British Braconidce. 85 



Discovered at Sliiere, near Guildford, by Capron, and 

 described from his unique specimen. 



4. Microctonus testaccus, Capron, n. s. 



Rufo-testaceus, autennis (praeter articulos 2 basales), stemmatico, 

 mesothoracis lineis, abdoininisque segmento lo, nigris. Aire sub* 

 infumatn?, nervis ad basin fuscis, extus pallidioribus, squamulis 

 testaceis, stigmate flavo ; areola radialis procul ab aloe apice clausa, 

 stigmate paulo longior. Abdomen lseve, splcndidmn, clavatum ; 

 segrnentum lum trientern fere ejus occupans, solito angustius, 

 apice duplo latius quam basi, tuberculis prorninulis, vix nisi mediis. 

 Terebra abdominis trientern paulo superans. 



Rufo-testaceous; antennae (except the 2 basal joints), sternmati- 

 cum, three lines on the mesothorax, and 1st abdominal segment, 

 black. Wings slightly infumated; nervures fuscous at the base, 

 paler towards the apex of the wing ; squainulae testaceous ; stigma 

 yellow ; radial areolet ending much before the tip of the wing, a 

 little longer than the stigma. Abdomen smooth, shining, clavate ; 

 1st segment forming about -J- of its entire length, rather narrow, 

 about twice as broad at the apex as at the base ; tubercles promi- 

 nent, situated nearly in the middle. Terebra a little more than 

 J- of the length of the abdomen. $ 2 • Length, 2 ; wings, 8^ lin. 



Head transverse, not contracted behind the eyes, the sides 

 almost parallel. Antenna? about £ as long as the body, black, with 

 the first two joints yellow, 19-jointed in both sexes. Mesothorax 

 very smooth, marked with 3 black lines, whereof the middle one is 

 abbreviated posteriorly. Metathorax faintly divided into 5 areas ; 

 in one example it is also blackish. In the male the head and 

 whole body are black ; the legs only and first two joints of the 

 antennae being rufo-testaceous. 



Four males and one female have been taken by Capron 

 at Shiere, near Guildford ; the above description has 

 been kindly prepared by him. M. elegans, Paithe (Stett. 

 Zeit., 1856, p. 290), of which I have specimens from 

 Hungary, is not unlike this species, but, beside minor 

 differences, the antennae are 30-jointed even in the ? . 



5. Microctonus cultus, n. s. 

 5 . Rufo-piceus v. piceo-testaceus, oculis, faciei occipitisque 

 lituris, stemmatico, scutello, metathorace, abdominisque segmento 

 lo, nigris aut nigricantibus ; segmentis 2 — 3 saturate rufo-piceis, 

 cseteris pallide rufis. Antennae fuscae, articulis 1—5 pallidc tcs 

 taceis. redes pallide testacci. Abe hyalinae, nervis, stigmate, 



