British Braconida. 203 



1. Diospilus oleraceus, Hal. 

 Diosjnlus oleraceus, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 134 (not the 



varieties) ; Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1862, p. 331, 



(? ?, pi. i., f. 8 (wing). 

 Taphceiis conforviis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 



1835, p. 191, ^ 2 . 



Black, shining ; palpi pale ; mandibles rufous. Face broad ; 

 2 deep impressions above the clypeus, which is convex between 

 them. Antennae testaceous beneath at the base ; those of the ? 

 24 — 25-jointed, filiform, hardly longer than the head and thorax ; 

 of the $ 26 — 29-jointed, subsetaceous, as long as the body. Meso- 

 thoracic sutures impunctate. Metathorax rugulose, with 2 smooth 

 basal areae. Wings broad, hyaline ; squamvxlse testaceous ; stigma 

 black, large, triangular ; nervures fuscous, paler towards the base ; 

 2d cubital areolet longer than broad, its angles right angles ; prae- 

 discoidal areolet touching the parastigma ; cubital nervure of the 

 hind wings straight. Legs testaceoiis ; hind coxae and tips of hind 

 tibiaB often more or less blackish. Abdomen ovate, depressed, 

 shorter and narrower than the thorax ; lat segment rugulose, 

 rather longer than broad, narrowed at the base, striated in the 

 middle ; the other segments smooth ; sutures subobsolete ; lateral 

 margins reflexed, embracing the ventral surface. Terebra as long 

 as the body without the head. S ?• Length, 1^ — 1^; wings, 

 2|— 3i hn. 



Var. 5 . Antennae 23-jointed ; length, 1 line. 



Common in gardens ; taken by Haliday on Brassica 

 rapa and Sinajjis nigra. Bred by Giraud out of galls on 

 the roots of Lepidium draha formed by CeuthorrhyiicJius 

 rupee, Gyl. ; by Keinhard from similar galls of C. 

 assimilis, Payk., on Sinapis arvensis ; by Billups from 

 the earthy cocoons of C. sulcicollis, Gyl., found at the 

 roots of Brassica oleracea. 



2. Diospilus capito, Nees. 



Bracon capito, Nees, Mon., i., 64, ? ; D. capito, 

 Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1862, p. 332, c? ? . 



Diospilus oleraceus, var. yS, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 135. 



Taphceus fuscipes, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1835, p. 192 ; Eatz., Ichn. d. Forst., iii., 60, fig. 



Smaller than the preceding ; palpi blackish. Antennae 21 — 23- 

 jointed; 2d joint often testaceous or piceous ; 3d testaceous at the 



