48 G. E. J. NIXON 



Apanteles cyprioides sp. n. 



$. Extremely close to cypris and perhaps not really distinct from it. It differs chiefly from 

 cypris in the shape of the first tergite and in this one respect is less close to opacus than is cypris. 



Disc of scutellum smooth, polished with no trace of punctation. Surface of mesoscutum 

 decidedly more shiny. 



Tergite i shorter than in cypris and slightly more quadrate, its surface smooth and with hardly 

 a trace of a longitudinal channel. The ovipositor is strongly curved just as in cypris. 



Philippines : Los Bafios, 3 $$, one the TYPE, (Baker) ; Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 

 2 $$ ; Manila, 2 $$ ; Mindanao, Iligan, 1 $. Malaya : Singapore, 5 $$, (All 

 Baker). S. Africa : Port St. John, Pondoland, 5-30.iv.1925, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 



Type in U.S. National Museum. 



I can find no difference between the single female from S. Africa and the oriental 

 series that would justify specific separation. In the African specimen, however, 

 tergite 1 is slightly shorter and slightly more widened apically. The ovipositor 

 shows the same characteristic curvature as occurs in the oriental forms. 



Apanteles diodes sp. n. 



$. Hind tibia paler yellow than the hind femur, infuscate at extreme apex. 



Head above shiny, polished ; only very faint rugosity at temples. Face shiny, with satin- 

 like sheen. Eyes virtually not convergent. Antenna as long as the body with segment 17 about 

 two and a half times longer than wide. 



Mesoscutum closely punctate and shiny between the punctures ; the general surface of the 

 mesoscutum appears shiny rather than dull. Disc of the scutellum almost smooth and with 

 feeble punctation along sides. Areolation of propodeum sharp and well developed ; the three 

 posterior areas highly polished and almost smooth. Hind coxa smooth except for traces of 

 punctation along upper edge. Setae of the fore wing faintly brownish ; metacarp fully six 

 times as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



Tergite 1 distinctly narrowed behind. Median field of tergite (2 + 3) smooth, shining, slightly 

 longer in proportion to the rest of the tergite than in opacus and its close allies (Text-fig. 75), 

 angled laterally at about 45 degrees. 



India : United Provinces, Dehra Dun, 31.vii.1934, 1 $, the TYPE, ex Sylepta 

 lunalis, (S. N. Chatter jee). Sumatra : Fort de Kock, 920 m., 1925, 1 $, (Jacobson). 

 Philippines : Los Banos, 2 $$, (Baker). 



Type in British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Host : Sylepta lunalis Guen6e. (Pyraustidae). 



The specimen from Sumatra has the hind coxa yellowish towards apical third and 

 the hind femur darkened above towards apex and the hind tibia more extensively 

 blackened at tip than in typical examples. 



This species is essentially characterized by the shortness of the apical segment of 

 the hind leg in relation to segment 4. 



Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson 



Apanteles salutifer Wilkinson, 1931a : 77. 



$. Hind tibia yellow almost throughout, with hardly a trace of apical infuscation ; hind 

 tarsal segment 1 yellowish on fully basal half. 



