British Braconida. 75 



The ? here described exhibits a singular irregularity 

 in the neuration. The left fore wing is furnished with 

 an extra recurrent nervure, connecting the middle of 

 the 2d cubital areolet with the anal nervure, and forming 

 a pentagonal areolet equal in size to the praediscoidaL 



This curious insect, of unknown habits, has not 

 hitherto been noticed as British. The pair I possess 

 was given to me by Ward, who had several which he 

 wished to get named. They were taken, I believe, in or 

 about London. Wesmael possessed two females taken 

 probably near Brussels. 



VIII. HOEMIIDES. 

 Head transverse, occipvit margined ; antennje submoniliform ; 

 abdomen consisting of more than two visible segments, sessile or 

 subsessile ; suturiform articulation superficial or effaced ; terebra 

 exserted ; three cubital areolets ; anal nervure interstitial. 



Distinguished from the Pamholidcs by the number of 

 cubital areolets, and of sutures in the abdomen. The 

 anal nervure is in the same straight line as the pi'se- 

 brachial, a character rarely found among the Braconids, 

 and belonging to no other group of Cyclostomi except 

 this and the PamhoUdes. Forster has separated the two 

 genera by the difference of the suturiform articulation, 

 which is difficult to seize, and of only secondary value. 

 On page 240 of his Synopsis (Verb. pr. Eheinl., 1862)_an 

 error must be corrected. For "Erstes und zweites 

 Segment," read " Zweites und drittes"; and for "Erstes 

 Segment von dem zweiten," read " Zweites Segment von 

 dem dritten." 



The genera may be thus distinguished : — 



Prrebrachial areolet shorter than the pobrachial ; 



antenna; ^ 11-, J 12-joiuted i. Cheemylds. 



Prae- and pobrachial areolets of equal length ; an- 

 tenna' ^ 5 more than 1'2-jointed . . . . . . ii. Hormius. 



i. Chremyltjs, Hal. 

 Hal., Ent, Mag., i., 266; iv., 50; Pencccrus, Vlesm., 

 Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1888, p. 70. 



Antennae submoniliform, as long as the head and thorax, 11 — 12- 

 joiuted; abdomen wider than the thorax, depressed, ovate; seg- 

 ment 1 constituting one-fifth of the whole, semicircular, transverse, 

 with two acute longitudinal cariiiiE; suturifurm articulation effaced, 



