72 G. E. J. NIXON 



Apanteles contemptus sp. n. 



Here is another species closely related to oenone on account of having tergite i not 

 narrowed posteriorly but distinct from it on a number of significant characters. 



$. The main differences have been given in the key ; there is little to add. 



Frons and vertex much more finely sculptured than in oenone. Punctation of mesoscutum 

 much finer. Spines of the outer side of the hind tibia less obviously differentiated into two types. 

 Ovipositor sheath distinctly a little longer than the hind tibia ; seen from above, the hairs of the 

 sheath are short and dense (Text-fig. 55) ; in oenone and sauros they are longer and more 

 upstanding. 



Malaya : Singapore, 1 $, the TYPE, (Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



Apanteles machaeralis Wilkinson 

 Apanteles machaeralis Wilkinson, 1928 : 123. 



This species and the next (tachardiae) are essentially characterized by having tergite 

 1 virtually not narrowed behind and the propodeum without areolation apart from a 

 weakly defined areola. 



$. Paler parts of the legs straw-yellow. 



Frons and vertex faintly dull and very finely sculptured. Antenna hardly as long as the body, 

 the more apical segments closely articulated, with segment 17 about one and a quarter times 

 longer than wide ; pubescence of flagellum extremely fine. 



Mesoscutum somewhat dull, its punctation very fine and rather indistinct ; notaulic course 

 showing as a dull, rugose band ; posteriorly the two bands are widened to form two large, 

 contiguous areas of rugose-punctation in which there are no longitudinal elements. Propodeum 

 without trace of either costula or keels encircling the spiracle. Anterior part of mesopleurum 

 dull, rugose, without punctation. Metacarp rather short, about three times as long as its 

 distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



India. 



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



Host : Hapalia machaeralis Walker (Pyraustidae). 



This species and sauros are very much alike but machaeralis has the antenna 

 slightly shorter and slightly thicker, the mesoscutum duller and more finely sculp- 

 tured and the basal segment of the hind tarsus much more extensively yellow ; in 

 sauros the yellow is restricted to the basal quarter. The ovipositor of machaeralis 

 is distinctly shorter than that of sauros. 



Apanteles tachardiae Cameron 



Apanteles tachardiae Cameron, 1913 : 19. 



Apanteles tachardiae Cameron; Wilkinson, 1928 : 119. 



The differences between this species and machaeralis have been adequately given in 

 the key. There is very little to add. 



$. The paler parts of the legs are reddish rather than yellow (as in machaeralis). The 

 metacarp is slightly longer. 



India. 



