British Braconide. ane 
duced in form of an obtuse lobe ; 2nd discoidal areolet small, 
nearly obsolete owing to the shortness of the two transverse 
nervures ; anal nervure interstitial ; pobrachial areolet of the hind- 
wings not half as long as the prebrachial; radial areolet almost 
bisected by an accessory transverse nervure. Legs rufous. 
First abdominal segment subbicarinate, reddish castaneous. 
Terebra as long as 3 of the abdomen. ¢ unknown. Length, 1}; 
wings, 23 lin. 
One specimen only was taken by Haliday in north 
Ireland, and given by him to Curtis; it is therefore pro- 
bably now in Australia. 
3. Phexnocarpa tabida, Nees, (Pl. XIL., fig. 3, 2). 
Alysia tabida, Nees, Mon., i., 252, ?; Hal., Ent. Mag., 
Vi oileOrk s 
Second discoidal areolet obsolete ; stigma much attenuated. @ 
Piceous, shining ; head and posterior part of the abdomen blackish, 
Ist segment rufo-testaceous ; mandibles and palpi rufous. Antenne 
one-half longer than the body, fuscous with the 4-5 basal joints 
testaceous, 19-21-jointed, all the joints long, the 4th very long. 
Prothorax rufous; mesothorax castaneous or rufescent ; sutures 
incomplete ; metathorax sometimes testaceous, nearly smooth ; a 
circular fovea before the scutellum. Wings hyaline; squamula 
rufous ; nervures and stigma dull testaceous; radial areolet cultn- 
form, attaining the tip of the wing ; 2nd cubital areolet elongate, 
much narrowed towards the outer extremity; anal nervure 
interstitial; hindwings narrow, pobrachial areolet very small. 
Legs testaceous. First abdominal segment uneven, hardly 
rugulose, bicarinate, testaceous, the following segments rufescent, 
becoming gradually darker to the apex, which is black. Terebra 
as long as 2 of the abdomen. ¢ Similar; antenne longer, 20-22- 
jointed. Length, 1; wings, 2} lin. 
Found very sparingly in Germany and England; I 
have taken a single example. 
4, Phenocarpa picinervis, Hal. 
Alysia picinervis, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 233, 62%; pl. 
xvi, f. 29 (wing). 
Transverse nervures bordered with brown. @ Shining black, 
with a bronzed tint. Face punctulate, subcarinate ; mandibles and 
palpi rufous, the Jatter more obscure. Antenne slender black, 
