BritisJi Braconidce. 129 



cf half as long again as the body, 31 — 36-jointed. Disk of the 

 thorax entirely black, or sometimes piceous ; scutelhnn, or its 

 apex, with the neighbouring sutures, rnfescent. Mesopleurae rufo- 

 testaceous, beneath the wings blackish. Metathorax sloping 

 gradually behind, scabriculous, the posterior declivity ill-defined. 

 First abdominal segment elongate, with medial inconspicuous 

 tubercles, from whence to the apex it is slightly and gradually 

 dilated ; apex o times wider than the base ; petiole almost smooth; 

 condylus finely rimulose. Hind femora and tibiae fuscescent at the 

 apex, the latter also obsoletely annulated near the base. According 

 to YVesmael the terebra is as long as the abdomen ; but for this 

 allowance must be made. 



Described from four females, five males. Not very 

 common. Fount! by AYesmael near Brussels ; by Hali- 

 day on the banks of the Shannon ; ('apron has taken 

 three females at Shiere, and it occurs occasionally at 

 Nunton, Wilts. Bignell possessed five males, which 

 he bred from Tceniocampa stabilis, View. Batzeburg 

 obtained it in July froin Phalera bucephala, L., and 

 Gnophria quadra, L. ; the latter, he says, is sorely 

 infested with this parasite. On emerging from the 

 victim it spins a thread 2 — 3 inches long, from which it 

 suspends itself head downwards and weaves its cocoon, 

 which resembles that of ictericus. 



32. Meteorus luridus, Buthe. 

 Meteorus luridus, Buthe, Berl. ent. Zeits., 1862, p. 57, 



3 2 . 

 ? Perilitus dilutus, Batz., Ichn. d. Forst., i., 77 (im- 

 perfectly described). 



Testaceous; face, mouth, cheeks, base of the antennae beneath, 

 prothorax, and legs paler ; 1st abdominal segment, metathorax, 

 head, mesothorax, and antennas towards the apex, more or less in- 

 fuscated ; abdomen of the £ also usually darkened at the apex. 

 Wings subfumato-hyaline ; stigma and squamulae yellow ; recur- 

 rent nervure erected into the 2d cubital areolet, which is prolonged 

 for its reception, or sometimes interstitial : 2d cubital areolet very 

 slightly narrowed towards the radius. Tracheal grooves obsolete. 

 Terebra hardly longer than \ the abdomen, g J. Length, 2.1; 

 wings, 5 lin. 



Var. a. Entirely testaceous; metathorax and posterior abdo- 

 minal segments inclining to rufous ; antennae fuscous at the tips, 

 and all the articulations annulated with fuscous. J 2 • 



