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Legs yellowish to brownish yellow without any sharply darkened areas. 



Wings nearly hyaline ; a distinct angle between the first abscissa of the radius and the trans- 

 verse cubitus ; stigma rather broad (Text-fig. 63). Propodeum without sharp areolation but 

 showing considerable rugosity ; costula and areola poorly defined. Upper surface of hind 

 coxa dull, rugose, the sculpture changing to longitudinal striation towards trochanter. 



Ovipositor sheath about as long as the hind tibia, its hairs long, upstanding. 



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



W. Indies : Grenada (type loc.). Africa : Zanzibar, i-ii.1925, 1 $, (H. J. 

 Snell) ; Gold Coast, Accra, viii.1920, 1 $, (A. Ingram). Fiji Is : Toga, vii.1952, 

 1 $, (R. A. Lever). Malaya : 1 $, bred from Doloessa viridis in stored rice and bran. 



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



Host : Doloessa viridis Zeller (Pyralidae). 



This is evidently a pantropical species associated with stored products. 



Apanteles trachelitis sp. n. 



$. Closely resembles piceoventris with which it may be compared as follows: — 



Face entirely black. Legs darker, brownish rather than yellowish. Gaster, as in piceoventris, 

 brownish rather than blackish. 



Head deeper from back to front. Eyes (Text-fig. 60). 



Antenna a little longer ; 3-4 basal segments of flagellum very slightly widened apically so that 

 the flagellum at base does not appear so evenly cylindrical as in piceoventris. 



Sternaulus shorter, oblong-oval, less sharply discrete and more coarsely rugose. 



England : Lanes., Baston Dock, 12.xi.1941, 1 $, the TYPE, bred probably from 

 larva of Endrosis lactella on peas and beans (J. A. Freeman) ; Liverpool, 6 $$, 

 found associated with Endrosis ; London, Victoria Docks, 1 $, in association with 

 Plodia interpunctella and Endrosis sarcitrella. Scotland : Glasgow, 4 $$, found in 

 association with Borkhausenia pseudospretella. Wales : Glamorgan, 3 $$, N. 

 Ireland : Belfast, 8 $$. 



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



Host : Associated with the following pests of stored products:- Borkhausenia 

 pseudospretella Stainton, Endrosis lactella Schiffermueller, Endrosis sarcitrella L. 

 (Oecophoridae) ; Ephestia kuhniella Zeller, Plodia interpunctella Hiibner (Phycitidae) . 

 Actual host preferences not yet established. 



This is probably a species introduced to Great Britain. It is closely related to 

 piceoventris but it easily separated from it by the two characters given in the key. 



Apanteles elagabalus sp. n. 



$. There is little to add to what has already been given in the key. Species much more 

 closely related to pisenor and usipetes than to piceoventris and trachalus, having the face smooth 

 and shining. 



Hind tibia deep yellow, rather sharply darkened on apical third. Metacarp about seven times 

 as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell ; radial cell narrower than in piceoventris 

 and stigma also narrower. Hind coxa above almost smooth. Ovipositor sheath distinctly a 

 little longer than the hind tibia. 



