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before the apex of the first cubital cell; first abscissa of the 
radius short, about one-fifth of the length of the second, first 
abscissa of the cubitus straight. 
Hab. Plaine des Lacs, February 26, 1914; 1 2. 
Nearly allied to the Australian C. rufus, Szép., and C. pro- 
Jjiscator, Fabr., but has the terebra much shorter than in 
either. ‘’he hind legs are without black as in C. crassi- 
caudis, Szép., but the terebra is much shorter than in that 
species. 
Bracon conspiciendus, sp. n. 
@. Rufa; capite, antennis, terebree valvulis, abdomineque, seg- 
mentis duobus basalibus exceptis, nigris; tergito secundo apice 
late nigro ; pedibus flavo-testaceis ; alis anticis fuscis, basi fere 
ad medium flavis; stigmate maculaque sub stigmate flavis ; 
posticis flavis, tertio apicali fusco-hyalinis, 
Long. 8 mm.; terebre long. 2 mm. 
2. Smooth and shining ; head transverse, slightly nar- 
rowed behind the eyes; front subopaque and very finely 
punctured on the sides, with sparse short black hairs, smooth 
in the middle. Antenne as long as the whole insect, scape 
smooth and shining above, clothed with short sparse hairs 
beneath. Parapsidal furrows distinct, smooth. First tergite 
with a deep longitudinal groove on each side; second tergite 
strongly bisinuate at the base, twice as broad at the apex as 
at the base, about half as long again as the basal breadth, 
much longer than the third tergite; vaivule stout and 
clothed with short black hairs; hypopygium acute, not 
reaching beyond the apical tergite. Stigma large, half as broad 
as long; cubitus sharply bent downwards a little beyond one- 
third from the base of the first cubital cell ; recurrent nervure 
received just before the apex of the first cubital cell, almost 
interstitial ; first abscissa of the radius about two-fifths of 
the length of the second, the third a little longer than the 
second. Tibiz and tarsi clothed with short golden pubes- 
cence ; hind calcaria short, about one-quarter of the length of 
the hind metatarsus. 
Hab. Mt. Mou, March 12,1914; 1 9. 
This is nearly related to Bracon walkeri, Turn., from 
N. Australia, the colour of the wings and the neuration 
being almost identical. But in walkert the abdomen is 
wholly red, the terebra slightly shorter and the second tergite 
a little narrower at the base. 
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