British Braconida. 18d 



Section II. 

 26. Apanteles punctiger, Wesm. 



Microg aster punctiger, Wesm., Noiiv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 



1837, p. 61, ? . 

 ? Apanteles punctiqer, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, 



p. 36, <? ? . ^ 

 Black ; antennte pitchy beneath at the base ; palpi, squamulse, 

 belly at the base, aucl legs, testaceous ; middle coxee sometimes at 

 the base, hind coxas eutirely, black ; hiud tibiae at the apex, and 

 their tarsi except the base, also black. Wings fusco-hyaline, stigma 

 fiiscous or ftisco-testaceons, with a pale spot at the inner angle. 

 Meso- and metathorax, with the scutellum, thickly pnnctulate, 

 shining. Segment 1 half as long agaua as its breadth, truncate, the 

 sides parallel, covered with shallow confluent punctures ; 2 more 

 than half as long as 3, broader than 1, hardly rugulose ; the rest 

 smooth and shining. Terebra \ of the abdomen. Valvula ventralis 

 not surpassing the anus. ^ J . Length, 1^ ; wings, 4 lin. 



The single British specimen agrees very well with 

 Wesmael's description, less exactly with that of Eein- 

 hard, who states the thorax to he dull instead of shining, 

 and the stigma testaceous, making no mention of a pale 

 spot at the inner angle. In the British example the 

 intermediate coxae are black at the base : the wings are 

 ample, and tinged with dusky.* The terebra projects 

 beyond the amis about j of the length of the abdomen ; 

 if measured from the base it is longer. Wesmael's 

 specimen was not in a condition to show the length of 

 this organ, see lib. cit., p. 62, note. 



One ? was captured by Bignell near Plymouth. 



27. Apanteles latus, n. s. 

 Niger, palpis, pedibusque cum coxis, rufo-testaceis ; tibiis pos- 

 ticis apice, tarsorumque articulis smgulis praeter basin, nigris. 

 Abdomen vel rufo-testaceum, segmentis singulis disco plus minus 

 nigricantibus ; vel nigrum, ventris basi late testacea. Alae hyalinse, 

 squamulis, costa, nervis, flavidis ; stigma pallidum, flavo-cinctum. 

 Mesothorax Isevis, pubescens, iridescens ; scutellum et metathorax 

 laevia, nitida. Segmentum Imum latitudine media sesquilongius, 



* The dusky tinge is not noticed by Wesmael, who would have 

 oul ypinued specimens for examination. The colour of wings can 

 hardly be accurately seen, unless a piece of paper is held behind 

 them, to form a white background. 



