British Braconide. 18 
abdomen usually black (see varieties). @Q antennz slender, tes- 
taceous, blackish towards the extremity, about 40-jointed. Meso- 
thoracic furrows inchoate; an oblong, near fovea before the 
scutellum; metathorax rugose, very short, almost vertical from 
the base, carinated in the middle, beset with whitish pubes- 
cence. Wings slightly infumated ; squamule testaceous ; nervures 
and stigma pale brown; the Jatter linear, elongate, narrow, emit- 
ting the radial nervure from near the base ; radial areolet large, 
lanceolate, sinuated before the extremity : recurrent nervure inter- 
stitial. Legs testaceous ; hind coxe blackish, their tibiz infuscated 
at the apex. and the femora often streaked with blackish towards 
the extremity ; tarsi obscure, the 4 anterior only at the tips. 
Abdomen depressed, suborbicular, almost broader than the thorax ; 
Ist segment linear, punctate-rugulose, with medial tubercles. 
Terebra hardly exserted. 4 similar; abdomen  sublinear. 
Length 14 lines ; exp., 5 lines. 
Var. 1. Second abdominal segment dull testaceous at the base ; 
base of antenne, and legs, of a duller tint. 
Var. 2. ¢ 9 Abdomen testaceous, infuscated at the sides ; Ist 
segment black. This variety is perhaps peculiar to Ireland, since 
Haliday has described it as the ordinary form of the species ; but 
in all the numerous specimens which I have seen the abdomen is 
black, having at most a slight reddish tint at the base of the 2nd 
segment, 
This species may be known by the remarkable length of 
the antenne. In other respects it much resembles D. talaris 
(sp. 3), and especially those specimens which have the 
2nd segment free from rugosity ; these, however, have 
both the antennz and the Ist segment shorter. Com- 
mon in England and Ireland; taken also by Walker in 
Finmark. 
16. Dacnusa cincta, Hal. 
D. cincta, Hal., Hym. Brit., ii, p.9; Marsh., lib. cié., 
peAGls Ye: 
Antenne a little longer than the body ; radial nervure hardly 
sinuated ; Ist abdominal segment twice as long as its width. @ 
black, shining, with very fine pubescence ; 2nd and following seg- 
ments testaceous, cinctured with a darker colour, after the 3rd ; 
mandibles testaceous. Antenne slender, 42-jointed, more or less 
testaceous at the base. Metathorax short, obtuse, punctate- 
rugulose. Wings hyaline with an obscure tinge; squamulze 
