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  Braconidce. 
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  This 
  is 
  distinguishable 
  from 
  carhonarius 
  by 
  its 
  smaller 
  

   size, 
  the 
  rugose 
  furrow 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurse, 
  and 
  the 
  in- 
  

   equalities 
  and 
  rugosity 
  of 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  from 
  

   scabriculus, 
  Wesmaelii, 
  and 
  sylvaticus 
  (spp. 
  7, 
  8, 
  9), 
  by 
  

   longer 
  antennte, 
  the 
  fainter 
  sculpture 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  

   longer 
  stigma, 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  the 
  radius, 
  and 
  the 
  

   greater 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  radial 
  areolet. 
  Taken 
  rarely 
  by 
  

   Haliday 
  in 
  North 
  Ireland 
  on 
  Brassica 
  rapa. 
  The 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  I 
  possess 
  is 
  a 
  ^ 
  , 
  found 
  by 
  Bignell 
  in 
  Devonshire. 
  

  

  7. 
  Biosteres 
  scabriculus, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  Opius 
  scabriculus, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  

   1835, 
  p. 
  154, 
  ? 
  ; 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  218, 
  c? 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  scabrous 
  ; 
  legs 
  varied 
  with 
  black. 
  Head 
  

   pubescent 
  ; 
  face 
  finely 
  carinated, 
  and, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  greater 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  cheeks 
  and 
  vertex, 
  scabrous, 
  not 
  shining 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  

   rufous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  duskj'. 
  Antennse 
  ? 
  black, 
  33-jointed, 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   body 
  ; 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  ^ 
  not 
  described. 
  Mesothorax 
  with 
  3 
  longi- 
  

   tudinal 
  scabrous 
  parallel 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  disk 
  ; 
  humeral 
  angles, 
  and 
  

   sides 
  in 
  front, 
  similarly 
  scabrous. 
  Mesopletirae 
  with 
  no 
  furrow, 
  

   but 
  a 
  broad 
  rugulose 
  space 
  instead, 
  hardly 
  depressed 
  below 
  the 
  

   surface. 
  Scutellum 
  and 
  metathorax 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  dull 
  testaceous, 
  elongate, 
  narrow, 
  linear. 
  Coxae 
  and 
  1st 
  

   joint 
  of 
  the 
  trochanters 
  black 
  ; 
  2d 
  joint, 
  femora, 
  and 
  tibiae, 
  rufo- 
  

   testaceous 
  ; 
  4 
  anterior 
  femora 
  streaked 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  with 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  hind 
  femora 
  blackish 
  above 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  tarsi 
  fuscescent. 
  Abdomen 
  narrow, 
  elon- 
  

   gate 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  longitudinally 
  rugose, 
  with 
  a 
  fine 
  medial 
  

   carina 
  ; 
  the 
  following 
  segments 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  3^ 
  

   segments 
  2, 
  3, 
  4 
  are 
  furnished 
  before 
  the 
  apex 
  each 
  with 
  two 
  

   minute 
  whitish 
  spines. 
  Terebra 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  ^ 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  

   Length, 
  If 
  line. 
  

  

  Only 
  two 
  specimens 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken, 
  a 
  ? 
  

   near 
  Brussels, 
  described 
  by 
  Wesmael, 
  and 
  a 
  3" 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  Haliday, 
  which 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  from 
  England, 
  

   probably 
  from 
  the 
  London 
  district, 
  by 
  Walker. 
  

  

  8. 
  Biosteres 
  Wesinaelii, 
  Hal. 
  

  

  Opius 
  carbonarius, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  

   1835, 
  p. 
  152 
  (partly 
  ; 
  not 
  of 
  Nees 
  or 
  Haliday 
  ; 
  

   and 
  not 
  the 
  varieties). 
  

  

  0. 
  Wesmaelii, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  219, 
  3 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  