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5. — Descriptions of Species of Parasitic Hymenoptera, chiefly in the 

 Collection of the South African Musemn, Cape Town. {Second 

 Paper-'). — By. P. Cameron. 



[Species marked with an asterisk are not in the Collection of the South 

 African Museum.] 



BEACONID^. 



APANTELES. 



Apanteles capensis, sp. nov. 



Black ; the sides of the three basal segments of the abdomen and 

 the legs rufo-testaceous; the hinder coxae, apex of hind tibige broadly 

 and the hind tarsi, except the basal two joints at the base, black ; 

 the wings hyaline, with black nervures. ? and <? . 



Length 4 mm. 



Cape Town. Several specimens. 



First abdominal segment distinctly longer than broad ; the second 

 and third broader than long ; the second, if anything, longer than 

 the third ; the basal two segments aciculated, a smooth line down 

 the centre of both ; the second with an oblique furrow on either side 

 at the base, enclosing a triangular space ; the other segments (third 

 and following) are smooth and shining. Terebra short ; the hypo- 

 pygium cultriform. Metanotum opaque, coarsely aciculated ; the 

 mesonotum and scutellum smooth, shining, as are also the pleurse ; 

 the breast covered with a pale pile. The hypopygium projects 

 slightly beyond the dorsal surface of abdomen. Spurs of hind tibiae 

 extending shortly, but distinctly beyond the middle of metatarsus. 

 Tegulae fuscous-testaceous. Fn^st abscissa of cubitus straight, 

 oblique. 



Belongs to Marshall's Section 3, in Andre's Species, iv., 405. 



* First Paper, vol. v., 1906, pp. 17-182. 



