British Braconide. vi 
the latter short (for the genus), not more than four times as long 
as its breadth, which is equal to the length of the Ist abscissa : 
radial areolet not longer than the prebrachial, remote from the 
tip of the wing, acuminate ; radial nervure slightly sinuated ; 
recurrent nervure distinctly rejected. Fore legs brownish, with 
the upper edge of the femora, the tips of the tibiz, and the tarsi, 
blackish ; 4 posterior legs, or sometimes all the. legs, blackish, with 
the 2nd joint of the trochanters, and the knees, reddish. Abdomen 
small, narrower and not longer than the thorax, subclaviform, 
convex; Ist segment twice as broad at the extremity as at the 
base, finely aciculate and margined ; the following segments smooth 
and shining. ‘Terebra almost concealed. 3 Antenne not 
thickened before the extremity; fore iegs entirely testaceoas ; 
abdomen forming a longer oval. Length, } line ; exp., 2 lines. 
The autennz alone are decisive of this species, thouzh 
itis otherwise abundantly distinct from the preceding. 
It may have been known to Haliday, as his description 
of D. ainpliator contains some of its characters, mixed with 
those of D. tristis. However that may be, Dr. Capron 
discovered several specimens at Shiere, near Guildford, 
some of which he gave to me; he considered them to 
represent FGrster’s genus Brachystropha (Synopsis, 
p. 274). The plate gives, I believe, a faithful likeness of 
this curious little insect ; at least Dr. Capron has expressed 
his approval of the figure. ‘The species was originally 
taken in Franconia by Nees von Hsenbeck. 
8. Dacnusa petiolata, Nees. (Pl. J., fig. 2.) 
Alysia petiolata, Nees, Mon., i., p. 25 
D, petiolata, Hal., Hym. Brit., 11., p. 1 
Wb ctt., ps avO <2 
Abdomen spathulate ; Ist segment linear, almost four times as 
long as the hind coxew ; antenne Q 44-jointed, ¢ 49-jointed ; 
2nd discoidal areolet not closed on the inner side. By far the 
largest species. 9? Black, pubescent ; abdomen, after the Ist seg- 
ment, rufo-testaceous. Head broadly transverse, profoundly 
excavated behind ; face punctate, with a faint carina ; mandibles 
blackish ; ocelli red; palpi testaceous. Antenne as long as the 
body, obscurely reddish, with dark articulations. Thorax short, 
gibbous, narrower than the head ; mesothoracic furrows hardly 
inchoate; on the mesonotum a longitudinal medial channel 
terminates in a deep fovea before the scutellum ; metathorax short, 
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