British Braconidce. 191 



shining, slightly rugixlose. Segment 1 rugiilose, twice as long as its 

 breadth, rounded behind, the sides parallel ; 2 transverse, rugulose, 

 smooth in the middle, scarcely half as long as 3 ; the rest smooth 

 and shining. Terebra about f of the abdomen, decurved, the 

 valves compressed, subclavate. J . Length, If; wings, 3| lin. 



One of the largest of this section, and resembling 

 falcatns, Nees, from which it may be separated by the 

 broader 1st segment, and the hind coxne, which are 

 testaceous beneath. The terebra also is less cm-ved, 

 and the valvula ventralis more acute. 



A single specimen was bred by Elisha from Lioptilus 

 microdactylus, Hiib. 



29. Apanteles lictorius, Reinh. 



Microgaster ruficornis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 



1837, p. 61, pL, f. H., c? ? (not of Nees). 

 Apanteles lictorius, Reinh., Berl. ent Zeit., 1881, 



p. 37, a^ ? . 

 Black ; antennae reddish underneath ; mouth, squamulae, sides of 

 segment 1, belly at the base, and legs, rufo-testaceous ; hind coxae 

 wholly, or at the base, black ; hind tibiae tipped with fuscous. 

 Wings hyaline, stigma and nervures fuscous. Mesothorax and 

 scutellum shining, very finely puuctulate ; metathorax also shining, 

 slightly rugulose. Segment 1 rugulose, twice as long as its medial 

 breadth, its hinder half narrowed, the apex truncate ; 2 rugulose, 

 half as long as 3 ; the rest smooth and shining. Terebra hardly 

 shorter than the abdomen, nearly straight, the valves subclavate. 

 <y 5 . Length, 1\; wings, 3| lin. 



According to Wesmael the antennte of the $ are 

 testaceous or ferruginous, more or less black above and 

 at the apex. The ? sometimes has the antennse and 

 hind coxse entirely pale ; and the terebra is described as 

 slender. As the two descriptions above referred to do 

 not quite agree, there is some doubt as to the correct- 

 ness of the synonymy ; the British specimen, however, 

 agrees with the characters given by Reinhard, in all 

 important respects. It is an old discoloured $ com- 

 municated by Parfitt, and probably from Dorville's 

 collection. Wesmael took ten males and five females 

 near Brussels in June and July. 



