﻿British 
  Braconidce. 
  21 
  

  

  (69) 
  68. 
  Face 
  and 
  mesothorax 
  scabrous, 
  dull 
  . 
  . 
  34. 
  rxidis, 
  Wesm. 
  

   (68) 
  69. 
  Face 
  and 
  mesothorax 
  smooth, 
  more 
  or 
  

  

  less 
  shining. 
  

   (71) 
  70. 
  Second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  scabrous, 
  

  

  dull 
  35. 
  ccEsus, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  (70; 
  71. 
  Second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  smooth, 
  

  

  shining 
  36. 
  reconditor, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  (43) 
  72. 
  Eecurrent 
  nervure 
  rejected 
  ; 
  rarely 
  

  

  interstitial. 
  

  

  (74) 
  73. 
  Face 
  and 
  thorax 
  rugulose 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  37. 
  ccelatus, 
  Hal. 
  

   (73) 
  74. 
  Face 
  and 
  thorax 
  smooth. 
  

  

  (76) 
  75, 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  testaceous; 
  

  

  terebra 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen 
  . 
  . 
  38. 
  .testaceus, 
  Wesr^. 
  

  

  (75) 
  76. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black, 
  

  

  sometimes 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  rufous 
  marks 
  ; 
  

   terebra 
  subexserted. 
  

   (78) 
  77. 
  Orbits 
  black 
  ; 
  antennffi 
  36— 
  42-jointed; 
  

   1st 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  short, 
  broad; 
  

   2d 
  without 
  a 
  transverse 
  channel 
  . 
  . 
  39. 
  rujipes, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  (77) 
  78. 
  Orbitsrufous 
  ; 
  antenna 
  21— 
  31-jointed 
  ; 
  

  

  1st 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  long, 
  nar- 
  

   row 
  ; 
  2d 
  impressed 
  with 
  a 
  faint 
  

   transverse 
  channel 
  40. 
  comatus, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  1. 
  Optus 
  lug 
  ens, 
  Hal. 
  

   Opius 
  lugens, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  206, 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black, 
  very 
  shining. 
  Clypeus 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  

   Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  21 
  — 
  28-jointed. 
  Palpi 
  fusco-testa- 
  

   ceous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  effaced. 
  No 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  

   before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurse 
  with 
  an 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  

   Metathorax 
  quite 
  smooth. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  radial 
  areolet 
  ending 
  before 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  evected 
  ; 
  hind 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  vestige 
  of 
  the 
  

   pobrachial 
  transverse 
  nervure. 
  Legs 
  fusco-testaceous 
  ; 
  coxse 
  

   black 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  fore 
  femora, 
  4 
  posterior 
  femora 
  almost 
  entirely, 
  

   hind 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tips 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi, 
  fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  sub- 
  

   orbicular 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  slender, 
  narrowly 
  obconic, 
  entirely 
  smooth. 
  

   Male 
  unknown. 
  Length, 
  f 
  line. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Haliday, 
  distinguished 
  from 
  apiculator 
  

   (sp. 
  4) 
  by 
  the 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  stigma 
  and 
  shorter 
  2d 
  

   cubital 
  areolet, 
  attenuated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex. 
  Unknown 
  

   to 
  me, 
  but 
  indicated 
  as 
  occurring 
  rarely 
  in 
  England, 
  

   Ireland, 
  and 
  the 
  Hebrides. 
  

  

  