BritisJi Braconidcc. 'ill 



latter host by Brisclike, who adds, " cocoons united in a 

 flocky white heap." Cocoons white, faintly tinged with 

 lemon-colour. 



55. Apanteles ahjcrtiis, n. s. 



Niger ; venter basi concolor ; palpi pallidi ; pedes cum trochan- 

 teribus inferis testacei ; coxte nigrte ; femora posteriora supra et 

 infra ftisca, vel fusca, plaga media testacea ; tibiie posticiB apice 

 ipso cum tarsis iufuscatae. Alte liyalime sqxianmlis stigmate nervis 

 fuscis. Corpus totum Iseve, nitidiusculum ; abdominis segmentum 

 Imum solito latius, latitudine baud longius, truucatuna, sutura 

 inter hoc et 2dmii profrmdius biimpressa ; 2dum trausversum, 3tio 

 brevius, lineis duabus obliquis lateralibus antrorsum convergentibus 

 impressum. Terebra brevissima. Valvula ventralis anum non 

 superans. Coxse posticix; laeves. Calcaria posfica metatarsi 

 dimidio paulo longiora. 



Black ; base of the belly concolorons ; palpi pale ; legs, including 

 the lower trochanters, testaceous ; coxie black ; posterior femora 

 fuscous above and beneath, or fuscoiis with a testaceous medial 

 streak; hind tibiae at the extreme apex, as well as their tarsi, 

 infuscated. Wings hyaline, squamuliE, stigma, and nervures 

 fuscous. Body entirely smooth, somewhat shining ; segment 1 

 uncommonly wide, not longer than its width, truncate, the sutm-e 

 between it and segment 2 with a deep double impression ; 2 trans- 

 verse, shorter than 3, impressed with two obliqiie lateral lines, 

 which converge forwards. Terebra very short. Valvula ventralis 

 not sm'passmg the anus. Hind coxae smooth. Spurs of the hind 

 tibiae a little longer than ^ the metatarsus. J . Length, 1 ; 

 wings, 2f lin. 



This resembles odonariiis in having the 2d segment 

 shorter than the 8d, but the 1st segment is broader and 

 shorter, the metathorax smooth, and the cocoons different. 

 It answers to the description of Microf/aster nigriventris, 

 Nees, Mon., i., 178, except that the 2d cubital areolet of 

 that species is said to be subinchoate, a difference of 

 structure which forbids the union of the two. 



Two females were bred by Bignell, May 27, from 

 Lophoptcrjix canu'lina, L. Three males and four females 

 are in Fitch's collection, bred hoioaA^otodoiita drovwdarius, 

 L. ; and four males, two females, bred from an unknown 

 victim by F. Norgsite ; also three males and two femaJes 

 bred from Notodcmta dictceoides, Esp., taken in the New 

 Forest by Norgate, in Bridgman's collection. Cocoons 

 brownish white. 



