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Type in British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



Different from all the other African species on sculpture of head alone and not 

 closely related to any of the oriental species. 



Apanteles mycerinus sp. n. 



$. Legs, on the whole, rather bright yellow, but the hind coxa, hind femur and apical half of 

 hind tibia deeply infuscate. 



Eyes virtually not convergent. Face smooth and more or less polished. Vertex between the 

 posterior ocellus and the eye-margin smooth, with faint satin-like sheen. Temples with only 

 faint rugosity. Antenna slightly shorter than the body ; segment 17 about one and one third 

 times longer than wide. 



Sculpture of mesoscutum predominantly one of punctation with indication of longitudinal 

 elements at posterior end of notaulic course ; surface moderately shiny but general sculpture not 

 at all characteristic. Sternaulus wanting. Outer side of hind tibia with band of thick, close 

 spines along upper edge. Wings faintly brownish ; 1st abscissa of the radius and the transverse 

 cubitus hardly angled at their junction. 



Tergite 1 posteriorly with a sculpture of rather weak striate-punctation. 



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

 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 

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



This species could be confused only with the following species, novatus sp.n. 



Apanteles novatus sp. n. 



$. Closely related to mycerinus with which it may be compared as follows: — 

 Antenna as long as the body, thicker, but with the preapical segment relatively shorter, nearer 

 to one and one quarter times longer than wide. 



Mesoscutum with slightly less close punctation and the surface between the punctures con- 

 siderably more shiny ; between the notaulic courses, behind, there is a narrow, polished, wedge- 

 shaped area, absent in mycerinus. Sculpture of anterior part of mesopleurum becoming simple, 

 discrete punctation posteriorly. Sternum smooth, polished ; in mycerinus it is faintly dull. 

 Wings slightly darker ; abscissa 1 of the radius more obliquely placed on the stigma (Text-fig. 

 25) ; 1st abscissa of radius and the transverse cubitus more distinctly angled at their junction ; 

 metacarp very slightly longer. 



S. Africa : Pondoland, Port St. John, 16-28. iv. 1924, 2 $$, one the TYPE, ix. 

 1923, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 



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



Apanteles sosis sp. n. 



$. On the shape of the basal tergites, related to novatus and mycerinus but differing from both 

 these species in having the eyes distinctly convergent below, the disc of the scutellum heavily 

 punctate-rugose and the hind femur blackish throughout. 



Frons and vertex markedly roughened but shiny ; scrobes with fine concentric aciculation. 

 Antenna as long as the body and like that of novatus. 



Mesoscutum somewhat dull, closely punctate-rugose and without longitudinal elements at 

 posterior end of notaulic course. First abscissa of radius placed at right angles to stigma and 



