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  Braconidce. 
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  obsoletely 
  margined 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  rufous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  dusky. 
  Antennae 
  

   <? 
  ? 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  stout, 
  setose, 
  tapering 
  outwards, 
  

   36 
  — 
  37-jointed, 
  all 
  the 
  joints 
  short 
  ; 
  black, 
  base 
  of 
  scape 
  dull 
  

   rufous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  complete, 
  deeply 
  impressed, 
  crenu- 
  

   late, 
  meeting 
  in 
  an 
  acute 
  angle 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurae 
  

   with 
  a 
  long 
  furrow, 
  deeply 
  crenate. 
  Metathorax 
  rugose. 
  Wings 
  

   rather 
  short, 
  slightly 
  infumated 
  ; 
  radial 
  areolet 
  short, 
  ending 
  just 
  

   before 
  the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervui'es 
  blackish 
  ; 
  

   stigma 
  oval, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  rectuTent 
  

   nervure 
  interstitial. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  pobrachial 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  nerviu-e. 
  Legs 
  stout, 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  coxae, 
  ' 
  

   1st 
  joint 
  of 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  towards 
  the 
  tips, 
  blackish. 
  

   Abdomen 
  oblong, 
  rather 
  narrow, 
  with 
  subparallel 
  sides 
  ; 
  longer 
  in 
  

   the 
  ^ 
  , 
  and 
  truncate 
  at 
  the 
  extremity 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  rugulose, 
  not 
  

   much 
  widened 
  posteriorly, 
  indistinctly 
  carinated 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   with 
  visible 
  tubercles. 
  Terebra 
  not 
  surpassing 
  the 
  anus. 
  Length, 
  

   2 
  ; 
  wings, 
  4 
  lines. 
  

  

  Wesmael 
  described 
  a 
  mutilated 
  ? 
  found 
  near 
  Brussels 
  ; 
  

   the 
  species 
  was 
  not 
  known 
  to 
  Haliday. 
  Both 
  sexes 
  

   occurred 
  sparingly 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  near 
  Nunton, 
  in 
  Wilts, 
  

   where 
  several 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Capron 
  and 
  myself. 
  

  

  3. 
  Diachasma 
  fulgida, 
  Hal. 
  (PL 
  II., 
  fig. 
  9, 
  (?). 
  

   Opiusfulgidiis, 
  Hal., 
  Ent.Mag., 
  iv., 
  217, 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  <y 
  . 
  . 
  Variable 
  ; 
  rufous, 
  metathorax, 
  pectus, 
  1st 
  abdominal 
  seg- 
  

   ment, 
  and 
  a 
  transverse 
  band 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  segments, 
  

   blackish 
  ; 
  wings 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  form 
  robust. 
  Head 
  rufous 
  ; 
  palpi 
  

   piceous 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  Anteanse 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  body, 
  37-jointed, 
  black, 
  scape 
  piceous 
  beneath. 
  Disk 
  of 
  

   mesothorax 
  rufous, 
  its 
  sutures 
  impunctate, 
  obsolete 
  behind 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  A 
  shallow 
  fovea 
  before 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  Mesopleurae 
  rufo- 
  

   piceous, 
  with 
  a 
  strongly 
  crenate 
  furrow. 
  Scutellum 
  and 
  meta- 
  

   thorax 
  black, 
  the 
  latter 
  coarsely 
  rugose. 
  Wings 
  infuscated 
  ; 
  ner- 
  

   vures 
  and 
  stigma 
  blackish, 
  the 
  latter 
  very 
  large, 
  ovate, 
  lanceolate, 
  

   emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  ; 
  1st 
  abscissa 
  obliterated 
  by 
  

   the 
  stigma, 
  punctiform 
  ; 
  2d 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  1st 
  intercubital 
  nervure 
  

   and 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  2d 
  ; 
  3d 
  abscissa 
  straight, 
  nearly 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  wing 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  interstitial. 
  Hind 
  

   wings 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  pobrachial 
  transverse 
  nervure. 
  Legs 
  rather 
  

   stout, 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  last 
  joint 
  of 
  tarsi 
  fuscous. 
  Abdomen 
  ovate- 
  

   orbiculate 
  ; 
  1st 
  segment 
  oblong, 
  rugulose, 
  blackish 
  ; 
  the 
  following 
  

   segments 
  rufo-testaceous, 
  cinctured 
  with 
  fuscous 
  bands 
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