British Braconide. 5381 
the abdomen fuscescent. Wings infumated; stigma fuscous. 
Length, 11; wings, 3 lin. Taken once in the London district by 
Walker. 
Extremely rare in north Ireland, according to Hali- 
day. <A single ? occurred in Cornwall, not far from 
my house. The size and colours render this species 
remarkable. 
9. Phenocarpa conspurcator, Hal. 
Alysia conspurcator, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 236, 6 ?. 
¢ Black ; mandibles dull rufous ; palpi paler. Antenne some- 
what longer than the body, 24-30-jointed, the two basal joints dull 
rufous. Mesothoracic sutures complete, finely punctate, meeting 
in an acute angle posteriorly ; metathorax uneven, irregularly 
marked with a few elevated lines. Wings subhyaline ; squamula 
rufescent ; nervures and stigma fuscous, the latter very narrow, 
much attenuated outwards, where it is indeterminately confounded 
with the metacarp ; 2nd cubital areolet slightly narrowed exter- 
nally, the upper angle of its base often somewhat obtuse ; anal 
nervure not interstitial ; recurrent nervure interstitial. Legs dull 
rufous. First abdominal segment rather longer than its apical 
width, not shining, hardly rugulose, faintly carinate in the middle, 
the carina bifurcate near the base. ¢ Similar ; antenne longer 
and more slender, 32-jointed. Length, 14-24 ; wings, 3-5 lin. 
This may be known from its nearest allies by the 
narrowness of the stigma. It is, perhaps, the commonest 
species of the genus, noticed in England, Ireland, France, 
Holland, and probably occurring throughout Europe. 
The ? may be often seen on dunghills, and the droppings 
of cattle, in the fields, seeking for the larvee of Scato- 
phaga and other flies. 
10. Phenocarpa pratelle, Curtis (Pl. XII., fig. 6, 2). 
Alysia pratellz, Cur., B. H., 141 ; Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 
230, ¢. 
¢ Shining, pitchy black, the middie of the mesonotum some- 
times rufescent. Head large, deep black; clypeus and mandibles 
rufous. Antenne very slender, filiform, almost twice as long as 
the body, 33-35-jointed, blackish with the base rufous ; 4th joint 
elongate. Mesothoracic sutures complete, smooth; metathorax 
very short, uneven, slightly rugulose. Wings hyaline ; squamula 
testaceous ; nervures fuscescent ; stigma yellow, narrow, abruptly 
