British Br<iconid(B. 223 



segment, somewhat rugulose. Tercbra very short. Iliiul coxa.' 

 shinmg, punctulate. Valvula ventrahs surpassing the anus. Inner 

 spur of the middle tibiiB sUghtly curved at the apex. <? ? . 

 Length, 1^ ; wings, 4^^ Hn. 



The abdomen, as in lateralis, Hal., is short, narrow, 

 and compressed, giving to the c? somewhat the aspect, 

 as Hahday remarks, of Evania. 



Not common. I have a $ taken at Abergavenn5% and 

 a ? from Leicestershire. Eaynor has bred the 3 ftt 

 Brandon, May 16th, from Thcra rariata, Schifi". ; the 

 cocoon is accidentally stained at one end orange-red. 

 Four males and a female were also reared by Sotheby, 

 May 7th, from cocoons found sticking to heather ; and a 

 ? by Billups from Boar mi a (jCDimaria, Brahm. Bignell 

 obtained a $ on April 14th from a larva of B. rcpandata, 

 L., not half-grown; it remained in the pupa-state about 

 20 days. According to Pieinhard both sexes have been 

 bred on the Continent from Sjnlosoma fuUniiiosa, L., 

 and Brischke records it from Lasiocampa pini, L., but 

 he probably refers to the next species. Cocoons white. 



69. Apantcles fulvipcs, Hal. 

 Microgastcr fulvipes, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 249, 3 ? • 

 Apanielcs fulvipes, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, p. 51, 



3 2^ 

 Microgastcr glomeratus, Nees, Mon., i., 179 (excl. syn.) ; 



Wesm.,' Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1837, p. 65, pi., 



figs. 6, K (wing and base of abdomen), 3 2 • 

 M. ncmorum, Hartig, Jahresb., 252; Piatz., Ichn. d. 



Forst., i., 69, <? ? ; pi. vii., f. 14, ? . 

 Black ; palpi, mandibles at the apex, squamuUt, and legs, flavo- 

 testaceous ; base of the belly pitchy-rufous; hind coxae black, 

 sometimes pale at the apex. "Wings hyaline, stigma fusco-testa- 

 ceous. Thorax very finely punctulate, moderately shining. Seg- 

 ment 1 very finely aciculated, nearly four times as long as its 

 medial breadth, gradually narrowed from the base to the apex, 

 lanceolate ; 2 with the usual converging impressions enclosing a 

 triangular aciculated space ; the rest smooth and shining. Terebra 

 very short. Hind cox* shining, punctulate. Valvula ventralis 

 not surpassing the anus. Inner spur of the middle til)iit! straight ; 

 spurs of hind tibiic shorter than -J the metatarsus. 3 5 . Lcngtli, 

 1^ ; wings, 'd\ lin. 



Smaller than vitripcinris, Hal., with narrower wings 

 and paler stigma ; the abdomen is less compressed, the 



