﻿British 
  Braconklcc. 
  47 
  

  

  distinct. 
  Legs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  apex 
  of 
  hind 
  tibiie, 
  and 
  tlieir 
  tarsi, 
  

   fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  oblong 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  elongate, 
  linear, 
  finely 
  

   rugulose 
  ; 
  the 
  following 
  segments 
  very 
  smooth. 
  Female 
  unknown. 
  

   Length, 
  2 
  ; 
  wings, 
  4:^ 
  lines. 
  

  

  Haliday 
  was 
  acquainted 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  specimen, 
  sent 
  

   to 
  him 
  from 
  England 
  ; 
  I 
  possess 
  another, 
  taken 
  near 
  

   Barnstaple, 
  in 
  bad 
  condition. 
  

  

  38. 
  Opius 
  testacens, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  0. 
  tcstaccus, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1838, 
  

   p. 
  146, 
  ^ 
  ?. 
  (PL 
  IL, 
  fig. 
  6, 
  ?). 
  

  

  Bright 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  ? 
  clypeus 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  which 
  

   are 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  points. 
  Antennae 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  

   38-jointed, 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  testaceous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  

   distinct, 
  impunctate, 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  

   scutellum. 
  Metathorax 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  subhyaline 
  ; 
  nervures 
  

   fusco-testaceous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  large, 
  elongate, 
  ovate, 
  blackish 
  or 
  fuscous, 
  

   with 
  the 
  extremity 
  paler 
  ; 
  radial 
  areolet 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  

   the 
  stigma 
  ; 
  2d 
  cubital 
  areolet 
  elongate, 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  

   recurrent 
  nerviu'e 
  interstitial 
  or 
  subevected 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  areolet 
  

   closed, 
  nearly 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  prsediscoidal. 
  Legs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  last 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  blackish. 
  Abdomen 
  oval, 
  convex 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  

   broad, 
  the 
  disk 
  elevated, 
  with 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  ridges, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   intermediate 
  striae. 
  Terebra 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  its 
  valves 
  

   black, 
  filiform. 
  ^ 
  . 
  Similar 
  ; 
  antennae 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again 
  as 
  the 
  

   body, 
  39-jointed. 
  Length, 
  If 
  — 
  2 
  ; 
  wings, 
  4 
  — 
  41 
  lines. 
  

  

  Five 
  specimens, 
  including 
  a 
  ^ 
  , 
  were 
  captured 
  near 
  

   Liege 
  and 
  Brussels, 
  and 
  described 
  in 
  Wesmael's 
  Supple- 
  

   ment. 
  The 
  species 
  was 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  Haliday, 
  and 
  I 
  

   believe 
  it 
  was 
  first 
  noticed 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  by 
  myself. 
  I 
  

   obtained 
  5 
  or 
  6 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  and 
  

   time. 
  They 
  were 
  beaten 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  dusty 
  hedge, 
  bordering 
  

   the 
  great 
  north 
  road, 
  about 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  St. 
  Albans. 
  

   This 
  species 
  constitutes 
  the 
  genus 
  Utetes, 
  Forst. 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   remarkable 
  for 
  its 
  colour, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  terebra, 
  

   but 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  able 
  to 
  discover 
  any 
  characters 
  important 
  

   enough 
  to 
  be 
  considered 
  generic. 
  A 
  closely 
  allied 
  species 
  

   exists 
  in 
  N. 
  America, 
  specimens 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  

   me 
  from 
  the 
  Washington 
  Museum, 
  under 
  the 
  MS. 
  name 
  

   Phadrotoma 
  sanguinea, 
  Ashmead. 
  

  

  