British Braconidce, 1B3 



ample, geminated ; cheeks and orbits striolated. Antennae J 82- 

 jointed, \ longer than the body, setaceous. Prothorax not pro- 

 duced. Mesothorax somewhat shining, thickly punctulate, sub- 

 reticulated with confluent punctures before the scutellum, which is 

 also thickly punctulate, and not margined. Metathorax short, 

 transverse, coarsely reticulated, acutely bidenticulate. Abdomen 

 longer than the thorax, sparingly covered with grey pubescence, 

 ovato-cylindrical, depressed at the base and striated with oblong 

 reticulations becoming finer posteriorly to the rounded apex ; basal 

 cariuae none ; anus not perforated. c? • Length, li ; wings 

 2f lin. 



Most like C. seciitor, sp. 13, but differing in the im- 

 perforate anus, short prothorax, darker wings, and 

 longer antennae. 



Taken at Nunton, near Salisbury, in an osier-ground. 



11. Chelonus pusio, n. s. 



Niger, abdomine immaculato ; palpis nigricautibus, mandibu- 

 larum apice piceo. Femorum anticorum apices cum tibiis ferru- 

 ginei ; tibiae posteriores ferrugineae apice basique nigi-ae ; tarsi 

 nigricantes. Alae fusco-hyalinae stigmate nervisque fuscis, para- 

 stigmate nervoque praebrachiali testaceis, squamulis nigris ; areola 

 radialis lata, stigmate brevier; abscissa 3tia modo non recta ; 

 alarum inferiorum radius etiam basi vix curvatus. Corpus opacum, 

 confertim subtilius ruguloso-punctulatum. Gens dilatse, unde 

 caput subcubicum, pone oculos haud contractum ; fovea frontalis 

 minime profunda, subobsoleta. Maris antennae crassae 23-articu- 

 latae, setaceae. Mesothorax et scutellum fere coriacea, hoc im- 

 marginatum ; post-scutellum elevatum, tubercuhforme. Meta- 

 thorax reticulatus, basi deplanatus, postice truncatus, vix biden- 

 ticulatus, medio carinatus. Abdomen, ut assolet, scabratum, 

 baseos carinis duabus inchoatis, ano imperforate. 



Black ; abdomen immaculate ; palpi dusky ; mandibles pitchy 

 at the apex ; ti^ss of the fore femora, and all the tibite, ferruginous, 

 the 4 posterior black at both ends ; tarsi blackish. Wings fusco- 

 hyaline, nervures and stigma fuscous, parastigma and praebrachial 

 nervure testaceous, squamulae black ; radial areolet broad, shorter 

 than the stigma ; 3d abscissa almost straight ; radius of hind wing 

 hardly curved at the base. Body dull, thickly and minutely rugx;- 

 loso-punctulate. Head transverso-cubical, not contracted behind 

 the eyes ; cheeks dilated ; frontal fovea very shallow, subobsolete. 

 Antennae 23-jointed, stout, setaceous, very slightly tapering towards 

 the apex (hence probably a (?). Mesothorax and scutellum thickly 



