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hind tarsi of the $ appear paler than they really are, an illusion 

 caused by the blackness of the tibiae. The frontal excavation 

 behind the antennae is geminated by a carina. Pleurre finely rugu- 

 lose. Mesothorax impunctate, the sutures deeper behind, enclosing 

 a wide rugose space bisected by a longitudinal carina. Abdomen 

 as in the preceding species ; condylus twice as long as its apical 

 breadth. Hind femora, with their coxa?, as long as the abdomen. 



Described from 18 males and 22 females. More com- 

 mon than chrysophihalmus throughout the country, and 

 found now in all collections, yet it does not seem to have 

 been known to Haliday. Capron describes it as abun- 

 dant near Guildford. I obtained five males in a very 

 short time by beating a single hedge near Abergavenny. 

 It has been repeatedly bred in England, but some of the 

 cases recorded perhaps belong rather to chrysophthalmus : 

 the following are selected as certainly authentic. Fitch 

 reared a ? , June 14th, and Bignell two males, June 17th, 

 from Crocallis elinguaria, L.; the latter has also obtained 

 the ? from Himera pennaria, L., and Hadena oleracea, 

 L. ; the $ from Odontoptcra bidentata, Clerck, and 

 Anuria myrtilli, L. Probably also it is the species 

 referred to as chrysophthalmus in E. M. M., xi., 66, bred 

 by Hellins out of Erastria fasciana, L. ; S. v. Vollen- 

 hoven mentions the rearing of three females at the 

 Hague from the same host. Wesmael found it com- 

 monly near Brussels, and many examples are in his 

 unnamed collection, which is now in my hands. A soli- 

 tary parasite. Cocoon white, felted, papyraceous, 5 lines 

 long, not pensile, fusiform, the head of the insect being 

 turned towards the smaller end. 



4. Meteorus pallidus, Nees. 



Bracon pallidus, Nees, Mag. Ges. BerL, 1811, p. 22 ; 

 not of Bouche, which is Iihogas circumscriptus, 



Nees ; cf. Nees, Mon., ii., 399. 



Perilitus pallidus, Nees, Mon., i., 35, S 5 . 



Paifo-testaceous ; antenna} except the base, head more or less, 

 prothorax, pectus, and metathorax (of the $) fuscous or piceous ; 

 hind tarsi paler ; claws fuscous. Wings testaceo-hyaline, squamuhc 

 and stigma luteous, the latter rufous in the $ '■, nervines fusco- 

 testaccous; praebrachial arcolefc of the fore wings shorter than the 

 pobrachial; recurrent nervine rejected (or sometimes almost inter- 

 stitial) ; radial areolet of the hind wings not divided by a transverse 



