British BraconidcB. 99 



British species. Metathorax granulated, with a faint medial 

 carina. Abdominal segments 1 — 3 finely nigulose, more distinctly 

 at the sides, in the middle often only granulated ; the carina of the 

 2d segment seldom visible. This may be regarded as the typical 

 form of the 2d section of Bliogas, comprising Spp. 9—12. They 

 make an approach to Clinocentrus, and differ from the rest of the 

 genus in the substitution of a paler tint instead of red ; their 

 wings are longer in proportion, the stigma larger, the pnc- and 

 pobrachial areolets of the hind wings wider, and the radius of the 

 same wings indistinct : the joints of the antennae are fewer in 

 number. 



The numerous colour-varieties are arranged by Eein- 

 hard as follows : — 



A. Head, protliorax, mesotliorax, and legs, testaceous. 



Var. a. Testaceous, uniform : apex of the abdomen in the ^ 

 sometimes black. Or the metathorax and 1st segment are black 

 above. {Alciodes nigriccjjs, Wesm.). 



Var. (3. The same, but the abdomen is black, with a pale oblong 

 spot, as in nigricornis. Sometimes there is a black stripe under 

 the wings. 



Var. y. Abdomen wholly, and pectus partly, black. 



B. Head black, with testaceous mouth and orbits ; meta- 

 thorax, 1st abdominal segment, anus, and 3d pair 

 of femora broadly at the apex, blackish or fuscous. 



Var. 5. Prothorax, mesothorax, and abdominal segments 2 — 3, 

 testaceous. 



Var. £. The same, but with a trilobed black spot on the meso- 

 thorax. 



Var. ^. Like the last, but the abdomen is black, with a medial 

 testaceous spot. 



Var. »;. Like the last, but the pro- and mesothorax are black, 

 the scutelliim rufescent, and there is a black stripe under the 

 wings. Or the scutellum and a pectoral spot are black. 



The dark varieties must not be confounded with niifri- 

 cornis, Wesm. 



By far the commonest species. Bred by Bignell from 

 half-grown larvae of Ehulea croceaUs, Hiib., June 20th, 

 Tceniocamya stabilis, View., July 5th. and Mdanippe 

 galiata, Hiib., Sept. 21st. Foiir males by W. H. B. 

 Fletcher from CuculUa rerbasci, L. The' larvae after 

 death continue to cling to their food-plant, the parasites 



