British Braconidce. 55 



Larger and darker than clavator; the wmgs broader in pro- 

 portion, fuscescent ; stigma broader, fuscous. The 2d cubital 

 areolet has the side formed by the 2d abscissa of the radius much 

 shorter than the 1st iutercubital nervnre. Pobracliial areolet of 

 the hind wing equal to ^ the praebrachial. Antennic $ 28 — 30-, 

 ? 24 — 25-jointed; the numbers 39 and 33 in the Ent. Mag. are 

 undoubtedly misprints. A J taken by Bridgman July 27th at 

 Earlham, near Norwich, has the stigma unusually narrow, but not 

 like that of clavator, and the hind femora testaceous. Sometunes 

 the antennae and 1st abdominal segment are also pale. 



Not uncommon in old hedges : taken by Fitch at 

 Maldon : by me at Bishop's Teignton, Devon, and St. 

 Albans ; also a fine series near Abergavenny. 



ii. CoLASTES, Hal. 



Hal., Ent. Mag., i., 266; iv., 55; Forst., Verb. pr. 

 Eheinl., 1862, p. 241. 



Post-scutellum unarmed. Metathorax not areated ; with a 

 medial bifid carina. Antennee and legs long and slender ; femora 

 and tibiae simple in both sexes ; hind tarsi at least as long as their 

 tibiae. Abdomen subpetiolated, ovate, depressed; suturiform 

 articulation obsolete. Terebra exserted. Eadius originating before 

 the middle of the stigma ; recurrent nervure rejected or inter- 

 stitial ; podiscoidal areolet shorter than the praediscoidal. 



(2) 1. Margin of the occiput fringed with long whitish 



hau's . . . . . . . . . • . . 2. hariolator, Hal. 



(1) 2. Margin of the occiput not fringed. 



(4) 3. Stigma fuscous, 3 times longer than broad, 



emitting the radius just before the middle ; 



2d cubital areolet simple in both sexes . . 1. decorator, Hal. 



(3) 4. Stigma yellow, 4 times longer than broad, 



emitting the radius before ^ of its length ; 

 lower side of the 2d cubital areolet incras- 

 sated in the (J 3. hraconius, Hal. 



1. Colastes decorator, Hal. (PI. H., fig. 1). 



Colastes decorator, Hal., Ent. Mag., iv., 92, ? . 



Exothecus ruficeps, Wesm., Nonv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1838, p.* 78, ^ 2 , pL, fig. 9 (wing). 



Testaceous; antennge at the base, palpi, and legs, ochreous; 

 stemmaticum, thorax, and 1st abdommal segment black ; the rest 

 of the abdomen piceous ; terebra ^ the length of the abdomen. 

 Length, 2 ; wings, 4^^ Im. 



