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inal segment almost parallel sided, half again as long as wide at apex, 

 geniculate, the apical two-thirds without a fovea, basally roughened 

 and with a few scattered punctures; second plate nearly three times 

 as wide at base as long down the middle, its apical margm arched; 

 hypopygium extending a little beyond the pygidium, sheaths of the 

 ovipositor about as long as the first dorsal plate ; wings almost color- 

 less, costa and stigma dark brown, radius, transverse cubitus and 

 third abscissa of cubitus rather stramineous,{most of other veins nearly 

 colorless. 



Male. — ^Essentially as in the female. 



Type.— Cat. No. 14310, U.S.N.M. 



Type-locality. — Bangalore, Mysore, India. 



From larvae of Prodenia littoralis, on authority of L. C. Coleman. 



APANTELES (APANTELES) TARAGAM^ffi, new species. 



Female. — Length, 2 mm. Related to Apanteles tischerix Viereck, 

 from which it can be distinguished by the first dorsal plate being 

 hardly one and one-half times as long as wide at apex, its apical half 

 roughened, without a fovea and nearly parallel sided; second plate at 

 least nearly four times as wide at base as long down the middle; wings, 

 including the stigma, almost entirely colorless, costa tinged with 

 brown ; sheaths of the ovipositor nearly as long as the abdomen. 



Male. — Essentially as in the female; apical half of first dorsal plate 

 with converging sides, second dorsal plate narrower at base than in 

 the female. 



Tj/pe.— Cat. No. 14311, U.S.N.M. 



Type-locality. — Bangalore, Mysore, India. 



From larvae of Taragama dorsalis, on authority of L. C. Coleman. 



APANTELES (APANTELES) TISCHERIX, new species. 



Female. — Length, 2 mm. Agrees mth the original description of 

 Apanteles prodenise Viereck, except as follows: Legs mostly black or 

 blackish, scutel poHshed, apparently impunctate; first dorsal plate 

 about one and one-half times as long as wide at apex, its sides arcuate, 

 somewhat wider at apex than at base, geniculate, its apical two- 

 thirds roughened and with a median fovea; second plate with its 

 apical margin virtually straight, hypopygium hardly surpassing the 

 pygidium. 



Male. — Essentially as in the female. 



Type.—QsLi. No. 14312, U.S.N.M. 



Type-locality. — Woodside, Delaware, August 9, 1905, Parasite of 

 TiscJieria malifolieUa. S. H. Darby, collector. 



This is the same as the MS. species of Ashmead that has appeared 

 in the literature on economic entomology, and occurs in Connecticut 

 and XQYj likely elsewhere along with its host. 



