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the rest smooth and shining. Terebra very short. Inner spur of 

 the hind tibiae a Httle shorter than | the metatarsus. Hind coxae 

 shining. $ . Length, 1 ; wmgs, 2^ lin. 



Described from 3 females. Smaller than glomeratus, less 

 shining, and with a differently formed 2d segment. The 

 legs are more marked with black, and the pleurje obscure 

 with punctulation. Nothing but the colour of the legs, 

 and the different source from which the insects were 

 bred, prevents them from being considered A. vanessce, 

 Keinh. This, however, has the legs wholly pale, and is 

 parasitic on Vanessa, Argynnis, and Limenitis. 



Bred by Bignell from Procris Geryon, Hiib. Cocoons 

 pure white, attached together by some loose threads. 



18. Apanteles zygcenarum, n. s. 



Niger, palpis palhdis ; ventris macula basaH, femoribus anticis 

 praeter basin, mediis apice, tibiisque omnibus, rufo-testaceis ; 

 harimi posticis apice fuscis ; trochanteribus inferis testaceis. Alae 

 fusco-hyahnae, squamuhs nigris ; stigmate nigro-fusco. Mesothorax 

 subscabriculus, opacus. Scutellum confertim pmictulatum, niti- 

 dulum. Mesoplem-ae nitidae, laeves, antice pmictulatae. Metathorax 

 carinulatus, et cum segmentis 1 — 2 rugulosus, subnitidus ; horum 

 Imum longius quam latius, basin versus seusim angustatum, apice 

 trmicatum ; 2dum medio elevatum, utrinque arcuato-impressiim, 

 3tio paulo bre\dus ; hoc interdum basi vage subrugvalosum ; caetera 

 l^evia, nitida. Terebra bre-\dssmia. Valvula ventraUs magna, sub- 

 trmicata, anum non superans. Coxae posticae nitidae, pmictulatae. 

 Tibiarmn posticarum calcar internum gracile, metatarsi dimidio vix 

 paulo longius. 



Black, with pale palpi ; a basal spot on the belly, fore femora 

 except the base, middle femora at the apex, and all the tarsi, rufo- 

 testaceous ; hind tibiae tipped with fuscous ; lower trochanters 

 testaceous. Wings fasco-hyaliue, squamulee black, stigma dark 

 fuscous. Mesothorax dtdl, subscabriculous. Scutellum thickly 

 punctulate, rather shining. Mesopleurae shining, smooth, punc 

 tulate in front. Metathorax carinulated and, like segments 1 — 2, 

 rugulose, rather shining ; segment 1 longer than broad, gradually 

 narrowed towards the base, truncate at the apex ; 2 elevated in the 

 middle, margined on each side with a curved impressed line, some- 

 what shorter than 3, which is sometimes vaguely subrugiilose at 

 the base; the rest smooth and shinmg. Terebra very short. 

 Valvula ventraUs ample, subtruncate, but not siirpassing the anus. 

 Hind coxae shining, pimctulate. Inner spur of the hind tibiae 

 slender, hardly longer than \ the metatarsus. J ? . Length, 1^ ; 

 wings, 3 lin. 



