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curved and crenulated in the middle ; its apical lateral branch 

 is narrow, crenulated ; the 2'"' transverse furrow is narrower ; 

 the 3''' is still narrower and is interrupted in the centre ; 

 there is a narrow, crenulated transverse one on the apex of' 

 the S'"^ segment. Face opaque, finely rugosely punctured ; there 

 is a A-shaped depression on the middle of the apical half. 

 Front depressed below ; there is a stout oblique mark above 

 each antenna. Mesonotum flat, almost depressed at the apex. 

 Furrow at the base of scutellum deep, transverse. IMedian 

 segment covered with lougish fuscous pubescence. Antenual 

 scape slender, not dilated at the apex. The 2"'' abscissa of 

 radius as long as the 3"' ; the 2'"^ cubital cellule is 3 times 

 longer than wide. 



Bracon œanthocephaliis sp. nov. 



Antennae, spot covering ocelli, pro- and mesothorax, scu- 

 tellum, apical half of penultimate, the whole of the last seg- 

 ment, the sides of the 3"' and following ventral segments, the 

 penultimate in the middle and the last entirely, black ; the 

 rest of the abdomen, the legs and median segment bright 

 rufous ; the head pale yellow ; the wings fuscous, the nervures 

 and stigma black. 5. 



Length 10 m.m. ; terebra 7 m.m. 



Etna Bay. 



A short broad species ; the head large, cubital, the abdo- 

 men short and broad ; the whole insect smooth and shining ; 

 the head, pleurae, median segment and legs densely covered 

 with longish white pubescence. Basal segment of abdomen 

 sessile, short ; the centre finely longitudinally striated ; the 

 area on the 2"^ segment is large, shining, obscurely striated ; 

 roundly narrowed towards the apex, which is bluntly rounded ; 

 its bordering furrow is narrow and smooth; the oblique lateral 

 fun-ow is narrow, shallow and obscurely crenulated ; suturi- 



