British Braconidce. < B 



(4) 3. Abdomen of the $> > after segment 1, testa- 

 ceous. Petiole slender, only £ of the 

 width of the apex of the condylus . . 1. rutilus, Nees. 



(3) 4. Abdomen of the 2 , after segment 1, nigro- 

 piceous. Petiole stouter, at least \ as 

 wide as the apes of the condylus . . 2. stremms, n. s. 



(2) 5. Radial areolet ending half-way between the 

 tip of the wing and the stigma, semi- 

 cordate. Terebra falcate 3. falciger, Ruthe. 



(1) C. First cubital areolet not separated from the 

 praediscoidal. Synchori, Hal., Perilitus, 

 Forst. 



(12) 7. Labial palpi 3-jointed. 



(9) 8. Radial areolet ending nearer to the tip of 



the wing than to the stigma . . . . 4. brevicollis, Hal. 



(8) 9. Radial areolet ending half-way between the 

 tip of the wing and the stigma, or nearer 

 to the stigma. 

 (11) 10. Thorax more or less, and 1st abdominal 



segment, rufo-testaceous . . . . . . 5. bicolor, Wesm. 



(10) 11. Thorax and 1st abdominal segment entirely 



black .. .. .. .. . . G. secalis, Hal. 



(7) 12. Labial palpi 2-jointed. 

 (14) 13. Metathorax areated ; wings hyaline ; $ 

 black ; head of the J testaceous ; terebra 

 \ as long as the abdomen . . .. ..7. cerealium, Hal. 



(13) 14. Metathorax not areated. rugoso-reticulate ; 



wings whitish ; 3 J black, the <j> with 

 rufous orbits ; terebra J as long as the 

 abdomen . . . . . . . . . . 8. athiops, Nees. 



1. Perilitus rutilus, Nees. (PI. Y., fig. 5). 



Bracon rutilus, Nees, Mag. Ges. Berl., 1811, p. 27, 2 . 

 Perilitus rutilus, Xees, Mon., i., 31, 2 ; Hal., Ent. 



Mag., iii., 31, 3 2 . 

 Microctonus rutilus, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ax. Brux., 



1835, p. 68, 3 2 , pi. i. (wing) ; Ruthe, Stett. 



Zeit., 1856, p. 299, 2 . 

 Perilitus ruralis 3 , and luteus 2 , Schaff., F. G., clvi. 



$ . Black ; head, antennae at the base, abdomen after the 1st 

 segment, basal half of the petiole, and the legs, testaceous ; 

 segment 2 often castaneous ; tarsi fuscous. 3 • Black ; face 

 and orbits testaceous ; hind coxa? fuscous ; abdomen darker than 

 that of the ? , fuscous at the apex. Wings subhvaline, stigma 

 lutescent, nervures and squarnula? pale fuscous; radial areolet 

 elongate-sublanceolate, ending just beyond the middle point be- 

 tween the stigma and the apex of the wing. Terebra straight, as 

 long as | of the abdomen. Length. 1\ — 11 ; wings, 2^ — 3^ lin. 



