384 Rev. T. A. Marshall's Monograph of 
10. Aspilota insidiatrix, Mo^Ysh. 
Asp. insidiatrix, Marsh., Species des Hym. d'Eur. et 
d'Alg._, Bracon., vol. ii., p. 444, $ . 
? . Short, stout, black, shining ; abdomen piceous-brown ; mandi- 
bles rufous; palpi obscure. Antennae scarcely as long as the body, in- 
crassated towards the apex, 15-jointed, the 2nd joint rufous. 
Mesothoracic sutures effaced ; dorsal fovea shallow, oblong ; meta- 
thorax dull, coriaceous. Wings hyaline ; squamula and nervures 
fusco-testaceous ; 1st intercubital nervure decolorous ; 1st cubital 
ajeolet imperfectly separated from the 1st discoidal ; 2nd short ; 
2nd abscissa only twice as long as the 1st intercubital nervure ; 
radial areolet reaching the tip of the wing. Legs dull testaceous, 
femora and tibiae brownish towards the extremity. Abdomen 
only slightly compressed, pyriform ; 1st segment very short, much 
widened behind, shining, hardly striolate. Terebra short, ex- 
serted. ^ unknown. Length, | ; wings, If lines. 
This comes nearest to macuUpes (sp. 6), but diflFers in 
having the radial areolet extended to the tip of the 
wing. I have taken only a single example. 
11. Aspilota curta. Marsh. 
Asp. curta, Marsh., Species des Hym. d'Ear. et 
d'Alg., Bracon., vol. ii., p. 444, $ . 
$ . Minute, short, stout, shining, rufous, with the head and 
terminal segments of the abdomen fuscous. Head very large. 
Antennae as long as the body, dull rufous, 15-jointed. Mesonotum 
without a dorsal fovea ; metathorax very short, coriaceous. Ner- 
vures and squamula testaceous ; radial areolet remote from the tip 
of the wing ; 1st cubital areolet confounded with the 2nd, and with 
the 1st discoidal. Legs stout, rufous. First abdominal segment 
short, stout, dull, coriaceous, not widened posteriorly. Terebra 
short, exserfed. unknown. Length, ^ ; wings, hardly 
1 line. 
This resembles Alysia castaneaj Nees (Mon., i., 250), 
as well as Haliday^s variety of fuscicornis (sp. 8), which 
is not described ; he says nothing of the radial areolet, 
which terminates at an appreciable distance from the tip 
of the wing ; the colour is of secondary importance, as it 
may be due simply to immaturity ; the insect differs from 
the true fuscicornis in many small particulars. I have 
taken only one specimen. 
