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cubital areolet of normal leiigtli, in the sculptm'e of the abdomen, 

 and the greater length of the terebra. Antennae ? 31-jointed, as 

 long as the body, and, like the jmlpi, black ; mandibles testaceous. 

 Orbits rufo-testaceous on the vertex, which colour is interrupted 

 beneath, leaving only two or three obscure spots. Metathorax 

 transversely rugulose in the middle, and obsoletely caualiculated. 

 Abdominal segments 1 — 2 rugulose, the 3d more finely at the sides 

 and base, with a smooth medial line ; the rest smooth : segment 

 2 obsoletely carinated. 



This does not seem to be the typical B. jjunctulator, 

 Nees, in which the segments after the 3d are not smooth, 

 the terebra is only as long as the 5th and following seg- 

 ments, &c. In any case the name jmnctulator, under 

 which are comprised several distinct species, must be 

 rejected. 



A single ? captured by Bridgman at Brundall, Norfolk, 

 Sept. 15th. 



13. Bracon triangularis, Nees. 



Bracon variator, var. a, Nees, Mag. Ges. Berl., 1811, 



p. 8, ? . 

 B. triangularis, Nees, Mon., i., 81, ? . 



Black ; palpi concolorous ; mandibles testaceous ; orbits some- 

 times dull rufous ; abdomen fulvous, segment 1, or a spot upon it, 

 and sometimes a spot on segments 2 — 4, black or piceous ; legs 

 black, narrowly rufous at the articulations, and the apex of the 

 lower trochanters. Wings more or less dark fuscous, with a 

 hyahne streak. Metathorax smooth. Segment 2 rugulose m the 

 middle of the base ; suturiform articulation bisinuated. Terebra 

 as long as the abdomen. 5 . Length, 1^ — 2^ ; wings, 3^ — 4i lin. 



Antennae 30-jointed (in one specimen) somewhat shorter than 

 the body. Metathorax with vestiges of a carina, and a basal im- 

 pression. Abdomen elongate-oval, rather longer than the head 

 and thorax; segment 1 with a piceous spot m the middle, 2 with 

 an oval, piceous, rugulose, basal spot (forming an imperfect scutum 

 like that of the 1st) and on each side, a small linear impression ; 

 3 — 4 each with a larger, transverse, subrectangular piceous spot. 

 No doubt these marks are variable ; the specimen described by 

 Nees had segment 1 black, margined, and longitudinally depressed, 

 fulvous at the apex ; 2 with a black triangular basal spot, which 

 was puuctulato-rugose at the base. Terebra straight, the valves 

 black, hardly ever longer than the abdomen. The wings are 

 described as black ; those of the British specimen are subfuscous. 



