Brithli Braconid(e. 207 



infuscated. ^ . Fore femora with a fuscous line above, the otliers 

 ahuost eutii-ely fuscous. Wings hyaline, squamulae, stigma, and 

 nervui'es flavo-testaceous ; stigma with a pale fuscous border ; 

 exterior nervures colourless. Mesothorax smooth, sericeous, iride- 

 scent ; scutellum and metathorax smooth, shining, the latter with 

 some faint wrinkles. Segment 1 twice as long as broad, the sides 

 parallel nearly to the apex (which is obtusely rounded), smooth and 

 shining, minutely aciculated towards the apex ; 2 shorter than 3, 

 bifoveated in front, and, like the remaining segments, smooth and 

 shinmg. Terebra hardly \ of the abdomen ; the valves clavate. 

 Valvula ventralis not surpassing the anus. 3" ? • Length, 1^ ; 

 wings, 3 lin. 



Antennae ? as long as the body. Belly entirely black 

 and shinino-. I have only seen one ? , in Fitch's col- 

 lection, which agrees fully with the description, except 

 that, whereas Haliday states the size to be equal to that 

 of (ilomeratus, L., the present individual is somewhat 

 larger. 



Found by Haliday among larch trees, but rarely. 



50. Ajyanteles lineijoes, Wesm. 



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

 1837, p. 57, ? . 



Black ; apex of palpi, a line on each side of the femora, fore 

 tibiiB, middle tibiag entu'ely or (like the hind pair) at the base only, 

 testaceous ; hind tarsi fuscous. Wings hyaline, stigma and ner- 

 vures dark fuscous. Mesothorax very minutely punctulate, shining ; 

 scutellum, metathorax, and abdomen smooth and shining. Segment 

 1 half as long again as broad, with parallel sides, margined, trun- 

 cate ; 2 half as long as 3. Terebra as long as the abdomen, nearly 

 straight ; valves subclavate. 2 • Length, 1\ ; wings, 3^^ lin. 



Eeinbard (Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, p. 45) describes a 

 species lineatus, which he says is very near lineijyes, 

 Wesm., differing only in smaller size, and in having a 

 fusco-testaceous stigma. Wesmael gives the length of 

 linei2}es as If lin., in which respect only the British 

 specimen fails to agree with the description. As the 

 stigma is dark fuscous, I have not referred it to Eein- 

 bard' s insect ; though it is very probable that the two 

 species ought to be united. 



Two females are in Cameron's collection, taken in 

 Cadder Wilderness, near Glasgow. 



