212 Eev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



56. Apanteles immunis, Hal. 



Microg aster iinmiuiis, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 250, ? . 



Black ; palpi pale, sometimes dusky at the base ; belly at the 

 base, femora, and tibis, flavo-testaceous ; coxae and uppei- 

 trochanters black ; middle femora with a blackish line above and 

 below ; hind femora blackish, with a longitudinal testaceous stripe ; 

 posterior tarsi, and hind tibiae at the apex, fuscous. Wings hyaUne, 

 squamula?, costa, and stigma fuscous. Thorax and pleurie almost 

 smooth : mesothorax u-idescent ; metathorax very minutely and 

 sparingly' rugulose. Segment 1 ahnost twice as long as broad, 

 hardly rounded at the sides, truncated, smooth at the base, 

 minutely aciculated towards the apex ; that of the ^ narrower, 

 quite twice as long as broad, and smoother ; 2 as long as 3, with 

 two obhque impressed lines converging forwards and enclosing a 

 si;btriangular aciculated space ; sutiu-iform articulation marked 

 with two impressions ; the rest of the abdomen smooth and 

 shining. Terebra very short. Valvula ventrahs not surpassing 

 the amis. Hind coxae smooth. Spiu's of hind tibiaj equal to half 

 the metatarsus. ^ $ . Length, 1^ ; wings, 3^ lin. 



Var. 5 • Abdommal segments 1 — 3 bordered with testaceous, 

 3 more broadlj' ; legs without fuscoiis marks. 



The dark lines on the femora are variously developed 

 in 11 specimens, sometimes obliterated on the inter- 

 mediate pail", on the hind pair alwaj's more or less 

 present. The ^ is much more slender than the ? , and 

 the antennas are longer than the body. 



A solitary parasite of Geometrse. Bred by Bignell 

 from Pseudotcrpna prmnata, Hufn., male, July 20 ; 

 Hijhernia marginaria, Bork., and H. leucophcearia, Schiff., 

 females, June 23 ; CJieimatobia hrmnata, L., the var. ? ; 

 Oporohia diliitata, Bork., from Scotland, 2 females. 

 Eaynor obtained 2 females, July 7, from Bupalus 

 jnniarius, L. Bridgman, 1 male from an undetermined 

 larva. Bignell and myself have captured females. The 

 Scotch Oporohia also produced Apanteles salehrosus, 

 No. 3, ante. Cocoons pale sulphur-yellow. 



57. Apanteles caherce, n. s. 



Niger ; ventris basi rufescente, palpis pallidis, pedibus testaceis, 



coxis nigi'is, femoribus posterioribus supra et infia plus minus 



nigio-lineatis, vel totis pallidiff, tibiarum posticarmn dimidio cum 



tarsis fusco, his j)rope basin testaceis. Alee hyalinae, squamulis 



