192 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



30. Apanteles falcatus, Nees. 



Microg aster falcatus, Nees, Mon., i., 175, S' $ (not of 

 Eatz.) ; Ajxinteles falcatus, Reinh., Berl. ent. 

 Zeit., 1881, p. 37, c? ? . 



M. equestris, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 242, <? $ . 



Black; palpi pale ; squannilse, sides of segments 1 — 2 more or 

 less, belly at the base, and legs, nifo-testaceous ; coxaB black ; 

 middle cox^e 5 tipped witli testaceous ; bind femora ^ with a black 

 line above ; hind tibiae tipped with fuscous. "Wings hyaline, with 

 a testaceous tinge ; stigma and outer nerviu-es fuscous, the inner 

 yellowish. Mesothorax and scutellum shining, punctulate ; meta- 

 thorax more obscure. Segment 1 nearly three times longer than 

 broad, finely punctured, shining ; 2 half as long as 3, nearly smooth, 

 with two channels converging towards the base ; 3 often margined 

 with testaceous posteriorly, and, with the rest, smooth and shining. 

 Terebra shorter than the abdomen, decurved, the valves compressed 

 and dilated, not clavate. ^ ? . Length, 2 ; wmgs, 4 Im. 



One of the largest species. The valvula ventralis $ 

 is obliquely truncate, not acuminate, nor reaching the 

 anus. The antennae of the ^ are rather longer, of the 

 $ shorter, than the body. 



Common, gregarious; according to Haliday, frequent- 

 ing the blossoms of the jacohcea. Bred by Bignell from 

 Xylophasia monoglypha, Hufn., on July 24th. Cocoons 

 ■white, regularly disposed side by side without an external 

 covering. Beared by me numerously from a batch of 

 these cocoons found in Leicestershire. 



31. Apanteles cultrator, n. s. 



Niger, palpis, ventris basi, pedibusque, testaceis ; coxis nigris ; 

 femoribus intermediis supra, posticis supra et apice, infiiscatis. 

 Alae hyalinse squamulis stigmate nervis fuscis. Mesothorax con- 

 fertissime punctulatus, parum nitidus ; scutellum medio Iseve ; 

 metathorax rugulosus, nitidulus. Segmentum Imum duplo longius 

 qiiam latins, lateribus parallelis, truncatum, cum 2do rugulosum, 

 nitidulum, hoc 3tio duplo brevius, sutui-a postica profundiore, Imo 

 latius ; caetera Isevissima, a 3tio inde fortiter compressa, cultrata. 

 Terebra subexserta. Valvula ventralis maxima, cultrata, anum 

 longe superans. 



Black ; palpi, belly at the base, and legs, testaceous ; coxae black ; 

 intermediate femora above, hind femora above and at the apex, 

 infuscated. Wings hyaline, squamulie, stigma, and nervures fus- 

 cous. Mesothorax very thickly punctulate, scarcely shining ; 



