28 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monnciraph of 



Bracon megapterus, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1838, p. 22, ? is so described as to include the present 

 species, except that the terebra is only two-fifths of the 

 abdomen. 



B. triaiigularis, Nees, was first recorded as British by 

 Curtis (Guide, 2d ed., 1837, column 115) and as con- 

 tained in his collection. The specimen above described 

 was sent by Fitch. Brischke bred it from Bemhecia 

 Jii/lceifurmis, Lasp., a Sesiid not known as British. 



14. Bracon Roherti, Wesm. 



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

 p. 37, ? . 



Black ; abdomen testaceous, with the 1st segment, a round rugu- 

 lose spot at the base of the 2d, and a row of contiguous patches on 

 segments 3 — 7, forming a broad band, black ; suturiform articu- 

 lation straight ; wings blackish, with an angulated whitish mark 

 underneath the stigma : terebra J as long as the abdomen. 

 Length, <? 1^ ; wings, 3f : ? 2 ; wings, 4| lin. 



Antennae ? 36-jointed, as long as the body ; palpi black. Meta- 

 thorax smooth, not carinated. First abdominal segment with the 

 lateral margins testaceous ; segment 2 testaceous, with a black 

 rugulose subtriaugular basal spot, not reaching the hind margm ; 

 8 — 7 with larger, transverse patches, covering the disk except the 

 lateral margins, which, with the belly, are testaceous. Abdomen, 

 after the 2d segment, entirely smooth. 



The cj has the antennae about B8-jointed, as long as the body, 

 and differs from the 5 only in size, and in havmg the knees 

 obscurely pitchy. 



This species has the facies of B. variator, Nees, but 

 differs in being much larger, with rugulosities at the 

 base of the 2d segment. 



Rare. I took the <? in North Devon, Braunton Bur- 

 rows ; and the ? in a similar sandy situation, Fresh- 

 water Bay, Pembrokeshire. Wesmael only knew a single 

 $ taken by Robert near Liege. 



15. Bracon IcBvigatus, Ratz. (PI. I., fig. 1). 



Bracon scutcllaris, Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 41, 3" ? 



(not of Wesm.) 

 B. IcevigatuSy Ratz., lib. cit., iii., 39. 



Testaceous, variable ; head, thorax and abdomen more or less 

 diversified with black or pitchy ; antenna; black, or fuscous, pale 



