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  Braconidce. 
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  evectns 
  ; 
  areola 
  pocliscoidalis 
  occlusa. 
  Alarum 
  inferiorum 
  nervxis 
  

   transversus 
  pobrachialis 
  omnino 
  nullus. 
  Pedes 
  flavidi, 
  tarsorum 
  

   articiilo 
  ultimo 
  obscuro. 
  Abdomen 
  ovale, 
  segmento 
  Imo 
  ruguloso, 
  

   brevi, 
  lineari, 
  bicarinato, 
  tubereulis 
  conspicuis 
  ; 
  segmenta 
  csetera 
  

   laevissima. 
  Femina 
  latet. 
  

  

  ^. 
  Black, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  2d 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  some- 
  

   times 
  slightly 
  piceous 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  orbits 
  and 
  apex 
  of 
  cheeks 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  rufous. 
  Face 
  minutely 
  punctulate, 
  hardly 
  shining, 
  convex, 
  

   not 
  carinated 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  short, 
  transverse, 
  elevated, 
  not 
  nearly 
  

   touching 
  the 
  mandibles 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  and 
  mandibles 
  testaceous, 
  the 
  

   latter 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  points 
  ; 
  palpi 
  testaceous. 
  Antennae 
  mxich 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  body, 
  37 
  — 
  38-jointed, 
  black 
  ; 
  scape 
  dull 
  rufous. 
  Meso- 
  

   thoracic 
  sutures 
  inchoate, 
  effaced 
  posteriorly. 
  An 
  oval 
  impression 
  

   before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  furrow, 
  irregularly 
  

   crenate. 
  Metathorax 
  rugulose, 
  smoother 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  Wings 
  

   hyaline 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  sqiiamula 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  elongate, 
  triangular, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  

   radial 
  areolet 
  reaching 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  3d 
  abscissa 
  ciu'ved 
  ; 
  

   2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  very 
  slightly 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  

   nervure 
  evected 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  areolet 
  closed. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  no 
  

   vestige 
  of 
  a 
  pobrachial 
  transverse 
  nervure. 
  Legs 
  jflavo-testaceous 
  ; 
  

   apical 
  joint 
  of 
  tarsi 
  dusky. 
  Abdomen 
  ovate 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  rugu- 
  

   lose, 
  short, 
  linear, 
  bicarinated, 
  with 
  visible 
  tubercles 
  ; 
  the 
  rest 
  very 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Female 
  unknown. 
  Length, 
  1^; 
  wings, 
  

   4 
  lines. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  species, 
  wbicb 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  Biosteres 
  if 
  the 
  2d 
  

   cubital 
  areolet 
  were 
  less 
  prolonged. 
  It 
  nearly 
  approaches 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  cemulus, 
  but 
  the 
  size 
  is 
  much 
  

   greater, 
  and 
  the 
  antennas 
  have 
  too 
  many 
  joints, 
  even 
  

   when 
  allowance 
  is 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  difference 
  of 
  sex 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   hardly 
  probable, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  this 
  can 
  be 
  the 
  unknown 
  

   (J 
  of 
  (Binulus. 
  I 
  have 
  three 
  specimens 
  from 
  Devonshire, 
  

   one 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Bignell, 
  the 
  others 
  by 
  myself 
  

   at 
  Cornworthy. 
  

  

  30. 
  Opiiis 
  polyzonius, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  0. 
  polyzonius, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1835, 
  

   p. 
  136 
  ; 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  213, 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  mouth, 
  orbits 
  of 
  the 
  eyes, 
  prothorax 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  black, 
  the 
  rest 
  margined 
  with 
  fuscous 
  

   posteriorly. 
  Head 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   vertex, 
  occiput, 
  and 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  cheeks, 
  black. 
  Clypeus 
  rufo- 
  

  

  