British Braconide. 31 
Black ; ¢ mandibles testaceous ; labrum and palpi ferruginous. 
Antenne longer than the body, 24-25-jointed. Wings hyaline ; 
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squamulz brownish ; stigma fuscous in the ¢, ferruginous in the 
@. Legs ferruginous; trochanters and base of the tibix paler ; 
knees and tips of the tarsi infuscated.. Terebra scarcely as long as 
the last segment. Length, 1-1} lines; exp., 21-3 lines. 
Found in England and Ireland; originally by Nees 
in Franconia. I have taken three, in Devonshire and 
Cornwall; the species is not uncommon in swampy 
places. 
EXPLANATION OF Prats J, 
DACNUSIDA. 
Fig. 1. Dacnusa ampliator, Nees, 2. 1a Antenna, 
2. Dacnusa petiolata, Nees, ¢. 
3. Dacnusa areolaris, Nees, 2. 
4, Wing of Dacnusa abdita, Hal. 
5. Gyrocampa uliginosa, Hal., 2. 
6. Chenusa conjungens, Nees, 4. 
