British Braconidrs. 43 



hyaline fascia; terebra $ as long as the ahdomen, or a little 

 longer. Length, t? 1 — H ', wings, 2^ — 3| : $ 1;^— 1^ ; wings, 

 3—4 lin. 



Antennae $ 27 — SO-jointed, shorter than the body : mandibles 

 testaceous or black, palpi always black. Metathorax and abdomen 

 smooth. Segment 1 testaceous with a black scutum (sometimes 

 partly testaceous) ; 2 — 7 testaceous, each more or less filled up with 

 a black spot; that on the 2d is the smallest, and generally rounded, 

 the following are rectangular and transverse, leaving always at 

 least the lateral margins testaceous. Suturiform articulation 

 straight. Legs black, with the knees, and base of the tibiae (often 

 only of the hind pair), rufo-testaceous. Second cubital areolet 

 equal to the third, measured along the cubitus. 



The (^ is similar ; antennae (in two examples) 32-jointed. 



It would serve no purpose to exhibit the numerous 

 colour-varieties given by Nees, collected in various parts 

 of Europe, and some of which may be suspected of 

 belonging to different species. Those taken in England 

 will be found in general to agree with the above diagnosis. 

 The absence of rugosity, the black wings and legs, with 

 the long terebra, are characters easily appreciated. 

 B. Boherti, Wesm., looks like a large variety, but is 

 distinguished by the rugosity of the 2d segment. 



Described from 2 males and 5 females. Found on 

 umbelliferous flowers, especially in the South of England; 

 Isle of Wight, Dover, Milford Haven, London district, 

 &c. Cameron has taken it in Cadder Wilderness near 

 Glasgow. It is doubtful whether this Bracon is a para- 

 site of certain small Curculios {Cionidce), or of flies of 

 the genus Trypeta. Eeinhard bred var. c. of Nees from 

 the swollen capsules of Campanida teucrium tenanted by 

 Gymnetron camjianulce, L. ; some emerged in autumn, 

 and others in the following spring (Stett. Zeit., 1855, 

 p. 105) ; Brischke and Giraud obtained it from the same 

 source (Eatz,, Ichn. d. Forst., iii., 31 ; Brischke, Schrift. 

 nat. Ges. Danzig, n. s. v. 3, 136). In Holland it is said 

 to have been bred from dried flower-heads of Senecio, 

 and was supposed to be parasitic on a Trypeta (S. v. 

 Yoll., Pinac, p. 38). Other species of Bracon have been 

 reared from Trypeta or its allies ; thus Ferris bred 

 B. Jlavator, Fab. (?) from Senecio aquatica, inhabited by 

 Tepliritis marginata, Fall. (Ann. Soc. Fr. (5), iii., 72) ; 

 Giraud records B. nigripedator, Nees, from Urophora 

 solstitialis, L. ; and Fitch once obtained a Bi'acon, now 

 lost, from galls of Centaurea inhabited by the same fly. 



