British Braconidce. 99 



flavo-testaceous, stigma and nervures fuscous; praebrachial areolel 

 of the fore wings shorter than the pobrachial ; recurrent nervure 

 rejected ; radial areolet of the hind wings divided by a faint 

 transverse nervure. Abdomen subpetiolated, 1st segment short, 

 broad. Terebra shorter than the 1st segment. $ 2 . Length, 2-i ; 

 wings, 5 lin. 



This species stands alone ; with those already described it has no 

 near connection, except the divided radial areolet of the hind 

 wings, and differs from all species in the shortness and width of the 

 1st abdominal segment. The sexes are similar. Antenna} 

 setaceous, of the $ 36-jointed, much longer than the body ; of 

 the 2 34-jointed, a little longer than the body ; piceous beneath at 

 the base. Mandibles testaceous; palpi very pale, the maxillary 

 elongate. Eyes large. Mesothorax shining, with a few lateral 

 punctures, the sutures shallow, surrounding a rugulose space before 

 the scutelluin, bisected by a longitudinal carina. Metathorax 

 shining, not very convex, with some punctures and transverse 

 wrinkles, rectangular behind. First abdominal segment almost 

 smooth, having a stout short petiole about \ as broad as the 

 segment at the apex ; tubercles medial ; tracheal grooves distinct ; 

 condylus obconic, not much narrower than the 2d segment ; seg- 

 ments 2 — o connate, testaceous, black at the apex, and more or 

 less at the sides. Coxie testaceous ; hind legs infuscated, the base 

 of their tibiae narrowly pallid ; in the S all the legs are less 

 brightly coloured. Terebra short, its valves stout, black. 



Apparently uncommon, not noticed by any writer but 

 Haliday, who discovered it in North Ireland and the 

 Hebrides. Bignell, however, has bred a female in Devon- 

 shire, June 23rd, and W. H. B. Fletcher two males and 

 two females out of Eupithecia expallidata, Guenee ; these 

 last are from Abbot's Wood. In Fitch's collection is a 

 male ticketed as having been found in a gall of Cynips 

 Kollarii, Hartig. A solitary parasite. Cocoon oval, 

 whitish, felted, papyraceous, not pensile. 



G. Meteorus ictericus, Nees. 



Bracon ictericus, Nees, Mag. Ges. Berl., 1811, p. 22, 



pi. ii., f. 6, 2; not of Bouche, Naturg. (1834), 



p. 14.S. 

 Perilitus ictericus, Nees, Mon., i., 37, 2 ; Wesm.,Nouv. 



Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 27; Piatz., Ichn. d. 



Forst., ii., 55, 3 2 • 



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