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rugiilose. From infimus, Hal., it may be known by the 

 hyaline wings. 



Two males and three females were bred by Bignell 

 from Gracilaria syrimjclla, Fab. ; he has also captm-ed 

 the ^ . According to Giraud the species has been bred 

 by Heeger from Lt/onetia Clcrkella, L. (?) A solitary 

 parasite. Cocoons silky white, semitransparent. 



53. Apanteles sicarim, n. s. 



Niger, palpis, femoriim anticox'um apice, tibiis anticis, posteri- 

 orumque basi late, testaceis ; maris tibiis anticis medio infuscatis. 

 Alae $ hyalinae, J levissime infumatse, stigmata costa radiique basi 

 nigricantibus, nervis cseteris fuscis, omuibus distiiictis. Caput 

 cum thorace nitidum, lasve, omnium subtilissiuae punctulatum. 

 Abdomen Igeve, nitidum, supra planum ; segmentuin Imum sub- 

 tiliter punctulatum, sesquilongius quam latius, truucatum, margi- 

 natum, lateribus parallelis ; 2dum 3tio duplo brevius, lineis duabus 

 lateralibus antrorsi;m in baseos foveas triangulares convergentibus 

 impressimi ; caetera l^evia ; articiilatio suturiformis curvata, postice 

 convexa. Terebra abdominis dimidio seqiialis, vel paulo longior, 

 valvis compressis, fortiter clavatis. Valvula ventralis acuta, 

 testacea, anum superans. Tibiarum posticarum calcaria metatarsi 

 dimidio breviora. 



Black ; fore femora at the apex, their tibiae, and the posterior at 

 the base broadly, testaceous ; fore tibiae of the ^ infuscated in the 

 middle. Wings 3' hyaline, ? very slightly infiimated, stigma, 

 costa, and base of radius, blackish, the other nervures fuscous, all 

 distinct. Head and thorax smooth, shining, with almost invisible 

 punctulation. Abdomen flat above, smooth and shining; segment 

 1 minutely punctulate, h longer than its breadth, with parallel 

 sides, truncate, margined ; 2 half as long as 3, more strongly 

 margined by two impressed lines curving inwards to a pair of 

 triangular basal foveae ; the rest smooth ; suturiform articulation 

 curved, convex posteriorly. Terebra i— f abdomen; the valves 

 compressed and strongly clavate. Valvula ventralis acute, 

 surpassing the anus, testaceous. Spurs of hind tibiiS shorter than 

 \ the metatarsus. <? $ . Length, Ih', wings, 3^: liu. 



The $ is hardly distinguishable from the ^ lonciicaudis, 

 Wesm., determined by Reinhard : in the latter, however, 

 the fovea at the base of the scutellum is obsolete, and 

 most of the nervures decolorous ; in sic((yiiis the fovea is 

 distinct, and all the nervures at least visible. The ? of 



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