BritisJi Braconidte. 113 



than the abdomen, infumated, with a whitish streak beneath the 

 fuscous stigma; squamulse and nervures piceous ; recurrent ner- 

 vure rejected ; "id cubital areolet narrowed towards the radius, of 



which the 2d abscissa is as long as the 1st. Tracheal grooves 

 obsolete. Terebra longer than i the abdomen. $ J . Length, 

 1A— -H; wings, 2 : \ - 4 1in. 



Head broader than the thorax ; face gibbous; eyes small ; palpi 

 short. AnteniKe J as long as the head and thorax, stout, sub- 

 lnoniliform, piceous or subferruginous, darker at the apex, 23 — 25- 

 jointed; those of the 3 similar but 24 — 27-jointed, not much 

 shorter than the body. Thorax subcompressed. Metathorax finely 

 reticulato-rugose. First abdominal segment narrow, curved, with 

 medial tubercles, behind which it is very slightly dilated to the 

 apex, which is rather more than 3 times wider than the petiole ; 

 almost smooth, or sparingly exarated; the rest of the abdomen, or 

 only the 2d segment, piceous or subferruginous ; belly compressed, 

 truncated behind. The wings of the 3 are less narrowed and 

 abbreviated than those of the ? , which are probably too small for 

 flight. 



The species is nearly akin to brunnipes, Euthe, also 

 short-winged, but differing in the possession of distinct 

 tracheal grooves, slender legs, &c. ; the same characters 

 distinguish the preceding species from micropterus, but 

 the two are nearly allied. 



Described from two females, four males. Fitch has 

 taken the 2 at Maldon. The rest are from the Yorkshire 

 moors near Scarborough. The species has not been 

 noticed on the Continent. 



18. Meteorus pulchricomis, Wesm. 



Perilihis pulchricomis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 



1835, p. 42, 3 ? . 

 Meteorus pulchricomis, Euthe, Berl. ent. Zeits., 1862, 



p. 40, ? . 



Rufo-testaceous, variable ; face, prothorax, and legs flavo-testa- 

 ceous; femora and tibiae rufescent, in the hind pair tipped with 

 black ; antennae after the 2d joint testaceous, becoming gradually 

 darker towards the apex ; disk of the metathorax, 1st abdominal 

 segment always. 3d and 4th generally, black. Wings hyaline ; 

 squamulse rufo-testaceous ; stigma fuscous, with a pale anterior 

 margin; nervures pale fuscous, testaceous at the base ; recurrent 

 nervure subinterstitial ; 2d cubital areolet slightly narrowed towards 



