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20. Bracon guttiger, Wesm. 



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

 p. 19, (? ? ; Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 40. 



Black ; maudibles and palpi testaceous ; circular space between 

 clypeus and mandibles unusually large ; legs testaceoiis, varied 

 with black ; 1st abdominal segment pale at the sides, 2d with a 

 yellowish spot on each lateral margin ; belly testaceous, with trans- 

 verse black lines interrupted in the middle ; wings subhyaline ; 

 terebra J \, or sometimes |, as long as the abdomen. Length, 

 1— li ; wings, 2^—3+ lin. 



Antennae black, 27-jointed in both sexes, those of the 5 as long 

 as the body, of the ^ longer. Metathorax shining, with a few 

 rugosities, and traces of a medial carina. Second abdominal seg- 

 ment longitudinally rugose, the apical margin, and all the following 

 segments, smooth: 8th segment of the 5 (protruded in one speci- 

 men) whitish. Suturiform articulation slightly bisinuated, emargi- 

 nate in the middle. Legs dull testaceous, with black coxie ; middle 

 femora with a black line above, or nearly all black ; hind tibiae, 

 and all the tarsi, fuscous at the apex. In the ^ the 3d abdominal 

 segment has a minute yellowish spot on each side, like the 2d ; 

 otherwise similar to the $ . 



Var. (J $ . Abdominal segments 2 — 3 with a transverse testa- 

 ceous band. 



According to Ratz., lih. cit., 41, parasitic on ColeojjJtora 

 laricdla, Hiib., emerging early in June. Taken by 

 Wesmael in May and June. Rather common in England ; 

 Earlbam, Brundall, Norwich ; Nunton, Wilts, &c. 



21. Bracon Satanas, Wesm. 



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

 p. 30, <? ? . 



Elongate, black ; fore femora at the apex, fore tibiae, posterior 

 tibiae at the base, and tarsi more or less, testaceous. Wings sub- 

 infuscated, stigma and nervures blackish. Metathorax generally, 

 but not always, carinated. Abdomen oblong, the sides parallel to 

 near the apex ; segment 2 (and base of 3 in the 5" ) longitudinally 

 rugulose ; the rest shining, with some shallow scattered punctixres. 

 Terebra | the length of the abdomen, or somewhat less ; valves 

 stout, subclavate. Length, ^ 1^ ; wings, 3^ : ? If ; wings, 4 lin. 



Var. 1, (? $. Smaller; terebra i abdomen. Length, 1 — l:j lin. 

 Wesm. 



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