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  Braconida. 
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  their 
  upper 
  edge, 
  the 
  4 
  posterior 
  often 
  ahiiost 
  entirely 
  dark 
  ; 
  tibiae 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  dusky 
  towards 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  dark, 
  with 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  articulations 
  paler. 
  Abdomen 
  J 
  depressed, 
  ovate 
  ; 
  of 
  the 
  <? 
  , 
  

   narrower 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  obconic, 
  with 
  a 
  basal 
  fovea, 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   edges 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  cariniform 
  ; 
  generally 
  somewhat 
  rugulose 
  in 
  

   the 
  middle 
  and 
  posteriorly. 
  Terebra 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  ^ 
  or 
  f 
  of 
  the 
  abdo- 
  

   men, 
  (J 
  5 
  . 
  Length, 
  1 
  ; 
  wings, 
  2 
  lines. 
  

  

  Common, 
  Wesmael 
  described 
  0. 
  funebris 
  from 
  14 
  

   females 
  and 
  3 
  males 
  taken 
  near 
  Brussels. 
  He 
  expresses 
  

   a 
  doubt 
  whether 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  pijgmceator 
  of 
  Nees, 
  but 
  the 
  

   reasons 
  for 
  this 
  uncertainty 
  are 
  very 
  trivial, 
  and 
  Hali- 
  

   day 
  has 
  not 
  hesitated 
  to 
  unite 
  the 
  two. 
  Another 
  diffi- 
  

   culty 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  tlie 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  stigma, 
  described 
  as 
  

   dark 
  {noirdire) 
  by 
  Wesmael, 
  while, 
  according 
  to 
  Nees, 
  

   and 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  English 
  specimens, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  pale 
  fuscous, 
  

   or 
  testaceous. 
  The 
  ? 
  is 
  remarkable 
  in 
  this 
  genus 
  for 
  

   the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  terebra 
  ; 
  the 
  $■ 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinguished 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  apicidator 
  by 
  its 
  stouter 
  legs 
  and 
  

   shorter 
  antennae. 
  

  

  4. 
  Opius 
  apiculatoi', 
  Nees. 
  

  

  Bracon 
  apiculator, 
  Nees, 
  Mon., 
  i., 
  56 
  ; 
  0. 
  apicidator, 
  

   Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  206, 
  ^ 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  mouth 
  and 
  palpi 
  testaceous. 
  Clypeus 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  

   mandibles. 
  Antennae 
  slender, 
  filiform, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body 
  in 
  the 
  

   ? 
  , 
  longer 
  in 
  the 
  <? 
  , 
  27 
  — 
  28-jointed, 
  black, 
  the 
  3 
  first 
  joints 
  often 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  rufous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  obsolete. 
  No 
  puncti- 
  

   form 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  an 
  im- 
  

   punctate 
  furrow. 
  Metathorax 
  almost 
  smooth. 
  Wings 
  ample, 
  

   much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  

   narrow, 
  elongate, 
  piceo-testaceous, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  at 
  about 
  ^ 
  

   of 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  short 
  but 
  distinct 
  ; 
  2d 
  one-half 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  1st 
  intercubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  3d 
  somewhat 
  curved, 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  very 
  near 
  its 
  extremity 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   evected. 
  Legs 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  hind 
  coxae 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  their 
  

   tibiae 
  fascescent. 
  Abdomen 
  ovate 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  rimulose, 
  black, 
  

   somewhat 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  2d 
  with 
  two 
  oblique 
  impressions 
  

   indicating 
  the 
  gastrocesli. 
  Terebra 
  hardly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  seg- 
  

   ment. 
  (? 
  ? 
  . 
  Length, 
  f 
  ; 
  wings, 
  2 
  lines. 
  

  

  Var. 
  1. 
  Base 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  pale. 
  

  

  Var. 
  2. 
  Hind 
  coxas 
  and 
  femora 
  fuscous 
  above. 
  

  

  Var. 
  3. 
  Scape 
  of 
  antennas, 
  and 
  legs 
  entirely, 
  testaceous. 
  Hali- 
  

   day. 
  

  

  