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



Anterior legs somewhat diiU testaceous ; hind pair piceous, with 

 pale trochanters, and their tibite somewhat reddish in the middle. 

 Belly black, except a pellucid lateral basal spot. Antennse unlike 

 those of any other species ; all the joints are short, and, after the 

 4th, moniliform, slightly tapering towards the apex, and not longer 

 than broad. Second segment shining, with only a few scattered 

 punctures ; divided into 3 lobes by two arcuate channels which 

 commence near one another on the hind margin and diverge to the 

 anterior angles. Four anterior legs very short, thek tarsi longer 

 than the tibii^, and the spiu's almost as long as the metatarsi ; hind 

 legs incrassated and longer, their spurs also nearly equal to the 

 naetatarsi. Areolet minute, incomplete on the outer side, the other 

 2 sides closely approximated, and, with the 1st abscissa of the 

 radius, much incrassated ; outer nervures decolorous. 



The only specimen was bred by Bignell from Rhodo- 

 jiluea consociella, Hiib. Cocoon not preserved. 



19. Micr 0(1 aster politus, n. s. 

 Ater, palpis pallidis basi fuscis, ventre toto pedibusque nigris, his 

 flavo-variis. Alae hyalinae, apicem versiis submfuscat;e ; squamulae 

 nigrae ; nervi cum stigmate fusci ; areola cubitalis 'ida triquetra, mode 

 non completa. Corpus totum nitidum. Caput, mesothorax, scu- 

 telluin, subtilissime parcius punctulata, fere lae\ia. Metathorax 

 subrugulosus, hand carinatus. Abdomen depressum, ventre leviter 

 convexo, basi compresso ; segmentum Imum non longius quam 

 latius, basi impressum, marginatum, subtilius striolatum, apice 

 rotundato-truncatum ; segmentum 2dum trausversum, 3tio sequale, 

 marginatum, cum cieteris laevissimum. Pedes subgraciles ; calcaria 

 postica metatarsi dimidio paulo longiora. 



Deep black ; palpi pale, fuscous at the base ; belly entirely, and 

 legs black, the latter partly flavo-testaceous. Wings hyaline, some- 

 what dusky towards the apex ; squamulae black ; nervures and 

 stigma fuscous ; areolet triangular, almost complete. Entire body 

 shining. Head, mesothorax, and scutellum rather sparingly and 

 very finely punctulate, almost smooth. Metathorax subrugulose, 

 not carinated. Abdomen depressed, belly convex, compressed at 

 the base ; segment 1 not longer than broad, impressed at the base, 

 margined, finely striolated, rounded and truncate at the apex ; 

 2 transverse, as long as 3, margined, and very smooth, like all the 

 rest of the segments. Legs rather slender ; spurs of hind tibise a 

 little longer than h the metatarsus. <? . Length, 1^ ; wings, 

 8^ lin. 



Eomarkakle on account of the smoothness of the 2d abdominal 

 segment. It resembles Apanteles longicaudis ^ , with the wmgs 



