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  Braconidce. 
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  12. 
  Opius 
  vindex, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  0. 
  vindex, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  210, 
  c? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  mouth 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  emarginate 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  Antennae 
  37- 
  

   jointed, 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body 
  ; 
  scape 
  testaceous. 
  Meso- 
  

   thorax 
  (pierced 
  with 
  a 
  pin, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  determined). 
  Mesopleurse 
  with 
  an 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  Meta- 
  

   thorax 
  rugulose, 
  smooth 
  in 
  the 
  middle. 
  Second 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  

   very 
  short, 
  i. 
  e., 
  2d 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  1st 
  

   intercubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  evected. 
  Legs 
  testaceous. 
  

   Female 
  unknown. 
  Length, 
  1^ 
  line. 
  

  

  Taken 
  once 
  by 
  Haliday 
  in 
  North 
  Ireland. 
  Eesembles 
  

   the 
  ^ 
  of 
  0. 
  scevus 
  (sp. 
  15), 
  but 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  distinct. 
  

   It 
  is 
  not 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  recognised 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  short 
  

   description. 
  

  

  13. 
  Opius 
  celsus, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  O. 
  celsus, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  209, 
  c? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  antennae 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  33 
  — 
  36-jointed 
  ; 
  

   joints 
  1 
  — 
  2 
  rufo-piceous 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  3d 
  joint 
  testaceous. 
  Clypeus 
  

   touching 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  effaced. 
  A 
  puncti- 
  

   form 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  an 
  im- 
  

   punctate 
  furrow. 
  Metathorax 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  ample, 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  greyish 
  subhyaline 
  ; 
  squamula 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  before 
  

   I 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  evected 
  ; 
  radius 
  slightly 
  curved 
  ; 
  

   2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  not 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  very 
  

   oblique, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  areolet 
  open 
  at 
  

   the 
  extremity 
  ; 
  neuration 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  distinct. 
  Legs 
  flavo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  a 
  fuscous 
  spot 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae. 
  Abdomen 
  thinly 
  beset 
  with 
  long 
  

   pale 
  hairs 
  ; 
  oval 
  in 
  the 
  <? 
  , 
  circular 
  in 
  the 
  J 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  finely 
  

   rugulose. 
  Terebra 
  subexserted. 
  ^ 
  $. 
  Length, 
  1 
  — 
  1^ 
  ; 
  wings, 
  

   2| 
  — 
  3i 
  Imes. 
  

  

  The 
  ^ 
  much 
  resembles 
  that 
  of 
  O. 
  scevus 
  (sp. 
  15), 
  

   except 
  that 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  cubital 
  

   areolet 
  are 
  nearly 
  parallel. 
  In 
  the 
  ^ 
  of 
  0. 
  cingulatus, 
  

   Wesm. 
  (sp. 
  20), 
  the 
  radial 
  areolet 
  and 
  stigma 
  are 
  broader, 
  

   and 
  the 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  metathorax 
  and 
  1st 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  coarser. 
  Haliday 
  omits 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  this 
  

   species, 
  but 
  I 
  captured 
  several 
  in 
  a 
  wood 
  near 
  Nunton, 
  

   Wilts, 
  including 
  the 
  ? 
  , 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  differ 
  materially 
  

   from 
  the 
  other 
  sex. 
  

  

  