66 ME. r. SMITH ON FEW SPECIES 



passing down the sides ; the wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures 

 black. The two first segments of the abdomen that form the petiole 

 reddish yellow, the following black. 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



Tarn. BEACONID^, Westw. 



Gren. Beacon, Fair. 



1. Bracon pallifrons. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. iii. p. 176. 

 Hab. Aru. 



2. Bracon jaculator. Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 141. 

 Hab. Morty Island. 



3. Bracon GRAviDUS. B. rufescenti-flavus; capiteluteo; alis brun- 

 neo-fuscis, macula hj^alina sub stigmate. 



Female. Length 7 lines. Head luteous, the tips of the mandibles and 

 the antennae black ; covered with a fine pale pubescence. The thorax 

 pubescent, the disk very smooth and shining ; the wings dark brown, 

 with a minute hyaline spot beneath the stigma, the extreme base of 

 the wings pale ; the posterior tarsi fuscous. Abdomen slightly fuscous 

 towards the apex, the fourth and fifth segments with a slightly elevated 

 tubercle in the middle of their basal margins ; the ovipositor half the 

 length of the abdomen. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



4. Bracon ferax. B. niger; thorace pedibusque ferrugineis; tibiis 

 tarsisque posticis fuscis ; alis obscure fuscis. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Head and abdomen shining black, the an- 

 tennae opake black ; the front below the insertion of the antennae 

 and the mandibles pale ferruginous ; a black spot in the middle of the 

 front. The thorax very smooth and shining ; legs stout, and, as well 

 as the thorax, ferruginous, with the posterior tibiae, tarsi, and coxae 

 fuscous ; wings dark fuscous. Abdomen with a white spot at the sides 

 of the basal segment ; ovipositor short, about half the length of the 

 abdomen. 



Hab. New Guinea. 



5. Bracon flaviceps. B. capite flavo, thorace pedibusque pallide 

 ferrugineis ; abdomine nitido, nigro ; alis fuscis. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Head yellow, antennae and eyes fuscous. 

 Thorax and legs pale ferruginous, with the claws and pulvilli black ; 

 the mesothorax and scutellum very smooth and shining; wings 

 fuscous, their extreme base pale ferruginous ; three subhyaline spots 

 beneath the stigma. Abdomen shining black, with a minute white 

 spot on each side of the basal segment ; the abdomen pale beneath, 

 with a double row of black spots down the centre ; the apical seg- 

 ment produced into an elevated spine ; the ovipositor about the same 

 length as the abdomen. 



Hab. Salwatty. 



