British BraconidcB. 207 



These insects differ from Aspidogonus in their neura- 

 tion, and in the structure of the clypeus ; I know 

 nothing else with which they can be compared. Bracon 

 dissimilis, Nees (Mon., i,, 65) and B. gagates, Nees (Mon., 

 i., 67) seem to be congeneric, but hardly identical with 

 the species here described. Their habits are not known. 



Antennte J 37-, <? 40-jointed ; terebra as long as the 

 body ; hind legs not much longer than the middle 

 pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. hastifer, n. s. 



Antenna3 $ 27 — 33-, ^ 38-jointed; terebra longer than 

 the body ; hind legs elongate, much exceeding the 

 middle pair .. .. .. .. .. ..2. aculeator, n.B. 



1. Dolops hastifer, n.B. 

 Niger, nitidus, ventre antice piceo, pedibus cum coxis riifis, 

 tarsis obscurioribus ; palpis rufis, maxillarium articulo Imo fusco ; 

 antennarum scapo subtus et ore rufis ; mandibulis apice nigris. 

 Caput thoracis fere latitudine ; vertex transversus ; frons levissime 

 excavata ; occiput concavum, marginatum. $ . Antennas fili- 

 formes, corpora longiores, ST-articulatse. Prothorax bumilis, 

 transverse striatus. Mesothorax antice fere in perpendiculum 

 truncatus, lobi medii angulisporrectis, suturis crenulatis inspatium 

 cancellatum ante scutellum conniventibus. Metathorax brevis, 

 subrugulosixs, postice subito declivis, carinis 4 longitudinalibus 

 duabusque transversis in areas 7 partitus ; area media cancellata. 

 Alse subfumato-hyalina3, longius ciliatee, squamulis rufis, stigmate, 

 nervis, fuscis, areolae cubitalis 2die latere externo decolori. Pedes 

 cum coxis omnibus rufi, tarsis obscui'ioribus. Abdominis seg- 

 mentum Imum latitudine sua apicali vix longius, marginatum, 

 bicarinatum, medio reticulato-rugulosum, utrinque fortius striatum, 

 tuberculis parum conspicuis ; segmenta csetera laevissima. Valvula 

 ventralis anum non excedens. Terebra corpore non brevior. ^ . 

 Paulo minor, antennis longioribus, 40-articulatis, segmento Imo 

 angustiore. 



Black, shining, belly piceous at the base ; mouth and under side 

 of the scape rufous ; mandibles black at the tips ; 1st of joint of 

 maxillary palpi fuscous, the rest rufous. Head almost as bi'oad as 

 the thorax ; vertex transverse, front slightly excavated ; occi]3ut 

 concave, margined. J . Antennae filiform, longer than the body, 

 37-jointed. Prothorax situated low down, transversely and irregu- 

 larly striated. Mesothorax elevated, almost vertical in front, 

 angles of the middle lobe prominent ; sutures crenulate, con- 

 verging into a cancellated space before the scutellum ; ante- 

 scutellar fovea cancellated. Metathorax short, abruptly sloping 



