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Limnas, but agrees very well generically with L. Inaria, which, seems 

 to rne rather out of place where it is. 



I am indebted to Mr. Belt for the six species now described. 



Oatlands, Weybridge : 18t7i January, 1870. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF BRACONIDM BELONGING TO A 

 GENUS NEW TO BRITAIN. 



BY THE REV. T. A. MARSHALL, M.A. 



Among some parasitic Hymenoptera forwarded to me for inspection 

 by Mr. Champion, are two females of the genus Pamboltjs, Hal., Ent. 

 Mag,, iv, 49, £= Dimeris, Euthe, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xvi, 329, c? ? ; cf. 

 ibid, xv, 344, $ only. This genus, hitherto known only on the Conti- 

 nent, is an interesting addition to our Braconidce. The described 

 species are two, P. biglumis, Hal. (^ only), from Belgium, — and P. 

 mirus, Euthe ( <$ $ ), found under moss at the roots of an oak near 

 Berlin. Both are described as blackish, and may well be suspected of 

 being identical, in which case the name mirus, Euthe, must be dropped. 

 The very different coloration of the present individuals leading to the 

 conclusion that they are new, they are here described as 



P. MELANOCEPHALUS, n. sp. 



Sub-apterus, rufus, capite nigro ; antennis apicem versus, abdominis 

 segmento secundo, cum tarsorum apicibus,Juscis. Terebra abdominis di- 

 midia parte paulo brevior. $ . Long. 1 — lj lin. 



Very finely punctulate, with pale, scattered, adpressed hairs. An- 

 tennae 15-jointed, pubescent, joints 7 — 15 fuscous. Wings halteriform. 

 Metathorax bispinose. Segment 1 longitudinally striolated, convex, 

 semicircular, divided from the 2nd by a deep incision. All the rest of 

 the segments are concealed by the 2nd, so that the large, ovate, sessile, 

 and depressed abdomen appears bi-articulate, a character at once deci- 

 sive of the genus. 



Mr. Champion informs me that he found " one specimen on the 

 downs near Box Hill in moss, and the other in dead leaves at Darenth 

 Wood." Both were taken last October. 



Barnstaple : February 7th, 1870. 



