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  Braconidce. 
  51 
  

  

  (14) 
  15. 
  Vertex 
  and 
  mesothorax 
  smooth, 
  shining. 
  

  

  (17) 
  16. 
  Third 
  abscissa 
  of 
  the 
  radius 
  straight, 
  or- 
  . 
  

   with 
  only 
  a 
  very 
  sHght 
  bend 
  at 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   tremity 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  8. 
  Wesmaelii, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  (16) 
  17. 
  Third 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  curved, 
  concave 
  

  

  beneath 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  9. 
  sylvaticits, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  (1) 
  18. 
  Clypeus 
  not 
  reaching 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  

  

  mouth 
  open 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  10. 
  placidus, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  1. 
  Biosteres 
  carhonarius, 
  Nees. 
  (PL 
  II., 
  fig. 
  7, 
  3')- 
  

  

  Bracon 
  carhonarius, 
  Nees, 
  Mon., 
  i., 
  58; 
  Opius 
  carho- 
  

   narius, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  218, 
  3" 
  2 
  . 
  

  

  Opius 
  procerus, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1835, 
  

   p. 
  156, 
  3 
  , 
  pi. 
  ii., 
  fig. 
  12 
  (wing). 
  

  

  Black, 
  shining 
  ; 
  face 
  punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  carina 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  

   touching 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  punctate, 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  and 
  mandibles 
  

   testaceous, 
  the 
  latter 
  broad, 
  fuscous 
  at 
  the 
  points. 
  Antennae 
  much 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  43 
  — 
  44-jointed, 
  3 
  ? 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  under 
  

   side 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  testaceous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  inchoate, 
  

   effaced 
  posteriorly. 
  Mesopleurs 
  with 
  a 
  smooth 
  impunctate 
  fur- 
  

   row. 
  Apex 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  rugulose 
  ; 
  before 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  oblong 
  

   fovea. 
  Metathoras 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  paler 
  fuscous, 
  elongate, 
  attenuated, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  just 
  

   before 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  

   stigma 
  ; 
  2d 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  1st 
  intercubital 
  nervure 
  ; 
  3d 
  slightly 
  

   curved, 
  ending 
  near 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   evected. 
  No 
  vestige 
  of 
  a 
  pobrachial 
  transverse 
  nervure 
  in 
  the 
  

   hind 
  wings. 
  In 
  the 
  3 
  a^U 
  the 
  principal 
  nervures 
  of 
  the 
  fore 
  wings 
  

   are 
  incrassated 
  and 
  darker. 
  Legs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  2d 
  joint 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  

   trochanters 
  often 
  rufescent 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  tarsi 
  dusky 
  ; 
  hind 
  coxiB 
  of 
  

   the 
  3 
  sometimes 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  above. 
  Abdomen 
  oblong-ovate, 
  

   broader 
  in 
  the 
  5 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  short, 
  forming 
  a 
  truncated 
  triangle, 
  

   narrower 
  in 
  the 
  3 
  > 
  rugulose, 
  with 
  a 
  medial 
  carina, 
  which 
  is 
  bifur- 
  

   cate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  a 
  fovea 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  

  

  .segments 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Terebra 
  concealed. 
  Length, 
  

  

  . 
  2 
  — 
  2i 
  ; 
  wings, 
  4f 
  — 
  5f 
  lines. 
  

  

  Generally 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  country, 
  and 
  

   more 
  often 
  met 
  with 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  species, 
  yet 
  by 
  no 
  

   means 
  common. 
  Bred, 
  according 
  to 
  Brischke 
  (Sclir. 
  

   Nat. 
  Ges. 
  Danzig, 
  1878, 
  p. 
  107), 
  from 
  the 
  maggots 
  of 
  

   Pegomyia 
  nigritarsis, 
  Zett. 
  

  

  E 
  2 
  

  

  