34 Eev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



Var. 2. 3 ■ Posterior femora fusco-testaceous. Length, 1| lin. 

 Wesm. 



Var. 3, 5 . Segments 2 — 3 at the sides, and the tibiae entirely, 

 testaceous ; terebra more slender, ^ abdomen. Length, 1| lin. 

 Wesm. 



AntennEe J 33 — 36-jointed, as long as the body ; palpi blackish, 

 mandibles testaceous in the middle. Metathorax with some 

 wrinkles on each side of the carina. Abdomen shining ; segment 

 1 narrowly testaceous at the sides ; 2 longitudinally rugulose, with 

 a faint medial carina, the hind margin smooth ; suturiform articu- 

 lation slightly sinuated in the middle. "Wings with an obsolete 

 white mark under the stigma. The ^ is similar, with 37 — 39- 

 jointed antennae, longer than the body ; 4 anterior tarsi sometimes 

 testaceous, with the last joint black. 



The largest of the British species with a black abdo- 

 men, and not common. Wesmael's three varieties have 

 not yet occurred here. He possessed altogether fifteen 

 specimens taken near Brussels. Described from a fine 

 pair taken, the <? by Fitch, the ? by Bridgman : 

 Cameron has captured several in Scotland, at Glenelg, 

 and Cadder Wilderness, near Glasgow ; and I took a ^ 

 and four females near Abergavenny. 



22. Bracon fraudato7\ n. s. 



Niger, palpis obscuris ; ventris basi palhda ; ore, orbitis supra 

 obsolete, segmentorum 1 — 2 marginibus, pedibusque, rufo-testaceis ; 

 coxis et trochanteribus superis nigris ; tarsis cum tibiarum posti- 

 carum apice fuscis. Alas hyalinse, nervis fuscescentibus, stigmate 

 testaceo, fusco marginato. Metathorax aciculatus, basi laevis, 

 medio leviter impressus, carina etiam media inchoata. Abdomen 

 ovatum, depressum, capiti thoracique longitudine aequale, seg- 

 mentis 1 — 2 aciculatis, caeteris laevibus ; segmento Imo sub- 

 quadrato, marginato ; articulatione suturiformi medio vix sub- 

 sinuata. Terebra abdominis dimidio brevior. 



Black ; palpi dusky ; belly pale at the base ; mouth, orbits above 

 indistinctly, sides of segments 1 — 2, and legs, rufo-testaceous ; 

 coxae and upper trochanters black ; tarsi, and tips of hmd tibiae, 

 fuscous. Wmgs hyaline, nervures j)ale fuscous, stigma testaceous 

 bordei'ed with fuscous. Metathorax aciculated, except at the base, 

 with a medial impression and the commencement of a carina. 

 Abdomen ovate, depressed, as long as the head and thorax ; seg- 

 ments 1 — 2 aciculated, the rest smooth ; segment 1 subquadrate, 

 margined ; suturiform articulation faintly sinuated. Terebra 

 shorter than ^ abdomen. J . Length, 1| ; wings, 3 lin. 



