ti04 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



45. Apanteles infimus, Hal. 



Microrjaster infimus, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 243, <? ? . 

 Apanteles infimus, Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, p. 44, 



Black ; tibiee at the base rufo-testaceous. Wings fusco-hyaline, 

 stigina blackish, ner\T.ires fuscous, distinct, except the base of the 

 radius. Mesothorax minutely punctulate, and, with the scutellum, 

 shining. Metathorax rugulose. Segment 1 subquadi-ate, famtly 

 margined, truncated, rugulose, narrower than 2, which is half as 

 long as 3, and smoother than 1, having only a few wrinkles ; the 

 rest are smooth, sericeous, iridescent. Terebra about h as long as 

 the abdomen, the valves stout, nearly straight. Valvula ventraHs 

 pallid, acuminated, not surpassing the anus. ^ J . Length, 

 1— li ; wings, 3— 3f Hn. 



The dusky wings distinguish this species from fuligi- 

 nosus, Wesm. From riminetorum, Wesm., it differs in 

 having the 1st segment broader, not twice as long as 

 wide, and more rugulose ; the wings are more distinctly 

 infumated. The rugulosity of the 2d segment is a 

 doubtful character, varying in different individuals, and 

 hence the difficulty of distinguishing by their descriptions 

 the four species tenebrosus, Wesm., Juliginosvs, Wesm., 

 infivms, Hal., and rimineiorum, Wesm. Of the first of 

 these I have not seen any British example : those sent 

 to me with the name tenehrosns, in Fitch's collection, 

 have all dusky wings, and must be referred to the present 

 species. 



Five more in the same collection are labelled as having 

 been bred from Acrolepia pygmaana, Haw. The only 

 reason that hinders them from being considered the 

 same as Microgaster ensiformis, Eatz., i., 70 (also from 

 A. pygmaana) is that the terebra of the latter is as long 

 as the abdomen. Eearcd by Elisha, one male and two 

 females, from Chanliodus clucrophyUcllns, Goze, Sept. 4th. 

 I captured two pairs at Nunton, Salisbury, on Sept. 1st. 

 Stated to have been bred by Brischke from Psevdotcipna 

 jmiinaia, Huin., and Bvtalis noriccUa, Zell. ; "cocoons 

 gregarious, yellow, woolly": the colour assigned renders 

 some mistake probable. 



