British Braconidce. 189 



metathorax. This position of the abdomen tends to 

 break down the distinction between the Braconida and 

 Eraniidce, and seems to have influenced the respective 

 authors of Capitonius and Aulacodus, who have arranged 

 those genera in the latter family. The wings and 

 general appearance of Cenocoslius are those of a Braconid, 

 whatever difficulty may exist in determining its exact 

 location ; Forster referred Laccophrys to the Diospilides, 

 and Keinhard to the Helcontides ; the second arrange- 

 ment is somewhat preferable, but in fact Cenocoelius is 

 isolated, and the connecting-links, if any, which might 

 determine its position, must be looked for out of Europe. 

 Laccophrys Villce-novce and L. Medenbachii, Vol!., seem 

 hardly to belong to this genus. 



1. Cenocoelius analis, Nees. 



Bracon analis, Nees, Mon., i., 63, S ? • 



Opius cephalotes, Katz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 63, ^ ? 

 (not of Wesm.). 



Laccophrys cephalotes, Keinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1865, 

 p. 267, pi. iii., f. 6, ^ 2 . 



Black ; mouth, femora towards the apex, tibiae, and tarsi rufous, 

 as also the face, cheeks, and 4th and following abdominal segments 

 of the $ . Antennae 25-jointed, blackish, the extreme base rufous. 

 Palpi fuscous. Metathorax coarsely rugose, reticulated. Wings 

 fusco-hyaline, stigma and nervures fuscous ; beneath the former is 

 an indistinct pale streak. Legs rufous ; coxae and basal half of the 

 femora more or less black. First abdominal segment deeply 

 striated, 3 times broader at the apex than at the base, with basal 

 tubercles ; 2 of the medial striae elevated, cariniform ; 2d segment 

 striated at the base, but often smooth, like all the following 

 segments. Terebra somewhat longer than the abdomen. ^. 

 Antennae as long as the body, the 3 first joints rufous. Sometimes 

 the posterior margm of the 2d segment, and all the following 

 segments, are dull rufous, as in the ? . Femora not always black 

 at the base. Length, 1| — 1|; wings, 3 — 3^ lin. 



Eeared at Hohenheim by Nordlinger from branches of 

 apple-trees tenanted by xylophagous beetles ; by Bouche 

 from Scolytus rugulosus, Katz , also on an apple-tree ; 

 the Scolytus, like its parasite, has the body red at the 

 extremity. In my collection are 2 females, one from an 

 unknown source, the other taken in the orchard of my 

 house at Nunton. 



