60 G. E. J. NIXON 



Tergite i relatively smaller, more finely sculptured and slightly more shiny. 

 Length: ca. 2-8 mm. without ovipositor. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Katberg, 19-26.ii.1933, 1 $, the TYPE, Matjesfon- 

 tein, 7-13.xi.1928, 2 $$ ; Mossel Bay, 15-iii-20.iv.1932, 1 $, (all R. E. Turner) ; 

 Basutoland, Mamathes, 27.iv.1947, 1 $, {C . J acot-Guillarmod) . 



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



The hind spurs of this rather poorly characterized species are somewhat short, the 

 inner one not reaching the middle of the basal tarsal segment. The pubescence of 

 the flagellum is extremely short and gives the flagellum a faintly greyish appearance. 



Apanteles parsodes sp. n. 



$. Front and middle femur pale brown ; hind femur darker. 



Eyes not convergent. Face highly polished. Frons and vertex more or less smooth, faintly 

 dull and with a satin-like sheen. Ocelli rather large ; a hind ocellus distant from the eye- 

 margin by hardly twice its own diameter. Antenna about as long as the body, with segment 17 

 hardly longer than wide. 



Mesoscutum showing the usual punctate sculpture but the surface decidedly shiny and the 

 punctation somewhat blurred. Disc of scutellum convex, smooth, polished, somewhat wide 

 behind in comparison with the metellns complex of species and not at all truncate here ; suture 

 between mesoscutum and disc of scutellum somewhat shallow and finely foveate. Hind coxa 

 polished and virtually smooth. Metacarp about nine times as long as its distance from the apex 

 of the radial cell, almost closing the radial cell ; edge of vannal lobe virtually straight. Spines 

 along upper edge of hind tibia numerous, sharply pointed ; hind spurs rather short, the inner 

 one not quite reaching middle of basal tarsal segment. 



Tergite 1 fairly strongly narrowed from where it turns over to apex, dull and extremely finely, 

 evenly rugose. Ovipositor sheath slightly longer than the hind tibia. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Mossel Bay, vi-vii.1930, 1 $, the TYPE, (R. E. 

 Turner) . 



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



Distinctive among African species on account of the high ocellar triangle. The 

 obliquely placed first abscissa of the radius in combination with the long metacarp, 

 shape and sculpture of tergite 1, probably largely characterize this species. It has 

 little in common with the metellus complex of species, differing from it in not having 

 the disc of the scutellum so strongly narrowed behind. 



Apanteles chalcomelas sp. n. 



$. In spite of the scutellar disc which is wide and flattened behind, I regard this species as a 

 typical member of the metellus complex though remarkably distinct on account of its short, 

 tapering flagellum with its bristly pubescence in combination with the weakly transverse median 

 field of tergite (2 + 3). 



Hind tibia sharply yellow on rather more than basal half. 



Head deep from back to front. Frons and vertex smooth, polished, except for faint satin-like 

 sheen. Eyes not convergent. 



Mesoscutum strongly shining, especially along middle on posterior half where the punctures 

 tend to fade out ; very distinct striation at posterior end of notaulic course. Propodeum with 



