British BraconidcB. 183 



ventralis not surpassing the anus. Hind coxae smooth. Spm-s of 

 the hind tibiae shorter than \ the metatarsus. $ . Length, 1| ; 

 wings, 3^ lin. 



Var. Femora testaceous, hind pair with an apical black dot. 

 Stigma almost unicolorous. 



Certainly distinct from glomeratus, which it much 

 resembles. It is larger; the legs are differently coloured 

 (except in the variety) ; the stigma has an obsolete pale 

 spot at the inner angle ; the 2d segment is differently 

 sculptured, wanting the impressed curved lines ending 

 in two foveas in front, as seen in glomeratus. 



One ? taken by sweeping, in Northamptonshire ; 

 another (the var.) is in Fitch's collection, ticketed 

 glomeratus. 



20. Apanteles caice, Bouche. 



Microgaster caice, Bouche, Naturg. (1834), 403. 



M. perspicuus, Nees, Mon., i., 177, 3" ? (not of Wesm. 



or Ratz.) 

 M. difficilis var. ^., Nees, Mon., ii., 403, ? . 

 M. glomeratus, Newman, Loud. Mag., 1833, p. 109. 



Black ; palpi pale ; lateral margins of segments 1 — 2 narrowly, 

 belly at the base, and legs, rufo-testaceous : fore femora at the 

 base, posterior femora more or less, tips of all the tarsi, and some- 

 times of the hind tibias, fuscous. AVings fusco-hyaline, squamulae 

 black, stigma fuscous. Mesothorax thickly punctulate, dull ; 

 scutellum more sparingly, shining. Mesopleiu-ae punctulate in 

 front, smooth and shining behind. Metathorax and segments 1 — 2 

 rugulose, dull; segment 1 subquadrate, truncate, hardly narrower 

 than 2, which is shorter than 3 ; 3rd and following smooth, 

 shining; lateral impressed lines of segment 2 wide apart, sub- 

 obsolete. Terebra stout, subexserted. Ventral valve large, 

 siu-passing the anus, whereby the abdomen appears aciuninated, 

 and apically compressed. Hind coxae pi;nctulate, shining. Spurs 

 of hind tibiae somewhat longer than h the metatarsus. <y $ . 

 Length, 1\ ; wings, 2| lin. 



The belly, which is broadly testaceous at the base, the terebra 

 and ventral valve of the 5 , sufficiently distmguish this from 

 difficilis, Nees, and sjnirius, Wesm. It also makes different 

 cocoons. Trochanters black ; hind tibite generally without fiiscous 

 tips ; posterior femora seldom wholly piceous or fascous, usually 

 more or less testaceous at the base or in the middle, the edges 

 remaining dark, 



