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thorax as in the preceding, but the latter is smoother, its medial 

 carinae more approximated, including a narrower space more 

 deeply cancellated. First segment rather longer than its apical 

 breadth, margined, bicarinated, regularly striated ; tubercles some- 

 what prominent ; the other segments smooth, very shining. 

 Terebra somewhat longer than the body. (J. Antennae 38- 

 jointed ; hind tibiae fuscescent, except at the base. (^ ? . Length, 

 li— If; wings, '2i— 31 lin. 



Bracon gagates, Nees, must be very near the <? of this 

 species ; it seems to differ only in having black legs. 

 One ? taken among nettles on a treeless down at the 

 top of the cliffs near Teignmouth ; and a pair at Corn- 

 worthy, S. Devon, the ? of which is of much smaller 

 size. 



iii. Dyscoletes, Hal. 



Dyscolns, Hal., Ent. Mag., iv., 39 ; S. v. Voll., Schets., 

 II. Braconiden, tab. vi. (wings). 



Dyscoletes, Hal., in Westw. Int., ii., Gen. Syn., 62. 



Elongate, slender. Maxillary palpi 6-, labial 4-jointed. Clypeus 

 straight on the front edge, above which is a semicircular elevation, 

 projecting over the anterior margin. Metathorax not areated. 

 Second cubital areolet narrow, trapeziform, very obliquely placed, 

 the inner lower angle strongly produced ; recurrent nervure 

 evected; prasdiscoidal areolet petiolated ; 1st abscissa of the radius 

 almost as long as the 2d ; radial areolet narrow, cultrate, not quite 

 reaching the apex of the wing. Legs elongate, slender. Abdomen 

 linear, lanceolate, subsessile. Terebra elongate. 



Head transverse, wider than the thorax, abruptly rounded 

 behind the eyes. Occiput concave, margined. Clypeus touching 

 the mandibles, and closing the mouth. Antennae placed on a 

 protuberance of the front ; behmd each is a shallow depression. 

 Prothorax produced. Mesothoracic sutures visible. Mesopleurae 

 smooth, shining, with a crenate fovea. Second cubital areolet 

 narrow, oblique, its inner angle much produced ; the 1st inter- 

 cubital nervure if completed would be 3 times as long as the 2d, 

 but both are incomplete ; pobrachial areolet longer than the prae- 

 brachial. Radial areolet of the hind wings petiolated ; pobrachial 

 areolet not divided. Abdomen as long as the thorax ; 1st segment 

 twice as long as its apical breadth, bicanaliculated, smooth, with a 

 medial longitudinal ridge ; suturiform articulation obsolete ; seg- 

 ments 2 — 3 nearly reaching the apex of the abdomen ; the following 

 segments very short. 



