1 ! I ABSTRACT OF PROC1 u> 



ts no white on thorax, and the red on the anterior legs 

 spreads to the under Bide of the prothoraz. The Ichneumon 

 :s distinguished by having swollen femora. 



N i. Seven specimens, males, having very Bracon- 

 shaped Subfamily undetermined. Head only 



red; thorax and legs entirely black ; '..lour of other por- 

 tion- as in No. 1. A Bracon has identical colour pattern, 

 except thai the underside of the prothorax is red. 



Mr. Hardy also exhibited a further and unexpected case 

 of apparent mimicry in which these Eracons again form 

 tie- patl xn. A Hemipteron, probably family Capsidae, 

 has the colour pattern identical with a further species of 

 this widely variable group of black winged Br The 



id of the Hemipteron is black, the thorax mostly red, 

 the wings and abdomen black. The median al of 



the nearest Bracon is black, a correspondim_ r part on the 

 thorax of the 1! Iso black. The basal half of 



the vin^s, in the Bracon is lighter than the apical half, the 

 lb niipi M I! in- lie ii gmina ami win- both with a whitish 

 streak in imitation. From above, the sides of the basal 

 segment of the abdomen of the Bracon are whitish; 

 Hemipteron imitate.-, this by having the abdomen -tiitably 

 constricted and edged with white. Dr. < ok ibis 



specimen whilst helping me to collect in the neighbourhood 

 of Nubeena on the 14th February, 1915. lie handed it to 

 alive as a specimen of a Bracon. Further specimens 

 were searched for but not found. 



