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Gregarious, making an elongate mass of cocoons, enveloping host larva. Perhaps 

 only a variety of clita. 



Apanteles oritias sp. n. 



Another species belonging to the taragamae-complex and differing from the species 

 so far included in this complex only on a combination of very few characters. 



$. It may be compared with taragamae as follows : — 



Face very distinctly, finely, closely punctate. Antenna a little shorter, with the apical seg- 

 ments more tightly articulated, lacking the shiny appearance of taragamae and with only normal, 

 indistinct pubescence. No aciculation behind the ocelli. 



Disc of scutellum slightly more flattened behind. Propodeum densely, rather evenly rugose, 

 without trace of costula and with very poorly defined areola. Wings exactly as in taragamae. 

 Mesopleurum with a slightly more distinct punctation in front. 



Ovipositor sheath distinctly longer than the hind tibia. Ovipositor thin (Text-fig. 51). 



Length: 2-5 mm. without ovipositor. 



India : United Provinces, Dehra Dun, Lachiwala, 5.vii.ig37, 2 $$, one the TYPE, 

 I <$, labelled "ex Fiats fruits", (G. D. Bhasin). China : Changhing, 2 $$, 2 <$$; these 

 Chinese specimens have the hind tibia pale only at extreme base, whereas in the type 

 series the basal half of the hind tibia is yellowish. 



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



Apanteles stennos sp. n. 



Another species related to taragamae and its allies but differing from all of them in 

 having a shorter ovipositor sheath with a short, thick ovipositor, constricted at apex 

 (Text-fig. 84). 



$. May be compared with taragamae as follows: — 



Antenna shorter, thinner with segments 16—17 distinctly a little longer than wide. Vertex 

 behind the ocelli almost smooth. Mesoscutum behind showing as a zone of large, contiguous 

 punctures among which there are no longitudinal elements. Stigma of fore wing entirely dark. 

 Tergite 1 a little narrower than in taragamae and smoother. 



Length: 2 mm. without ovipositor, smaller than any of the species so far mentioned as being 

 related to taragamae. 



India : United Provinces, Dehra Dun, 6 $$, one the TYPE, bred 28. iv. 1937, 

 from Hysipyla robusta in sack-bands on Cedrella toona. Indo-China ; Phnompenh, 

 ii.1951, 1 $, (R. Pauliari). 



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



Host : Hysipyla robusta Moore (Phycitidae). 



In the type-series, the costula of the propodeum is sometimes absent, sometimes 

 present. It is absent in the female from Indo-China. 



Apanteles smerdis sp. n. 



$. Extremely like taragamae with which it may be compared as follows : — 



Hind tarsus deeply infuscate throughout. 



Vertex immediately behind the ocelli shiny, with a few rugulosities but no trace of aciculation. 



