British Braconidce. 149 



testaceous at the points ; palpi testaceous or dusky. Metathorax 

 armed with 4 strong teeth, 2 lateral, and 2 shorter, intermediate. 

 Wings very slightly tinted, with traces of a decolorous line below 

 the blackish stigma ; 2d cubital areolet broader and shorter than 

 in variipes, receiving the recurrent nervure near its base. Antennae 

 5 34-jointed, wings more distinctly tinted near the stigma. One 

 ? described by Wesmael had the recurrent nervure interstitial in 

 one wing, and evected in the other. 



Of 11 British specimens, 10 belong to the variety with 

 black antennae, and nine are females. One ? was bred 

 June 25th from j)«^ja of Endopisa lugricana, Ste., at 

 Worcester by J. E. Fletcher; another from galls of 

 Cynips Kollari, Hart., and a third from Eupithecia 

 absinthiata, L. These are in Fitch's collection. Reared 

 by Ratzeburg from Hedya oceUana, Fab., when in 1839 

 that Tortrix was the pest of German apple trees. Bred 

 by Von Heyden, according to Eeinhard, from Carpocapsa 

 splendidana, Hiib. By Goossens, according to Giraud, 

 from Pardia tripunctana, Fab. Brischke reared it from 

 Tortrix rosana, L., heparana, Schiff., Dictyopteryx Berg- 

 manniana, Jj., Pmdisca Solandriana,lj., Opadiafunehrana, 

 Tr., Endopisa nigricana, Ste., and other Tortricida ; also 

 from Hyponomeuta pxidellus, L., malinellus, ZeW., Lav erna 

 Hellerella, Dup. ; from a sawfly, Nematus leucostictus, 

 Hart., and a dipteron (?) Anthomyia clbimana (perhaps 

 Heteroneura albimana, Meig., which, however, is far 

 removed from Anthomyia). Captured by Curtis at Shot- 

 over, near Oxford ; by me in Northants, one male, three 

 females ; by Fitch at Hastings and Maldon ; near 

 Guildford, by Capron ; and at Headley Lane, by Billups, 

 Chelonus impressiis, Schaff., was so named from an 

 accidental impression marking one of the abdominal 

 sutures. 



iv. Sph^eopyx, Hal. 



Hal., Ent. Mag., i., 266 (1833) ; Rhitigaster, Wesm., 

 Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 247. 



Abdomen with two visible sutures ; lateral margins not reflexed ; 

 beneath with two teeth, pointing backwards. Mesothoracic sutures 

 distinct. Intermediate tibiae simple. First cubital areolet distinct 

 from the prtediscoidal. Recurrent nervure rejected. Prae- and 

 pobrachial areolets subequal. Terebra svibexserted, obtuse, ensi- 

 form. 



This genus is placed last in the subfamily, as serving 

 to connect the Chelonides with the Microgastcrides and 



