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S. Africa : Pondoland, Port St. John, 5-30.iv.1923, 2 $$, one the TYPE, (R.E. 

 Turner) . 



Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Apanteles meriones sp. n. 



$. Another species closely related to metellus and its allies and because of its entirely yellow, 

 smooth, hind coxa closest to agatillus. 



Scape yellow except for darker apical rim. 



Eyes as convergent below as in metellus and agatillus but face smooth. Antenna broken but 

 segment 15 about one and half times longer than wide ; flagellum with somewhat bristly 

 pubescence, as in agatillus ; in metellus, this pubescence is closer, more adpressed. 



Disc of scutellum smooth, polished, somewhat convex, as in agatillus. Propodeum with 

 numerous strong rugae but the costula virtually not defined. Metacarp slightly longer than in 

 metellus. 



Tergite 1 and median field of tergite (2 + 3), (Text-fig. 36). Ovipositor sheath about three 

 quarters as long as the hind tibia, that is, longer than in both metellus and agatillus. 



S. Africa : Natal ; Kloof, 1,500 ft., viii.1926, 1 $, the TYPE, (R. E. Turner). 

 Type in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Apanteles acoris sp. n. 



$. Scale pale to yellowish. 



Eyes convergent as in metellus. Face distinctly roughened. Antenna as long as the body with 

 the pubescence of the flagellum rather long, and somewhat bristly ; the flagellum is slightly 

 thicker than in metellus. 



Disc of scutellum more convex than in metellus ; strongly shining and more or less smooth ; 

 exactly as in agatillus and meriones. Propodeum with strong, very well defined areolation. 



Tergite 1 not so densely rugose as in metellus but with a fairly well defined, broad, shallow 

 furrow on its horizontal part. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Katberg, 4,000 ft., xii.1932, 2 $$, one the TYPE, 

 x.1932, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 



Type in British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



On account of the entirely yellow hind coxa this species could be confused only 

 with meriones and agatillus. Of these two it more closely resembles agatillus and 

 indeed may not really be distinct from that species. The only difference of value 

 seems to be the more transverse median field of acoris and its slightly longer oviposi- 

 tor sheath. 



Apanteles arsanes sp. n. 



$. A species chiefly characterized by the very short ovipositor sheath. 



Scape black. Hind tibia becoming gradually infuscate on about apical third on outer side but 

 more abruptly darkened on inner side. 



Eyes as convergent as in metellus (cf. Text-fig. 24). Face faintly roughened. Head more 

 transverse than in metellus and its close allies but the space between the posterior ocelli and the 

 eye-margin equally smooth and shiny. Antenna as long as the body with the preapical segment 

 about one and half times longer than wide. 



