RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROG ASTERINI 73 



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



Host : Some Lepidopteron associated with lac. 



This species differs from sauros by much the same characters as separate mach- 

 aeralis from sauros except that the ovipositor of tachardiae and sauros are of the same 

 length relative to the hind tibia. 



Apanteles murcia sp. n. 



$. A further species with tergite 1 large and only weakly narrowed behind. Hind tibia 

 reddish yellow and infuscate over slightly more than basal third. 



Frons and vertex faintly dull and weakly sculptured, as in machaeralis and tachardiae. 

 Antenna broken but to judge from the 14 existing segments clearly shorter than the body ; 

 segment 14 about one and one third times longer than wide. Vertex behind the ocelli without 

 trace of transverse aciculation. 



Sculpture of mesoscutum as in taragamae, clita and closely related species. Disc of scutellum 

 polished and rather wide behind. Propodeum short, rugose, with virtually no trace of a costula 

 and the areola only weakly indicated. Metacarp about four times as long as its distance from 

 the apex of the radial cell. 



Horizontal surface of tergite 1 dull, with a fine, almost shagreened sculpture. At least distal 

 half of ovipositor sheath, seen from above, with dense adpressed pubescence. 



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



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

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



Characterized essentially by the shape and sculpture of the first tergite, and the 

 short pubescence of the ovipositor sheath. 



Apanteles importunus Wilkinson 

 Apanteles importunus Wilkinson, 1928 : 120. 



$. A species belonging to the taragamae-complex, differing from taragamae chiefly in having 

 the sides of the propodeum remarkably free from sculpture. 



No trace of aciculation behind the ocelli. Apical segments of antenna lacking the bristly 

 appearance seen in taragamae. Ovipositor exactly as in taragamae, and showing no trace of an 

 apical constriction, but a little longer ; the sheath clothed with shorter, less outstanding hairs 

 (Text-fig. 54). 



India. 



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



Host : A species of Nephopteryx (Pyralidae) defoliating Cassia fistula. Recorded 

 by Wilkinson as a solitary parasite, but possibly only on the evidence of a single 

 cocoon being mounted with each specimen in the type series. 



Characterized by the highly polished surface of propodeum on each side of the 

 weakly defined areola and complete absence of costula. 



Apanteles sagax Wilkinson 

 Apanteles sagax Wilkinson, 1929a : 111. 



Clearly a member of the taragamae-complex of species but distinct on account of the 



