British Braconidce. 147 



rounded in front, not tridentate. Mesopleur?e and nietathorax 

 reticulato-nigose, the latter truncate, bidentate. Abdomen 2 some- 

 times testaceous at the base. $■ J . Length, If — 2 ; wings, 

 3i— 4 liu. 



Antennse 33 — 35-jointed. Face feebly carinated. Thorax and 

 scutellum granulated; mesothoracic sutures obliterated. Wings 

 slightly tinted. The black trochanters distinguish this from all the 

 preceding species. 



One (? taken in Epping Forest, and another by 

 Bridgman in Workhouse Lane, Norwich, July 6th. 



8. Ascogaster hicarinatus, Schaff. 



Chelonus hicarinatus, Schaff., F. G., cUv., 10. c. ? . 



Ascogaster hicarinatus, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1867, 

 p. 368, ? . 



Black, jDalpi dusky ; anterior femora at the apex, fore tibiae 

 entirely, and hind tibiae at the base, rufo-testaceous ; trochanters 

 black. Head buccate, punctato-rugulose ; clypeus scarcely discrete, 

 rounded, bidenticulate. Mesothorax and pleurae thickly punctu- 

 late, somewhat shining. Metathorax reticulato-rugiilose, with 2 

 carinse diverging in the middle ; obtusely bidentate. <? ? . Length, 

 If ; wings, 8^ lin. 



Antennae 3 much longer than the body, 36-jointed. Those of 

 the original 5 example of Herrich-Schaffer, examined by Eeinhard, 

 were broken, but 24 joints remained. I have not seen the $. Face 

 carinated ; viewed from above the carina appears like a small 

 spine. Wings infuscated ; recurrent nervure interstitial. In one 

 (? the base of the abdomen is obscurely rufescent ; in another the 

 2d siiture is indicated by a transverse depression. Closely allied 

 to variiijes, but the clypeus is toothed in front, and the antennae of 

 the S longer. From arniatus, Wesm., it differs in the finer 

 sculpture, the toothed clypeus, and the shallower, immarginate, less 

 shining frontal excavation. 



Two males taken in Leicestershire, and one in Herts. 



9. Ascogaster armatus, Wesm. 

 Ascogaster armatus, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1835, p. 233 ; Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 18(>7, 

 p. 363, 3 ? . 

 Chelonus luteicornis, Schiiff., F. G., cliii., 8, <? ? . 

 Black, palpi black, base or basal half of the antennis, 4 anterior 

 femora at the apex, fore tibias entirely, 4 posterior tibias at the 

 base, rufo-testaceous or rufo-piceous ; trochanters black ; abdomen 



