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top of the first cubital cellule is hyaline, and, from this 

 hyaline part, a broad hyaline cloud runs obliquely to the 

 apex of the cellule on the lower side; it being also con- 

 tinued for a short distance into the discoidal. The petiole, 

 in the centre, is raised, the raised part distinctly narrowed 

 at the base, this narrowed part being slightly longer than 

 broad and clearly defined from the rest, which becomes 

 gradually, but not very much, wider towards the apex ; is 

 of a bright golden colour and longitudinally striolated ; the 

 other segments above are longitudinally striated ; the 

 segments bear on either side distinct, striated, oblique 

 furrows ; in the middle of the second at the base is a stout, 

 distinctly margined keel, which extends to shortly beyond 

 the middle of the segment, becoming gradually narrowed 

 to a sharp point as it does so. 



Bracon indiscretus, sp. nov. 



Luteus; antennis, vertice, basi mesonoti apiceque abdo- 

 minis nigris; alis fuscis, basi Jiavis; stigmate luteo. ?. 



Long. 13; terebra 10 mm. 



Antennae longer than the body, black, thickly covered 

 with a white down; distinctly tapering towards the apex. 

 Head pale yellow; the front and vertex broadly in the 

 middle, and the upper half of the occiput, black. The 

 front and vertex smooth and shining; the vertex covered 

 with fuscous hair ; the front broadly furrowed down the 

 middle; the face thickly covered with long, fuscous hair; 

 its upper part in the middle furrowed ; its lower with a 

 black mark. The tips of the mandibles black; the palpi 

 luteous. Thorax yellow, above with a rufous tinge; the 

 prothorax in the middle behind, and the basal two-thirds of 

 the three lobes of the mesonotum, black. Thorax smooth 

 and shining; the mesonotum, the median segment, and 

 the metapleurae sparsely covered with long, soft, pale hair; 



