British Braconidce. 173 



Much resembles rvficrus, Hal., in form and sculpture, 

 but the bind coxfe are smoother, and the colours different. 



Six specimens "were in Fitch's collection, of which three 

 are destroyed, leaving three females. On another card 

 are five males and one female ; their origin is not stated. 

 Bred on the Continent, according to Eeinhard, from 

 Melitcea* Maturna, L., and Phoebe, Fab. Cocoons white. 



11. Apanteles limbatus, n. s. 



Niger, segmentorum 1 — 2 limbo laterali. ventris basi. palpis, 

 squamulis, pedibusque testaceis ; coxis nigris ; femonim posticorum 

 apice supra, tibiis iisdem apice, tarsis fere totis, fuscis. Alae sub- 

 fiisco-hyalinae stigmate fusco. Mesothorax confertim punctulatns, 

 subnitidus ; pleurae fere laeves ; sciitellum nitidum punetulatum. 

 Metathorax rugulosus. Segmentum Imum longivis quam latius, 

 basi parum angustatum, cum 2do rugulosum ; hoe 3tio vix brevius, 

 medio subcarinatum, Imo latius ; caetera lsE^-ia. Terebra sub- 

 exserta. Coxae posticae nitidae. punctulatae. Tibiarum posticaram 

 calcar iBternimi metatarsi dimidio longius, intermediarura meta- 

 tarsi dimidio aequale. 



Black ; lateral margins of segments 1 — 2. belly at the base, palpi, 

 squamulae, and legs, testaceous ; coxte black ; hind femora at the 

 apex above, their tibice at the apex, and tai'si almost entirely, 

 fiiscous. Wings dusky hyaHne, stigma fiiscous. Mesothorax 

 thickly pimctitlate, somewhat shining ; pleurae almost smooth ; 

 scutellum shining, punctulate. Metathorax nigulose. Segment 1 

 longer than broad, hardly naiTOwed at the base, and like the 2d, 

 rugulose ; 2 broader than 1, scarcely shorter than 3, subcariBated in 

 the middle ; the rest smooth. Terebra subexserted. Hind coxae 

 shining, punctulate. Inner spur of the liind tibis longer than ^ 

 the metatarsus ; that of the middle pair as long as ^ the metatarsus. 

 S ? . Length, 1^ ; Ts-ings, 21 hn. 



Very near affinis, Nees, Mon., i., 176; Eeinh., Berl. 

 ent. Zeit., 1880, p. 370, which at first I supposed it to 

 be. It does not, however, agree with Eeinhard's 

 description ; the mesothorax is thickly punctulate, and 

 hardly shining ; the hind femora and tibiae are tipped 

 with fuscous : the wings are not hyaline, but tinted, and 

 the stigma is not flavo-testaceous. "With the description 



'•' Probably these are the buttei-flies meant ; but authors' names 

 being omitted in the Berl. ent. Zeit.. there is room for doubt. The 

 name Maturna has been given to four, and P/jceie to three, different 

 species of Melifcea. 



