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the thorax, coxae, and abdomen bright chalybeous, the tibiae and tarsi 

 nigro-chalybeous ; the thorax transversely rugose ; the metathorax 

 with four longitudinal carinae, the intermediate pair closely approx- 

 imating, the whole transversely rugose ; the apex of the metathorax 

 with a short tooth or spine on each side of the insertion of the ab- 

 domen. Abdomen petiolated, the three basal segments with several 

 oblique and curved depressions. 

 Hab. Ceram. 



Pam. BEACONED JE, Westw. 



Gen. Beacon, Fair. 



1. Bracon jaculatus, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. v. p. 141. 2. 

 Hab. Ceram ; Bachian. 



2. Bracon ingens. B. niger, capite, thorace subtus pedibusque 

 anticis et intermediis ferrugineis ; alis nigris, maculis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 11 lines; ovipositor 37 lines. Black; the head fer- 

 ruginous, with the region of the ocelli, the tips of the mandibles, and 

 the antennae black ; a few black, hairs scattered over the face and on 

 the scape in front. Thorax smooth and shining, ferruginous beneath, 

 as well as the anterior and intermediate legs ; the metathorax with a 

 thin, erect, black pubescence ; wings dark-fuscous, with a yellow sub- 

 hyaline spot in the first submarginal cell, and a smaller clear hyaline 

 one beneath it ; the posterior wings have also a subhyaline yellow spot 

 in the middle of their anterior margin. Abdomen : the three basal 

 segments rugose, the following smooth and shining ; the three basal 

 segments and the posterior legs with black pubescence. 



Hab. Celebes (Tondano). 



3. Bracon (Myosoma) penetrans. B. flavo-rufus, vertice macula 

 notato et antenuis nigris ; alis flavo-hyalinis, dimidio apicali fusco. 



Female. Length 5 lines. Reddish yellow, the antennae and vertex 

 black ; the body and legs thickly covered with pale-fulvous pubescence ; 

 the face yellow; the thorax shining above; the basal half of the 

 wings yellow, the apical half dark brown, with a narrow hyaline spot 

 running beyond and crossing the marginal cell; the second transverse 

 cubital nervure with a narrow hyaline border. Abdomen : the first 

 segment vertical, forming an angle with the rest of the abdomen ; the 

 second segment with a tubercle in the centre of its basal margin, a 

 smaller one at each lateral angle ; from the central tubercle a deeply 

 impressed oblique line runs to the side of the segment about the mid- 

 dle ; the angle thus formed on each side is smooth and shining ; the 

 other portion of the segment is rugose ; the following segments are 

 smooth, shining and pubescent. 



Hab. Ceram. 



Genus Agathis, Latr. 

 1. Agathis sculpturalis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. in. 25. 1. 

 Hob. Gilolo ; Makassar. 



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