40 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



squamulffi pitchy or testaceous. Terebra as long as | of the abdo- 

 men. 3' ?. Length, Ij; wings, 3 J Un. 



$ . Antenna; 32-jointed, as long as the body, which is entirely 

 smooth and shming. Metathorax with an inchoate carina at the 

 apex. Segment 1 subquadrate, margined, elevated in the middle, 

 black, bordered laterally with yellow; the other segments rufo- 

 testaceous, 3 — 5 each with a black discal spot, forming a continuous 

 band ; in another specimen these spots are much diminished, and 

 fuscous, segment 2 having likewise a round fuscous spot. Hind 

 tibiae sometimes not darker at the tips. 



(?. Antennae 35 — 37-jointed, longer than the body. Abdomen 

 rufo-testaceous, with the 1st segment, the 6th in the middle or 

 almost entirely, and the 7th, black ; segments 3 — 5 immaculate. 

 Sometimes the hind coxae are testaceous with the base black, and 

 the 4 anterior tarsi testaceous. Otherwise like the 2 • 



Described from 2 males, 2 females ; the latter were 

 not known to Wesmael, but their correspondence with 

 the other sex is too complete to be doubted. 



Wesmael jiossessed 4 males taken in June near 

 Brussels. I found a <? at Niton, Isle of Wight, and 

 another in Northamptonshire. The females were taken 

 by Fitch at Maldon. 



29. Bracon caudatus, Ratz. 

 Bracon cmidatus, Eatz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 40, ? ; iii., 



38, <?. 



Black ; mandibles partly pale, palpi fuscous with pale articula- 

 tions; metathorax short, abruptly sloping, and, like the abdomen, 

 smooth ; suturiform articulation straight ; abdomen testaceous, 

 with a large black discal patch, leaving a pale margin all round : 

 legs pale, coxae, tips of the hind tibiae, and all the tarsi, fuscous : 

 wings ample, subhyaline, stigma brown ; terebra ? longer than the 

 body, or about 4 times the length of the hind tibiae. Length, $ 1 ; 

 5 1^- ; wings, 3;! ; terebra. If hn. long. 



Resembles B. caudiger, Nees, Mon., i., 77, but has a longer 

 terebra, and is sufificiently distinct. Antennae ? 29-jointed, longer 

 than the body. Abdomen short-ovate, not quite so long as the 

 head and thorax ; the black patch on the disk, according to Eatze- 

 burg, is variable, sometimes terminating with the 3d or 4th seg- 

 ment ; the legs also are more or less black or testaceous. 



AntenniE $ 32-jointed. The black on the abdomen is more 

 extended than in the ? , covering the last three segments. Legs 

 fusco-testaceous, hind coxae and hind tarsi blackish. 



