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Legs more brightly coloured, the hind femur reddish yellow on fully basal half. Tergite (2 + 3) 

 beyond the median field largely yellowish though infuscate medially. Wings less brownish. 



Face quite dull, densely, finely punctate. 



Punctation of mesoscutum coarser. Areolation of propodeum stronger, more sharply defined. 

 Wings relatively a little broader ; metacarp about three and a half times longer than its distance 

 from the apex of the radial cell. 



Tergite 1 a little broader and more coarsely sculptured. 



China : Pekin, 2 $$, one the TYPE, 1 <$, labelled " on aster and polygonum ", 

 1 ?. 2 c?c?» labelled " from Polygonum ", (N. Gist Gee Coll.). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



Apanteles hymeniae Wilkinson 

 Apanteles hymeniae Wilkinson, 1935 : 267. 



$. An aberrant species of the metellus-complex, characterized essentially by the weakly 

 transverse, heavily rugose median field of tergite (2 + 3) and the bright yellow legs. 



Antennal scape yellow except for a darkened rim. Top of head smooth, polished. The large 

 eyes are distinctly though not strongly convergent below. Areolation of propodeum very strong. 

 Ovipositor sheath about two thirds as long as the hind tibia. 



Length : ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor. 



Fiji Is. 



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



Host : Hymenia fascialis Stoll, now recurvalis F. (Pyralidae) on silver beet. 



This is a most distinct species, especially on account of the shape and coarse 

 sculpture of the median field of tergite (2 + 3)- I know of no other species with 

 which it could be confused. 



Apanteles lanassa sp. n. 



$. Hind tarsus as yellow as the hind tibia. 



Eyes not convergent. Face dull, rather strongly punctate ; the punctation coarser beneath 

 each antennal socket. Antenna almost as long as the body, rather thin and with the preapical 

 segment fully one and half times longer than wide. 



Disc of scutellum coarsely punctate towards sides. Metacarp about five times as long as its 

 distance from the apex of the radial cell ; hind wing broad. 



Tergite 1 distinctly a little narrowed behind, its horizontal part shiny, strongly rugose with a 

 smooth, medial trough. Median field of tergite (2 + 3) not strongly transverse, smooth, polished. 

 Ovipositor considerably thickened. 



Length: ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor. 



Malaya : Kuala Lumpur, 1 $> the TYPE, bred 30.vi.1925, from Sylepta derogata, 

 (G. H. Corbett). 

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



Host : Sylepta derogata F. (Pyraustidae) . 



This species seems to be fairly closely related to the African syleptae which is also 

 a parasite of Sylepta derogata but the differences between them are certainly of 

 specific value. Apart from obvious differences in colour, syleptae has the top of the 

 head almost smooth ; finer, more extensive sculpture on disc of scutellum, a more 



