British Braconidce. 15 



(9) 8. Coxfe rufo-testaceous .. ..16. mediator * '^ccs. 



(8) 9. Coxa) black. 



(11) 10. Femora and tibia) infuscated .. 17. Vectensu,ia. ?,. 



(10) 11. Femora and tibiaj testaceous . . 18. fuscicoxis, Wesm. 

 (7) 12. Abdomen black in the middle, often 

 bordered with testaceous ; or en- 

 tirely black, except the narrow 

 margins of segments 1 — 2. 



(IG) 13. Abdomen black, bordered with tes- 

 taceous at the base and sides. 



(15) 14. Femora testaceous .. .. ..27. discoideus, Wesm., vslv. 



(14) 15. Femora chiefly black . . . . 19. tornator, n. s. 



(13) 16. Abdomen enthely black, except the 

 narrow margins of segments 1 — 

 2-(3). 



(18) 17. Segment 2 with a yellowish dot on 



the lateral margins . . . . 20. guttiger, Wesm. 



(17) 18. Segment 2 without a yellowish dot 

 on the lateral margins. 



(20) 19. Metathorax carinated .. ..21. Safujias, Wesm., J. 



(19) 20. Metathorax not, or very incompletely, 



carinated. 



(24) 21. Femora testaceous. 



(23) 22. Terebra less than J abdomen . . 22. fraudator, n. s. 

 (22) 23. Terebra § abdomen . . . . . . 23. cpitriptus, n. g. 



(21) 24. Femora black. 



(26) 25. Segment 2 rugulose only at the base ; 



wings subhyaline . . . . 24. larvicida, Wesm. 



(25) 26. Segment 2 entirely rugulose ; wings 



infumated . , . . . . . . 25. prcetermissus, n. s. 



Section iv. All the segments smooth. 



(24) 1. Tarsi simple, not incrassated. 



(7) 2. Palpi testaceous. 



(4) 3. Abdomen entirely black, except the 



narrow margins of segments 1 — 2, 



not easily seen .. .. ..26. coZpo^/wrus, Wesm. 



(3) 4. Abdomen not entirely black, partly 

 and conspicuously testaceous. 



(6) 5. Abdomen black in the middle, bor- 

 dered with testaceous .. .. 27. dUcoideus, Wesm. 



(5) 6. Abdomen testaceous in the middle, 



black at the base and apex . . 28. rcgidaris, Wesm. 

 (2) 7. Palpi blackish. 



(9) 8. Wings hyaline ; terebra J longer 



than the body . . . . . . 29. caudahts, Eatz. 



(8) 9. Wings fuscous or fuscescent ; tere- 



bra 5 shorter than the body, ex- 

 cept in sp. 37, atrator, Nees. 



■•' The 3' of B. mediator, Nees, often has the 3cl segment rugu- 

 lose, and so belongs to Section ii. 



