British Braconidce. 165 



Abdominis segmentum lum vix loiigius quam latins, basin versus 

 paulo angiistatum, marginatum, late truncatum ; 2dum 3o fequale ; 

 segmenta 1 — 3 rugulosa, medio carinata, sed Sum apice Iseviuscu- 

 lum, carina minus elevata ; caetera lasvia, nitida. Terebra brevis- 

 sima. Valvula ventralis anum non superans. Coxfe posticae Iteves, 

 nitidse ; calcaria metatarsis dimidio breviora, pallida. 



Black ; palpi, fore femora except at the base, middle femora at 

 the apex broadlj^, and all the tibiee, rufo-testaceous ; hind tibiae at 

 the apex, then- tarsi at the base, black. Belly at the base con- 

 colorous. Wings hyaline ; squamulie, costa, stigma, and nervures, 

 black. Head and inesothorax thickly punctulate, somewhat shining ; 

 scutellum smoother. Metathorax coarsely reticulato-rugose, sub- 

 carinated, shining. Segment 1 hardly longer than broad, slightly 

 narrowed towards the base, margined, broadly truncated ; segment 



2 as long as 3 ; segments 1 — 3 rugulose, carinated in the middle ; 



3 at the apex smoother, less strongly carinated ; the rest smooth 

 and shining. Terebra very short. Valvula ventralis not surpassing 

 the anus. Hind coxse smooth and shining ; spurs of hind tibiae 

 shorter than | the metatarsus, pallid. J . Length, Ih ; wings, 

 3^ hn. 



Not carho)uirius, Wesm., which has the metathorax 

 almost' smooth, shmmg, strongly carinated ; and the 

 base of the belly pale. It is moreover ^ less in size. 

 The carhonarius of Eeinh. differs from that of Wesm. in 

 having the metathorax reticulato-rugose, and so far 

 resembles the present species ; but the squamulse are 

 testaceous, the size smaller, and the 2d segment shorter 

 than the 3d. 



Two females were bred singly on June 30th by Bignell 

 from larvae of Oporohia dilutata, Bork., taken in Scotland. 

 Cocoons lemon-yellow. With them may be compared 

 A. immimis, Hal., reared from the same victims, and 

 making similar cocoons, but in structure very different. 



4. Apanteles tetricus, Eeinh. 



Apanteles tetricus, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1880, 

 p. 367, (? ? . 



Black ; palpi pale ; 4 anterior femora tipped with testaceous, 

 tibiae testaceous, the hind pair at the base only ; belly at the base 

 piceous. Wings iridescent, subinfuscated, stigma fuscous. Antennae 

 rather longer than the body. Mesothorax and pleurae thickly 

 punctulate, dull. Metathorax coarsely rugose. Segment 1 sub- 

 quadrate, slightly narrowed at the base ; segment 2 hardly shorter 



