque 
  nigris 
  ; 
  abdo- 
  

   minis 
  medio 
  striolato 
  ; 
  alis 
  flavo-hyalinis 
  ; 
  macula 
  subs 
  tig- 
  

   matali 
  fusca. 
  $ 
  . 
  

  

  Long. 
  15 
  ; 
  terebra 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  luteous 
  ; 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  beneath 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  flagellum 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  indistinctly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  microscopic 
  down. 
  Head 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long, 
  fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  with 
  shorter 
  and 
  

   darker 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  vertex 
  with 
  the 
  hair 
  longer 
  and 
  paler. 
  

   Ocellar 
  region 
  indistinctly 
  raised 
  ; 
  a 
  straight, 
  not 
  very 
  

   distinct, 
  furrow 
  at 
  their 
  side 
  ; 
  immediately 
  above 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  transverse, 
  shallow 
  depression 
  with 
  a 
  

   flat 
  keel 
  down 
  its 
  middle, 
  the 
  keel 
  becoming 
  wider 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  Mandibles 
  broadly 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  Thorax 
  

   shining, 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  obscurely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  almost 
  glabrous 
  ; 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  rather 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long, 
  

   fuscous 
  hair; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  almost 
  glabrous 
  above, 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  short, 
  white 
  hair, 
  the 
  middle 
  ' 
  

   lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  is 
  indistinctly 
  raised, 
  not 
  very 
  

   clearly 
  defined 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  distinctly 
  

  

  