200 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



divided, but not otherwise distinct. Z. chlorophthalma 

 was supposed by Nees v. Esenbeck to be the Bracon 

 chlorophthalmus, Spin. ; but this cannot be proved, and 

 the description applies equally to Meteorus chrysopJi- 

 tJtalmus, Nees. 



Rare ; taken near Turin, Vienna, and Friburg ; Wes- 

 mael had a pair found near Brussels and Liege ; Hali- 

 day's specimen was from Scotland, and I beat one out of 

 a nut-tree near Abergavenny. 



3. Zele discolor, Wesm. 



Phylax discolor, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, 

 p. 162, $ . 



Similar in structure to the two preceding; black, or nigro- 

 piceous ; mouth and legs testaceous ; hind tibiae fuscous, except at 

 the base. Mandibles dull testaceous ; palpi whitish. Antenna 

 much longer than the body. Pectus and pleurae usually rufous 

 posteriorly ; metathorax sometimes rufous at the sides. Wings 

 ample, dull hyaline ; stigma and nervures fuscous, radix and 

 squamulae testaceous ; radial areolet of the hind wings petiolated, 

 coarctate, and geminated by a transverse nervure. Four anterior 

 legs pale flavo-testaceous ; hind legs somewhat darker, their tibiae 

 and tarsi blackish, the former pale at the base. Terebra shorter 

 than the truncated extremity of the abdomen. Male unknown. 

 Length, 3 — 3^ ; wings, 7 — 8 lin. 



Rare ; Wesmael first captured 3 specimens in June, 

 near Brussels ; Capron discovered the sjoecies to be 

 British, by taking it at Shiere ; Bignell has since bred 

 several at Plymouth from Cahera pusaria, L., one of 

 which he communicated to me, and I have since taken 

 a specimen on the wing, in Wiltshire. It has also been 

 bred by Fransen at Rotterdam from Eugonia alniaria, 

 L. The cocoon is elongate, oval, white, and thin, with 

 a medial zone of denser texture forming a whiter band. 



XXII. DIOSPILIDES. 

 Occiput margined ; head transverse ; vertex not excavated ; 

 middle ocellus not placed in a fovea. Fore wings with 3 cubital 

 areolets ; radial areolet elongate, metacarpus longer than the 

 stigma ; axillary areolet with an incomplete transverse nervure. 

 Hind femora simple. Abdomen sessile or subsessile, ovate or 

 oblong, not longer than the thorax, or very little longer. Terebra 

 elongate. 



