British Braconidex. 53 i) 
scutellum. Wings infumated ; stigma narrow, etc., as in the ?. 
Length, 2 ; wings, 43 lin. 
The ¢ was found rarely in Ireland by Haliday ; I cap- 
tured the ¢ near Salisbury. 
13. Phenocarpa flavipes, Hal. 
Alysia flavipes, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 286, ?. 
Q Pitchy black, shining ; clypeus and mandibles rufous ; palpi 
yellowish. Antenne longer than the body, with the first 9 or 10 
joints testaceous, 29-32-jointed. Mesothoracic sutures very faint 
or effaced posteriorly; a fovea before the scutellum situated in a 
bilobed rufous spot ;metathorax uneven, shining. Wings hyaline ; 
squamula yellowish ; nervures and stigma fusco-testaceous, the 
latter distinct, cutting off the greater part of the Istabscissa ; 2nd 
cubital areolet narrowed externally ; recurrent and anal nervures 
interstitial. Legs flavo-testaceous. Abdomen depressed; Ist 
segment a little longer than its apical breadth, not much narrowed 
towards the base, faintly striolate; 2nd segment sometimes with a 
transverse yellowish band at the base. Terebra as long as 3 of the 
abdomen. ¢ Similar; antenne twice as long as the body, 30- 
jointed in my specimen ; stigma much attenuated outwards, con- 
founded with the metacarp; 1st abscissa short, but visible. 
Length, 14-13; wing, 2}-3? lin. 
Noticed in Ireland, England, and Holland; I took the 
3 at Bugbrooke near Northampton. 
14, Phenocarpa livida, Hal. 
Alysia livida, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 237, de. 
Abdomen, after the 1st segment, castaneous red or rufotes- 
taceous. @ Pitchy black; oral parts rufous. Antenne almost 
twice as long as the body, 27-28-jointed, blackish with the 3 or 4 
basal joints testaceous ; 4th joint not elongate, 3rd and 5th sub- 
equal. Prothorax testaceous ; mesothoracic sutures inchoate ; an 
oval fovea before the scutellum ; metathorax dull, finely punctato- 
rugulose. Wings hyaline; squamula yellowish ; nervures and 
stigma pale fuscous or testaceous, the latter narrow, attenuated 
outwards and confounded with the metacarp; 2nd cubital areolet 
narrowed towards the extremity ; recurrent nervure interstitial ; 
anal nervure almost interstitial; pobrachial areolet of the hind- 
wings obsolete. Legs yellowish, Abdomen depressed; Ist seg- 
ment blackish, dull, very finely punctato-rugulose. Terebra as 
