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



I obtained this rare and conspicuous species by beating 

 an old whitetborn hedge, in July, near the village of 

 Anstey, Leicestershire. Reinhard's three specimens 

 were from Prussia, Hungary, and Italy. 



3. Doryctes spathiiforniis, Ratz. 



Doryctcs ohlitemtus, Hal., Ent. Mag., iv., 44, ^ (nee 

 Nees, Wesm., Ratz.). 



Bracon spathiiformis, Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 37, 

 (? ?. 



Doryctes sjmthiiformis, Reinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 18G5, 

 p. 257, ^ ? . 



Rufo-piceous ; spots on the mesothorax, metathorax, coxae, and 

 femora, fuscous ; trochanters and tibiie palHd, the latter broadly 

 annulated with fuscous in the middle ; wings subhyaline, the three 

 cubital areolets clouded in the middle with fuscous; head and 

 thorax clothed with short, fulvous, adpressed pubescence ; head 

 granulated, scarcely shining ; sides of the mesothorax smooth, 

 with a crenate impression; abdominal segments 1, 2, and base of 

 3, very finely and closely aciculated, suturiform articulation 

 usually discernible, but very fine ; terebra $ as long as the body. 

 ^ 5 . Length, f — 2;^ lines ; wmgs, IJ — 4 lin. 



Antennae somewhat longer than the body, of the 2 32-, of the ^ 

 36-jointed ; mesothorax and scutellum dull, granulated ; metathorax 

 the same, but more shining at the base, areation distinct, the inter- 

 mediate area small and narrow ; 1st abdominal segment gradually 

 attenuated to the base, where it is only half as wide as at the apex, 

 in the ^ about twice as long, in the $ lA as long, as its apical 

 width, finely aciculated throughout; suturiform aciculation marked 

 by a fine line, visible at least in places ; 2d segment and basal half 

 of the 3d very finely aciculated longitudinallj' ; the following seg- 

 ments smooth, each having in the middle a brown transverse band ; 

 recurrent nervure rejected; prse- and pobrachial areolets nearly of 

 equal length. 



I have translated Reinhard's description, having before 

 me only a specimen of Walker's in bad condition. Rare 

 in England, but taken also formerly by Curtis. In 

 Sichel's collection are six specimens from Bretagne. 

 Bred by Nurdlingor at Pont Chateau near Grand Jouan 

 (also in Brotagnc) from hazel-sticks containing the larvae 

 of Anohium stri<itit)ii, 01. Some of the Braconids emerged 

 in winter, and others in the following summer. 



