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17. Bracon Vcctensis, n. s. 



Niger, palpis fiiscis, abdominis segmento Imo lateribus, 2do toto, 

 3tio maximam partem, femoribns anticis, tibiisque omnibus, piceo- 

 flavis, tibiis posterioribus apice fuscis, Alae fumato-hyalinse, stig- 

 mate nervisque fuscis. Metathoi'ax laevis. Abdominis segmentum 

 Imum longius quam latins, marginatum, nitidum, basiexcavatum, 

 apice acici;latum, sicut 2dum ; caetera Itevia ; articulatio suturi- 

 formis recta. 



Black ; palpi fiiscous ; segment 1 at the sides, 2 entirely, 3 for 

 the most part, fore femora, and all the tibiip, pitchy or dull yel- 

 lowish ; posterior tibiae fuscous at the apex. "Wings fumato-hyaline, 

 stigma and nervures fuscous. Metathorax smooth. Segment 1 

 longer than broad, margined, shining, excavated at the base, acicu- 

 lated at the apex ; 2 also aciculated ; the rest smooth ; suturiform 

 articulation straight. ^. Length, 1 ; wings, 2| lin. 



Antennae 26-jointed, stout, longer than the body. The pale parts 

 are dull ochreous, without any tinge of red : segment 8 is mostly 

 pale, but the sides and apex are indeterminately blackish ; the 

 following segments entirely black. 



The single specimen was taken at Niton, Isle of Wight. 



18. Bracon fuscicoxis, Wesm. 



Braco fuscicoxis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1888, 

 p. 32, d^ ? . 



Black, with pale palpi ; mandibles, abdomen in the middle, and 

 legs, testaceous ; the coxae black ; metathorax carinated ; 2d abdo- 

 minal segment rugulose at the base, within the area of a black 

 spot ; wings subfuscous, stigma brown ; terebra $ -j^ as long as the 

 abdomen. Length, ^ \\ ; wings, 3 : ? 1^ ; wings, 3| lin. 



Antennae ? 27 — 29-jointed, as long as the body. Metathorax 

 subrugulose, with a distinct longitudinal medial carina. First 

 abdominal segment black, lateral margins narrowly testaceous; 2d 

 testaceous, with a medial, obtriangular, rugulose, black spot; 3d 

 wholly testaceous, or with an indeterminate blackish spot on the 

 hind margin ; segments 2 — 3 almost microscopically punctulate, 

 the rest smooth : segments 4 — 5 black, with testaceous lateral 

 margins, 6 — 7 wholly black, shining. Belly testaceous. Wings 

 with a vestige of the usual whitish fascia. 



The (? is similar ; antennae 37 — 38-jointed in three specimens, 

 (according to Wesmael, 30-jointed). 



Described from four females and three males. Taken 

 in Leicestershire, and both sexes together at Nunton, 



