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Fab., and Coccyx strobilella, L. He considered it a 

 parasite of the former ; but it came more probably from 

 the Tortrix (Stett. Zeit., 1855, p. 231). 



8. Bracon nigratus, Wesm. 



Braco nigratus, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1838, 

 p. 34, <3^ ? . 



Black ; palpi blackish ; fore femora towards the apex, their tibiae 

 at the base, or entirely, and posterior tibiae at the base, testaceous ; 

 segment 1 obscm-ely yellowish at the sides, 2—3 each with an obsolete 

 reddish patch at the basal angles, or more or less obscurely rufous, 

 or wholly black. Wings fmnato-hyahue, stigma and nervures fus- 

 cous ; 2d cubital areolet narrow, a little shorter than the 3d. 

 Metathorax smooth. Abdomen with segments 1—3 rugulose, dull ; 

 the rest more shmiug ; suturiform articulation straight. Terebra 

 i of the abdomen. ^ ? . Length, S , 1—1^ ; 2 1^ wmgs, 2^- 



3ilm. 



Antenna ? 31— 32-jomted. Belly at the base yellowish, varied 

 with black. Abdomen suborbicular, not longer than the thorax, 

 covered with fine rugosity, becoming finer posteriorly, so that the 

 4th and following segments are more shining and nearly smooth. 

 Posterior femora (in one specimen) testaceous beneath. Eufous 

 spots on segments 2—3 more distinct than in the ^ . Antennae c? 

 29— 31-jomted (in three examples) longer than the body. Smaller 

 than the ? ; abdomen narrower, the rufous spot diffused, in- 

 distinct. 



Four specimens ; a female taken by Bignell in Devon- 

 shire ; two males by me near Abergavenny, and a third 

 at Niton, Isle of Wight. 



9. Bracon stabilis, Wesm. 



Bracon jmnctulator, var. b., Nees, Mon., i., 88, ^^ 2 . 



Braco stabilis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1838, 

 p. 25, <? ? . .. 



Bracon stabilis, Eatz., Ichn. d. Forst., m., 38, <? 2 . 



Black, head varied with testaceous ; lateral margins of 1st abdo- 

 minal segment, and belly, yellow ; anterior tibiae and tarsi more or 

 less, anterior femora sometimes at the apex, and hind tibiie at the 

 base, testaceous ; wings blackish, paler towards the tips, stigma 

 dark brown, unicolorous ; 2d cubital as in the following species ; 

 terebra ? i the length of the abdomen, which is ovate, depressed, 

 and rugulose throughout. Length, ^ 1—U ; wings, 21— 3^ : ? 

 1^ ; wings, 3^ lin. 



