British BraconidcB. 199 



1. Zele testaceator, Curt. 



Zele testaceator, Curt., B. E., 415 ; Hal, Ent. Mag., 



iii., 141, <? ? . 

 Rogas annulicornis, Nees, Mon., i., 201, $ ; Phylax 

 anmdicornis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1835, p. 160, and 1837, pi. f. N, 2 (spur of tibia). 

 Eufo-testaceous ; tarsi whitish; 2d and following abdominal 

 segments of the 3' sometimes infuscated above. Palpi pale ; man- 

 dibles dark at the tips ; stemmaticum blackish ; eyes green. 

 Antennae $ fuscescent towards the apex. Above the radix of the 

 wings is a black dot. Metathorax obsoletely punctulate, in- 

 distinctly areated. Wings dull hyaline, with an indistinct trans- 

 parent streak beneath the stigma, passing through the 2d cubital 

 areolet ; nervures fuscous ; costa in the ? testaceous ; stigma, 

 radix, and squamulse yellowish ; radial areolet of the hind wings 

 contiguous, coarctate owing to a sinus of the cubital nervure, but 

 not geminated. Abdomen obsoletely punctulate at the base ; 1st 

 segment smooth anteriorly, longitudinally elevated in the middle. 

 Terebra as long as the 1st abdominal segment. <?. Antennae 

 stouter, more broadly fuscous, \ longer than the body, the articu- 

 lations annulated with fuscous ; abdomen often fuscous above. 

 Length, 4 — 5 ; wings, 9 — 10^ lin. 



Moderately common with us ; more abundant, and 

 widely distributed, on the Continent ; numerous Belgian 

 examples are in Wesmael's collection. Bred by Fransen 

 at Eotterdam out of Leucania ohsoleta, Hub. 



2. Zele chlorophthalma, Nees. 



Rogas chlorophthalmus, Nees, Mon., i., 202 (excluding 

 the synonym) ; Z. cldorophthalmus, Hal., Ent. 

 Mag., iii., 142 ; Phylax chlorophthalmus, Wesm., 

 Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, p. 162, <? ? . 

 Rufo-testaceous ; tarsi concolorous, as well as the abdomen of 

 the 3' • Very like the preceding, but more slender ; wmgs more 

 ample, stigma and radial areolet broader ; radial areolet of hind 

 wings petiolated, coarctate, and geminated by a transverse ner- 

 vure ; legs more slender ; abdomen shorter, clavate, less com- 

 pressed. Terebra shorter, not surpassing the apex of the abdomen. 

 Length, 3 — 3J ; wings, 7^ — 9 lin. 



This species and the next constitute Forster's genus 

 Homolohus, having the radial areolet of the hind wings 



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