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Antennee 29-jointed, rather shorter than the body. Resembles 

 terebella, Wesni., but as the inetathorax and abdomen are not 

 smooth, the terebra longer, &c., it must be for the present recorded 

 as distinct. 



A single specimen taken by Cameron at Clober, Scot- 

 land. 



23. Bracon epitriptiis, n. s. 



Niger, mandibulis piceis, palpis pallidis ; metathorace laevi ; 

 abdomine nigro vel (in miuoribus) piceo, segmeuti Imi lateribus 

 apice, 2di macula utrinque laterali, ventre, pedibusque, pallide 

 testaceis ; segmento 2do basi aciculato, articulatione suturifornii 

 recta. Alte fere hyalinae, stigmate nervisque iuscis. Terebra 

 abdomine trieute brevier. 



Var. 1. Duplo minor, pedibus ^ fusco v.ariis, J pallidioribus, 

 coxis piceis. 



Var. 2. Segmento 3tio ? rufo-piceo. 



Black; mandibles pitchjs palpi pale; metath^rax smooth; 

 abdomen black or (in small specimens) pitchy ; segment 1 at the 

 sides posteriorly, a spot on each side of the 2d, belly, and legs, pale 

 testaceous ; segment 2 aciculated at the base, suturiform articula- 

 tion straight. Wings subhyaline, stigma and nervures fuscous. 

 Terebra \ shorter than the abdomen. $ J . Length, 1 — 1^ ; 

 wings, 2^ — 3| lin. 



Var. 1. Only half as large ; legs 3" varied with fuscous ; coxae 

 j)itchy. 



Var. 2, 5 . Segment 3 rufo-piceous. 



Antennae $ 24 — 28-jointed, slender, as long as the body. Meta 

 thorax smooth, often impressed in the naiddle. Abdominal seg 

 ments 1—2 aciculated, the apex of the latter, and the rest, smooth 

 abdomen oblong-ovate, acuminated posteriorly, as long as the 

 head and thorax. Legs pale testaceous, coxae black, or piceous 

 femora sometimes above, and hind tibiae at the apex, infuscated 

 Stigma large ; 2d interciibital transverse vein in the J decolorous 

 The 3 is rarelj' as large as the $ , generally much smaller, and 

 narrower ; antennae 26 — 31-jointed, longer than the body : 4 pos- 

 terior femora, and hind tibiae, often infuscated, and the abdomen, 

 or the whole body, piceous. 



The smaller individuals of both sexes have fewer joints 

 in the antennse, and are paler in colour ; the males have 

 hardly any aciculation on the 2d segment. 



Described from 27 specimens, 9 males, 18 females, 

 differing in size and development, but apparently all of 

 one species. The 3 is not vitripennis, Eatz. (iii. 37), 



