British Braconidce. 187 



the apex broadly, and tlie tarsi, fuscous ; coxae and trochanters 

 black. Wings somewhat dusky hyaline, squamulie, stigma, and 

 ner\Tu-es pale pitchy. Mesothorax and scutellum thickly punctu- 

 late, hardly shining ; metathorax slightly rugulose. Segment 1 

 subquadi-ate, margined, truncate, rugulose like 2, and somewhat 

 shining; 2 not much wider than 1, rather shorter than 3; the rest 

 smooth. Terebra very short. Valvula ventralis not sm-passmg the 

 anus. Hind spm-s a little longer than \ the metatarsus. $ ? . 

 Length, f ; wmgs, 1| lin. 



This species is the smallest of the section, and very 

 like gracilis, Cur. The antennas are shorter, the legs 

 differentl}' coloured, and the proportions of the abdomen 

 different. 



Discovered and bred in some numbers by Bignell from 

 Antidea badiata, Hiib., Epincphelc lanira, L., Mehinippe 

 galiata, Hiib., TetJiea retusa, L., and Spilosoma mcnthastri, 

 Esp. Those from Spilosoma are a trifle larger, but 

 appear to differ in no other respect. The cocoons are 

 white, irregularly clustered, and connected by a few 

 threads. 



25. Apanteles difficilis, Nees, 



Microfjaster difficilis, Nees, Mon., i., 182, ? ; Apanteles 

 dilficilis, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, p. 35, <? 2 . 



M. restalis, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 253, ^ $ . 



M. insidens, Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., i., 72. 



M. melanoscelus, Eatz., lib. cit., 74, S' • 



Black ; palpi pale ; antennae often dull reddish underneath ; sides 

 of segment 1 uarrowlj', apex ot 4 anterior femora, sometimes 4 

 posterior at the sides, 2d joint of trochanters, and the tibiae, rufo- 

 testaceous ; 4 posterior, or only hind tibite, usually tipped with 

 fuscous. Wmgs hyaline, squamulae black, stigma fuscous or dull 

 testaceous. Mesothorax thickly punctulate, dull; scutellum more 

 shining. Mesopleiurae punctulate in front, smooth behind. Meta- 

 thorax and segments 1 — 2 minutely rugulose, rather shmmg ; seg- 

 ment 1 longer than broad, a little narrowed near the apex, and 

 truncate ; 2 rather shorter than 3, with two obsolete lateral im- 

 pressions curving inwards anteriorly ; 3 and the rest smooth and 

 shinmg. Terebra ^•ery short. Ventral valve not surpassmg the 

 anus. Hmd coxae smooth, shining. Spin's of the hind tibiae stout, 

 longer than ^ the metatarsus, S' ? . Length, 1^; wings, 24 lin. 



Differs from junipcratce by its smaller size, hyaline 

 wings, and impunctulate 3d segment, which is longer 

 than the 2d; from roniicstus by the smooth hind coxae, 



