British Braconida. 163 



(20) 17. Hind femora and tibia3 tipped with fus- 

 cous ; stigma fuscous ; spurs of the 

 middle tibia; curved, not shorter than 

 ^ the metatarsus. 



(19) 18. Metathorax indistinctly punctulate at 

 the sides ; terebra \ as long as the 

 abdomen . . . . . . . . 67. lateralis, Hal. 



(18) 19. Metathorax smooth ; terebra very short 68. t;(7c/^Jc;iHis, Hal. 



(17) 20. Hind femora and tibife unicolorous, tes- 

 taceous ; stigma rufescent ; spurs of 

 the middle tibife straight, shorter 

 than i the metatarsus . . . . 69. fulvijpes, Hal. 



Section I. 

 1. Apanteles soUtarius, Eatz. 



Micro[iaster soUtarius, Eatz,, Ichu. d. Forst., i.,78, 3 2 . 



Apantdes soUtarius, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1880, 

 p. 367, ? . 



Black, with black coxie ; palpi and legs testaceous, 4 posterior 

 femora, and hiiid tibiae at the tips, more or less black ; belly at the 

 base testaceous. Wings whitish hyaline, stigma fuscous. Meso- 

 thorax and pleurae very finely punctulate, somewhat shining. 

 Metathorax puuctato-reticulate, subcariuated. First abdominal 

 segment subquadrate, slightly narrowed towards the base ; 2d 

 transverse, a little shorter than the 3d; segments 1 — 2 rugulose, 

 3 subrugulose, but sometimes nearly smooth ; 1 — 3 more or less 

 obtusely carinated in the middle ; the rest smooth and shining. 

 Terebra very short. <? 5 . Length, H ; wmgs, 3^ lin. 



Abdomen flat above, beneath towards the apex subcompressed. 

 The legs of the ^ are more marked with black than those of the ? ; 

 the hind femora may be all black, or only edged with that colour ; 

 the middle femora are iisually black at the base ; or the legs are 

 entirely testaceous. Antennae ? as long as the body ; those of the 

 3' longer. 



Common. Bred by Bignell from Orgtjia antiqua, L., 

 Tceniocampa miniosa. Fab., T. stahiUs, View., Zonosoma 

 jmnctaria, L., and Hyhcrnia defoUaria, L. A solitary 

 parasite, attacking young larvae, which perish at the 

 beginning of summer, before they are half grown. One 

 of Bignell's has preserved beside it a young larva of T. 

 stabiUs. Beared in Germany by Eatzeburg from Psilura 

 monacha, L., and Ocneria dispar, L. ; by Brischke and 

 Giraud from the same, as well as from Leucoma saUcis, 

 L., and Zonosoma Uncaria, Hlib. Cocoon pale sulphur- 

 yellow, fixed to a leaf, the sides of which are drawn 

 together by a few threads, for its protection. 



