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  Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xliv. 
  (1900), 
  No. 
  15. 
  S3 
  

  

  entirely 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  spurs 
  testaceous. 
  The 
  ventral 
  

   surface 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  species. 
  The 
  abdominal 
  spines 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  

   strongly 
  developed 
  as 
  usual. 
  

  

  Bracon 
  PAUPERATUS, 
  Sp. 
  110V. 
  

  

  Lutens, 
  antennis 
  nigris 
  ; 
  alis 
  flavo-hyalinis, 
  macula 
  

   sub-stigmaticali 
  fusca. 
  9 
  • 
  

  

  Long. 
  10 
  ; 
  terebra 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Scape 
  of 
  antennae 
  covered 
  with 
  bright 
  fulvous 
  hairs. 
  

   Front 
  and 
  vertex 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  sparsely 
  

   covered 
  with 
  long 
  fuscous 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  frontal 
  furrow 
  is 
  wide 
  

   and 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  

   hair; 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  bordered 
  by 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   keel 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  black 
  ; 
  

   palpi 
  fulvous. 
  Thorax 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   and 
  bordered 
  by 
  furrows 
  ; 
  the 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  

   is 
  wide, 
  curved, 
  and 
  reaches 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  

   the 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  metapleura^ 
  is 
  wide, 
  deep 
  at 
  base 
  and 
  

   apex. 
  Legs 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  fulvous 
  pubescence. 
  

   Wings 
  yellowish 
  hyaline, 
  the 
  apex 
  smoky 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  stigma 
  is 
  an 
  oblique 
  cloud 
  which 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  

   recurrent 
  nervure 
  and 
  is 
  continued 
  narrowly 
  along 
  the 
  

   nervure 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  prodiscoidal 
  cellule; 
  the 
  second 
  cubital 
  

   cellule 
  is 
  not 
  much 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  third. 
  Petiole 
  smooth 
  ; 
  

   the 
  central 
  part 
  obscurely 
  shagreened 
  and 
  keeled 
  down 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  plate 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  smooth; 
  

   its 
  keel 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  space 
  on 
  either 
  

   side 
  of 
  it 
  is 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  securiform 
  articulation 
  

   is 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  long 
  fulvous 
  hair. 
  

  

  