﻿British 
  Braconidcs. 
  33 
  

  

  attingens. 
  Palpi 
  pallidi. 
  Antennae 
  femina? 
  corpore 
  longiores, 
  2G- 
  

   articulatse, 
  articulo 
  7mo 
  et 
  sequentibus 
  fuscis, 
  3tio 
  quam 
  4tU3 
  

   paulo 
  longiore. 
  Mesopleurte 
  sulco 
  lato, 
  impunctato. 
  Mesothoracis 
  

   sulculi 
  tenuissimi 
  at 
  completi, 
  foveolam 
  versus 
  punctifornaem 
  prae 
  

   scutello 
  conniventes. 
  Thorax 
  undique 
  niger 
  ; 
  metatliorax 
  rufo- 
  

   piceo 
  tinctus, 
  nonnihil 
  rugulosus, 
  basin 
  versus 
  laeviusculus. 
  AlsB 
  

   hyalinse 
  ; 
  areola 
  radialis 
  ad 
  apicem 
  usque 
  producta 
  ; 
  stigma 
  una 
  

   cum 
  nervis, 
  sordide 
  testaceum, 
  elongatum, 
  radium 
  ante 
  ti'ientem 
  

   longitudinis 
  su£e 
  emittens 
  ; 
  areola 
  cubitalis 
  2da 
  elongata, 
  extus 
  

   angnstata; 
  areola 
  podiscoidalis 
  subaperta; 
  nervus 
  recurrens 
  

   longius 
  evectus. 
  Pedes 
  testacei, 
  pallidi, 
  unguiculis 
  fuscis. 
  Abdo- 
  

   men 
  ovale, 
  convexum, 
  testaceum, 
  apicem 
  versus 
  gradatim 
  ob- 
  

   scurius, 
  apice 
  ipso 
  fere 
  nigro 
  ; 
  segmentum 
  lum 
  breve, 
  nigrum, 
  

   basi 
  ipsa 
  testacea, 
  rugulosum, 
  ubique 
  sequilatum, 
  tuberculis 
  paulo 
  

   pone 
  medium 
  prominentibus 
  ; 
  csetera 
  Isevia, 
  nitida. 
  Terebra 
  

   segmentis 
  duobus 
  ultimis 
  longitudine 
  sequalis. 
  Mas 
  incognitus. 
  

  

  Testaceous, 
  meso- 
  and 
  metathoras, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  1st 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  segment, 
  black. 
  Head 
  large 
  ; 
  face 
  not 
  carinated. 
  Clypeus 
  

   very 
  transverse, 
  straight 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  edge, 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   mandibles, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  points. 
  Palpi 
  pale. 
  Antennae 
  

   5 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  26-jointed, 
  the 
  7th 
  and 
  following 
  joints 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  3d 
  joint 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  4th. 
  Prothorax 
  testa- 
  

   ceous. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  Meso- 
  

   thoracic 
  sutures 
  faintly 
  traced, 
  complete, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  punctiform 
  

   fovea 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Metathorax 
  inclining 
  to 
  rufo-piceous, 
  

   subrugulose, 
  smoother 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  radial 
  

   areolet 
  reaching 
  the 
  extremity 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  dull 
  testa- 
  

   ceous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  elongate, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  before 
  ^ 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  

   2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  elongate, 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  

   areolet 
  incompletely 
  closed 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  conspicuously 
  

   evected. 
  Legs 
  pale 
  testaceous, 
  only 
  the 
  claws 
  dusky. 
  Abdomen 
  

   ovate, 
  convex, 
  testaceous, 
  gradually 
  infitscated 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  is 
  nearly 
  black 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  short, 
  black, 
  testaceous 
  at 
  the 
  

   extreme 
  base, 
  rugulose, 
  of 
  equal 
  width 
  throughout, 
  with 
  visible 
  

   tubercles 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  smooth 
  and 
  

   shining. 
  Terebra 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  two 
  last 
  segments. 
  Male 
  not 
  

   known. 
  ? 
  , 
  Length, 
  f 
  ; 
  wings, 
  2^ 
  lines. 
  

  

  Smaller 
  than 
  0. 
  cingidatus 
  and 
  macidijjes 
  (spp. 
  20, 
  19), 
  

   and 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  testaceous 
  head, 
  the 
  

   visible 
  mesothoracic 
  sutures, 
  &c. 
  I 
  ca^Dtured 
  the 
  only 
  

   specimen 
  near 
  Nunton, 
  Wilts. 
  

  

  TRANS. 
  ENT. 
  SOC. 
  LOND. 
  1891. 
  PART 
  I. 
  (MARCH.) 
  D 
  

  

  