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Apanteles aglaus sp. n. 



$. In spite of having a pallid stigma, this species is, I think, fairly closely related to pertiades, 

 having like that species tergite i not at all narrowed behind, the anterior part of the mesopleurum 

 with sharp, discrete punctation and a line of rugosity extending downwards into the posterior 

 depression of the mesopleurum from the subalar groove. 



Eyes not at all convergent. Face smooth, impunctate and with a satin-like sheen. Vertex 

 between the posterior ocellus and the eye-margin with distinct rugose-punctation. Temples 

 quite strongly rugose-punctate. Antenna broken but evidently rather thin, with segment 13 

 almost twice as long as wide. 



Mesoscutum weakly shiny and with a very fine punctation which is weaker on the middle lobe, 

 leaving the surface here slightly more shiny. Disc of scutellum smooth, polished. Wings glass 

 clear ; median cell very sparsely setose. Propodeum having a rugose appearance ; areolation 

 not well defined ; costula distinct but not sharply defined owing to surrounding rugosities. 

 Outer side of hind coxa smooth, with satin-like sheen ; hind tibia rather sharply reddish yellow 

 on rather more than basal half ; hind spurs reddish yellow, short, the inner one hardly reaching 

 to middle of hind basal segment. 



Tergite 1 almost parallel-sided, dull, rugose. Tergites (2 + 3)-6 with setae reduced almost to 

 a single row on each tergite. Ovipositor sheath about two thirds as long as the hind tibia. 



Length: ca. 2-5 mm. without ovipositor. 



Fiji : Suva, 19.ii.1941, 1 £, the TYPE, (R. A. Lever). 

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



A poorly characterized species. Probably important for its recognition is the 

 punctate anterior part of the mesopleurum in combination with the short ovipositor. 



Apanteles taragamae Viereck 



Apanteles (Apanteles) taragamae Viereck, 1912 : 140. 

 Apanteles (Apanteles) plusiae Viereck, 1913 : 557. [Syn. due to Gahan]. 

 Apanteles homonae Rohwer, 1922 : 53. [Syn. due to Gahan], 

 Apanteles targamae Viereck; Wilkinson, 1928a : 132. 



9. Hind femur uniformly infuscate. Stigma pallid with a darker border. 



Eyes not convergent. Face strongly shining, superficially impunctate. Vertex between the 

 posterior ocellus and the eye-margin dull and finely rugose ; immediately behind the ocelli there 

 is the merest trace of transverse aciculation. Antenna rather short ; segments 14-17 hardly 

 longer than wide, somewhat loosely articulated, decidedly shiny and clothed with rather bristly 

 pubescence. 



Mesoscutum shiny, its punctation fine and somewhat blurred ; posterior end of notaulic 

 course very distinctly striate-punctate. Disc of scutellum highly polished, not particularly 

 strongly narrowed behind and not conically raised here. Anterior part of mesopleurum shiny, 

 with a coarse but very indistinct, confused punctation. Costula of the propodeum and its forks 

 usually more or less clearly defined ; the fields of the propodeum on the whole shiny and polished 

 in spite of scattered rugosities. Hind spurs weak with the inner hardly reaching the middle of 

 the basal tarsal segment. Metacarp rather short, about four times as long as its distance from 

 the apex of the radial cell. 



Tergite 1 always narrowed behind though the degree of narrowing is subject to considerable 

 variation. Ovipositor sheath distinctly a little shorter than the hind tibia ; ovipositor not 

 unusually thick. 



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



Ceylon. China. India. Siam. Java. New Guinea. Philippines. 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



