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  Braconidce. 
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  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurse 
  with 
  an 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  Meta- 
  

   thorax 
  punctate-rugulose, 
  somewhat 
  shining. 
  Wings 
  elongate, 
  

   hyaUne 
  ; 
  squamula 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  very 
  narrow, 
  linear, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  near 
  its 
  base 
  ; 
  radial 
  

   areolet 
  reaching 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  

   elongate, 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  attenuated 
  outwards, 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  the 
  3d 
  ; 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  evected 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  areolet 
  closed. 
  Pobrachial 
  

   transverse 
  nervure 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  inchoate. 
  Legs 
  flavo-testa- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  fuscous 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  their 
  tarsi 
  fuscous, 
  the 
  

   articulations 
  annulated 
  with 
  paler 
  colour. 
  First 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment 
  punctate-rugulose, 
  black, 
  somewhat 
  shining, 
  sublinear 
  ; 
  2d 
  

   fusco-testaceous, 
  with 
  a 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Terebra 
  

   exserted, 
  very 
  short. 
  Male 
  unknown. 
  Length, 
  \ 
  — 
  1 
  line. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  compared 
  to 
  analis, 
  Wesm. 
  (sp. 
  11), 
  

   but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  no 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  before 
  

   the 
  scutellum, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  

   the 
  radius 
  originates 
  nearer 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  stigma, 
  

   the 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  is 
  shorter, 
  and 
  the 
  2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  

   much 
  longer. 
  Unknown 
  to 
  me 
  ; 
  taken 
  by 
  Haliday 
  very 
  

   rarely, 
  in 
  autumn, 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Shannon. 
  

  

  7. 
  Opius 
  spretus, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  O. 
  spretus, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  207, 
  <? 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black; 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  testaceous. 
  Form, 
  

   sculpture, 
  and 
  neuration 
  of 
  wings 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  0. 
  clarus 
  (sp. 
  5), 
  

   only 
  the 
  colours 
  somewhat 
  different. 
  Clypeus 
  and 
  mandibles 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  mandibles 
  ; 
  palpi 
  more 
  

   yellowish. 
  Antennae 
  31 
  — 
  34-jointed, 
  the 
  scape 
  testaceous. 
  Meso- 
  

   thoracic 
  sutures 
  effaced. 
  No 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  

   scutellum. 
  Furrow 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurse 
  impunctate. 
  Legs 
  flavo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  apex 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  obscure, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  their 
  tarsi. 
  

   Second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  dull 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  with 
  an 
  

   obsolete 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  fuscous 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  belly 
  pale. 
  

   Terebra 
  subexserted. 
  ^ 
  J 
  . 
  Length, 
  1 
  line. 
  

  

  Taken 
  by 
  Haliday 
  in 
  North 
  Ireland 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  

   of 
  October, 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Shannon 
  ; 
  Walker 
  

   found 
  the 
  S 
  in 
  England. 
  The 
  only 
  difference 
  between 
  

   this 
  and 
  0. 
  clarus 
  (sp. 
  5) 
  seems 
  to 
  consist 
  in 
  the 
  colour 
  

   of 
  the 
  legs, 
  palpi, 
  &c., 
  which 
  in 
  the 
  former 
  species 
  are 
  

   fiavo-testaceous, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  rufous. 
  I 
  have 
  two 
  

   females 
  taken 
  respectively 
  at 
  Nunton, 
  Wilts, 
  and 
  Bishop's 
  

   Teignton, 
  Devon, 
  the 
  legs 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  yellow 
  than 
  

  

  