206 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monofiraph of 



48. Apanteles Halidaii. 



Micro f/asfer alhipennis, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 243, ^ ? 

 (not of Nees and Ratz.). 



Black ; palpi pale, the 1st joint of the maxillary more or less 

 fuscous ; apex of fore femora, their tibiae, and base of the posterior 

 tibiae, testaceous. Wmgs whitish hyaline, stigma pale with a 

 fuscous border, or fuscous with the mner angle pale ; costa fuscous, 

 most of the ner\"ures decolorous. Elongate, slender ; mesothorax 

 ahnost invisibly punctulate ; scutellum smooth ; metathorax punc- 

 tulate ; abdomen smooth and shining ; segment 1 one-half longer 

 than broad, punctulate towards the apex, margined, truncate ; 

 2 half as long as 3 ; suturiform articulation cm-ved, convex pos- 

 teriorly. Abdomen J at the apex acute, lanceolate. Terebra as 

 long as the abdomen, falcate, the valves compressed. Valvula ven- 

 tralis elongate, testaceous, acute, surpassmg the anus. Anal forceps 

 of the (? exserted. ^ 2 • Length, <? 1 ; wings, 2i : ? 1:| — 1^ ; 

 wings, 21 — 3 lin. 



Most like alhipennis, Nees, but much smaller, more 

 slender, with a differently coloured stigma and longer 

 terebra. The stigma is variable, either pale flavo-piceous 

 bordered all round with fuscous, or fuscous with the 

 inner angle pale ; the former variety was that known to 

 Haliday ; the latter differs in no other respect, and 

 certainly belongs to the same species. Haliday com- 

 pares it with his candidatiis, i.e., alhijjomis, var. /3, 

 Nees, saying that it is one-half smaller, which is correct, 

 but the insects are otherwise sufficiently distinct. The 

 present species is easily recognised. It seems to be 

 uncommon in England, and was not known to Eeinhard. 



Described from two females bred by W. H. B. Fletcher, 

 of Worthing, from Ptocheuusa inopella, Zell. ; their 

 stigma is pale in the middle ; two males and five females 

 reared by the same at the end of July from Coleophora 

 limonieUa, Staint. (c/. E. M. M., 1884, p. 60) ; and a 

 pair from Granlaria ononidis, Zell. ; their stigma is 

 darker, with a pale basal dot. 



49. Apanteles coniferce, Hal. 



Microgaster conifene, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 247, <? ? . 



? . Black ; palpi, tibiae, tarsi, and fore femora, flavo-testaceous ; 

 00X86 black ; intermediate femora with an abbreviated black hne 

 above and below ; Imid femora fuscous with a testaceous lateral 

 stripe, or wholly fuscous ; hind tibiae at the apex, with their tarsi. 



