British Braconida. 175 



carinated in the middle, with two distinct dorsal arese ; almost 

 vertical behind, the apical angles stronglj' produced, obtuse, denti- 

 form. Wings very narrow, their breadth scarcely eqiialling I of 

 their length, abbreviated, ciliated, not reaching beyond the meta- 

 thorax ; stigma linear, j)laced near the apex of the wing, fiisco- 

 testaceous, together with the nervures. Hind femora and tibiae 

 incrassated, subclavate. Abdomen deplanate, compressed at the 

 apex ; 1st segment elongate, linear, about 3 times longer than its 

 apical breadth, bicarinated, rugulose ; the other segments very 

 smooth. Terebra short, not longer than ^ of the 1st segment. 

 Male unknown. Length, 1| ; wings, 1 lin. 



A specimen was taken at Peckham by Billups, and 

 two more by Capron at Shiere, near Guildford. 



10. Blaciis amhidans, Hal. 

 Ganychorus amhidans, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 43, 2 , 

 $ . Pitchy black ; 2d abdominal segment rufescent ; mouth and 

 clypeusduU ferriiginous. Antennae 20-jointed, ferniginous, fuscous 

 at the apex, the subapical joints somewhat shorter, and the last joint 

 larger than in B. riificornis ; yet the antennae resemble those of that 

 species rather than of maculij^cs, and are similarly coloured. Head 

 rotundo-cubic, less oblate than in other species. Metathorax sub- 

 cubic, truncate behind, thickly gi'anulated. Wings abbreviated, 

 narrow, tinted with brown ; stigma and nervures fuscous ; radix 

 and squamulae stramineous. Legs shorter than in ruficornis, of a 

 duller rufous ; hind femora annulated with fuscous before the apex ; 

 last joint of all the tarsi and base of the hind coxae fuscous. Abdo- 

 men shorter and more compressed; 1st segment hardly forming 

 \ of its length, stouter, and with less conspicuous tubercles. 

 Terebra as long as the abdomen. Male unknown. Length, 1| ; 

 wings, 1^ lin. 

 Var. Mesonotum and scutellum rufo-piceous. 



The description is that of Haliday. Specimens were 

 formerly in Curtis's collection, but nothing more is 

 known of them. They are not, I think, the iJacnnsa 

 cercalis of Curtis, as stated in my catalogue, for some 

 reason now forgotten ; that synonym rather applies to 

 Blaciis humilis, Nees. 



XVIII. LIOPHEONIDES. 



Maxillary palpi 5-, labial 3-jointcd. Mesothoracic sutures dis- 

 tinct or obsolete. Abdomen subscssilc, oval, convex : sutm-iforni 



