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and provided for their young. Evania, Brachy- 

 gaster, Fcpnus. 



725. Ichneumons of the second line {Braco- 

 nites). Larva more obese, without distinct mark- 

 ings and divisions ; feeds, often in company, on 

 the larva of Lepidoplera, and other insects. Pupa 

 changes within the skin of the Lepidopterous 

 larva, or in small silken cocoons, attached to the 

 hair or body of its prey, &c. Imago with the 

 antennae ten- to twenty-jointed ; mandibles short 

 generally bifid; maxill* obtuse, feelers six- 

 joinled, elongate; labium short; ligula obtuse 

 and entire; feelers four-jointed; ocelli three- 

 (ore wings with fewer nervures than the following 

 order; hind wings with still less; podeon slender 

 and short; oviduct with two protecting appen- 

 dages. Inhabits grass, &c. Bassus, Roga,,Alysia 

 Bracon, Mkrogaster, Microdus, Sigalphu,, Jphi- 

 ants. 



726. Ichnemnons (Mneumonites). Larva elon- 

 gate, with the divisions of the segments clearly 

 defined ; solitary; inhabits and devours the fleshy 

 parts of other insects. Pupa ehanges sometimes 

 w.thin the shell of the pupa of the Lepidopterous 

 .nsects; sometimes in the ground, in a touoh 

 close, leathery cocoon, spun by the larva. Im^so 

 with long filiform antenna composed of about 

 forty joints; mandibles short, stout, acute, and 

 bifid; maxillae dilated and obtuse, their feelers 

 s.x-jointed, and often very long ; labium short, its 

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