British Braconidse. 
367 
prsebrachial. Legs testaceous ; hind tibiae and tarsi slightly 
dusky. Abdomen widened behind, as in florimela (sp. 1). Terebra 
concealed. ^ Similar ; antennae broken, but still retaining 40 
joints ; dorsal fovea circular ; wings slightly inf iimated, iri- 
descent ; nervures and stigma fuscous, the latter somewhat 
thicker and more determinate than in the ?. Length, If ; wings, 
4 lines. 
This species was discovered by Dr. Capron, who gave 
me a pair, and others_, doubtless, exist in his now inac- 
cessible collection. It is distinguished by the small size 
of the 2nd cubital areolet, not larger than the ] st ; the 
2nd intercubital nervure being colourless, gives the 
wing, at first sight, the appearance of having only two 
cubital areolets, as in Dacnusa, to which genus the 
present insect makes in other respects a near approacb. 
5. Adelura apiij Curtis. 
Alysia apii, Curtis, B. E., pi. cxli. ; Hal., Ent. Mag., 
v., 239, ?, pi. xvii., fig. 21 (wing). 
Adelura apii. Marsh., Species des Hym. d'Eur. et 
d'Alg., Bracon., vol. ii., p. 424, $ ? . 
$ . Black, shining ; abdomen sometimes more or less piceous or 
subrufescent. Face thickly punctulate ; mandibles red ; palpi 
pale. Antenna3 very slender, twice as long as the body, 50-jointed, 
the two basal joints red ; joints 3 and 4 of equal length. Fovea 
of the mesonotum subcircular ; farrow of the mesopleurse indis- 
tinct, smooth ; metathorax punctate. "Wings hyaline with a dusky 
tinge, very iridescent ; squamula testaceous ; nervures and stigma 
blackish, the latter very long and attenuated, scarcely distinct 
from the metacarp, reaching beyond the middle of the radial 
areolet, emitting the radial nervure before one-fourth of its 
length ; radial areolet cultriform, reaching the tip of the wing ; 
3rd abscissa straight ; 2nd cubital areolet elongate, not narrowed 
towards the outer end ; pobrachial areolet of the hindwing one- 
third shorter than the prEebrachial, which also is unusually short. 
Legs rufo-testaceous ; hind tarsi and tips of hind tibite more or 
less dusky. Abdomen as in fiorlmela (sp. 1) ; posterior segments 
sometimes black, like the 1st. Terebra very short. $ Similar ; 
abdomen narrower, with parallel sides. Length, If ; wingr, 
3f-4|- lines. 
