British Braconide. Sirk 
obliquely. Legs blackish, tips of the trochanters and of the femora, 
fore tibie entirely, and base of the four posterior, brownish. 
Abdomen shining ; Ist segment finely striated, subcarinate at the 
base. Terebra as long as half the abdomen. ¢ Antenne almost 
as long as the body ; wings narrower ; stigma large, elliptic, black, 
obliterating the 1st abscissa ; Ist cubital areolet very narrow ; legs 
paler than those of the 2. Length, 11-1? ; wings, 2-3 lin. 
This is probably a parasite of Hnsina sonchi, L., the 
larva of which inhabits the buds of Aster tripoliwm. 
Haliday captured it frequently in Ireland, on the sea- 
coast, and I have met with both sexes in England; it is 
also recorded as found in Germany and Holland. 
4, Alysia loripes, Hal. 
A. loripes, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 222, d¢. 
Hind femora sinuated at the base, incrassated, compressed. 9 
Deep black, shining ; mandibles piceous. Mesothoracic sutures 
finely traced, punctulate, converging to a fovea before the scutel- 
lum. Wings hyaline ; squamula and stigma piceous brown, the 
latter narrow, emitting the radial nervure near its extremity ; 1st 
intercubital nervure somewhat longer than the 2nd abscissa. Legs 
piceous brown; tibiz and lower edge of femora dull testaceous. 
Terebra as long as half the abdomen. ¢ unknown. Length, 2 ; 
wings, 4 lin. 
The only specimen was taken by Walker near 
Windsor; the antennz were mutilated. 
5. Alysia fuscipennis, Hal. 
A. mandibulator, var. 8, Nees, Mon., i, 243, 6°. 
A. fuscipennis, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 224, 3°. 
Wings infumated. @ Black, shining ; mandibles brown ; palpi 
blackish ; face hardly punctulate. Antennz longer than the body 
28-37-jointed. Metathorax rugose. Stigma and nervures brown 
or blackish, the former sometimes rather pale, emitting the radial 
nervure from its outer half ; radial areolet cultriform, not quite 
reaching the extremity of the wing ; 1st abscissa shorter than the 
thickness of the stigma ; 2nd at least as long as the 1st intercubital 
nervure ; 2nd cubital areolet contracted towards the extremity. 
Legs blackish brown, apex of the trochanters and base of the tibiz 
paler. First abdominal segment twice as broad at the extremity 
