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Apanteles telon sp. n. 



$. A distinctive species, characterized largely by its strongly transverse head with its smooth- 

 looking, only faintly dull upper surface (Text-fig. 70). 



Hind femur and apical two thirds of hind tibia infuscate. 



Face shiny, distinctly but rather superficially punctate. Antenna broken in all specimens but 

 the 15 segments existing in one female indicate an antenna that is almost as long as the body, 

 rather thin and with segment 15 fully twice as long as wide. 



Middle lobe of the mesoscutum shiny in spite of its strong punctation. Posterior end of the 

 notaulic course showing as a zone of conspicuous striate-punctation. Disc of scutellum highly 

 polished and with a few inconspicuous punctures along sides. Areolation of the propodeum 

 reduced ; costula wanting ; posterior areas showing much raised rugosity. Venation of fore 

 wing as in goron (cf . Text-fig. 68) ; abscissa 1 of the radius very long, about twice as long as the 

 transverse cubitus and forming with it an even curve ; hind wing a little narrower than in goron. 



Tergite 1 distinctly narrowed behind, dull, evenly rugose and without smooth, medial trough. 

 Hairs of the ovipositor sheath not upstanding. 



Length: ca. 3-8 mm. without ovipositor. 



Pakistan : Punjab, Multan, Ghazighat, iii.1929, 4 $$, one the TYPE, 1 <$, bred 

 from branches of Tamarix dioica, (R. N. Malthur). 

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



This large species is somewhat aberrant on the shape of the head. This, together 

 with the reduced areolation of the propodeum, provide the two most essential feat- 

 ures for its recognition. 



Apanteles leptoura Cameron 



Apanteles leptoura Cameron, 1909 : 43. 



Apanteles leptoura Cameron ; Wilkinson, 1928a : 117. 



$. Hind femur infuscate but sometimes flushed with paler colouring towards base ; hind 

 tibia reddish yellow, tipped with infuscation on apical quarter. 



Frons above, vertex and temples dull, rather coarsely punctate to rugose-punctate. Face dull, 

 closely, rather coarsely punctate. Antenna a little shorter than the body, rather weak for the 

 size of the insect ; segment 17 about one and one third times longer than wide. 



Punctation of the mesoscutum sharp, distinct ; punctures along the course of the notaulices 

 larger and more crowded than elsewhere; although the punctures at the posterior end of the 

 notaulices are arranged in rows, the longitudinal element here is not well marked. Disc of 

 scutellum polished and rather strongly narrowed behind. Propodeum with much reduced 

 areolation, the areola very poorly defined ; the upper part of the propodeum is dull, closely and 

 densely rugose and its pubescence much shorter and less conspicuous than in telon. Costella 

 and mediella of the hind wing far apart ; the hind wing as broad as in goron and slightly broader 

 than in telon (Text-fig. 76). Hind coxa, especially above, dull, considerably roughened and with 

 some punctation. 



Basal tergites (Text-fig. 72). 



Ovipositor sheath about one and one quarter times longer than the hind tibia ; ovipositor 

 rather strongly curved. Setae of tergites 4-6 reduced more or less to a single row. 



Length: ca. 3-6 mm. without ovipositor. 



Ceylon : (type locality). Malaya : Selangor, Kepong, i.vi.1947 2 $$ ; Selan- 

 gor, Setapak, 8.X.1947, 1 $ ; Perak, 14.X.1948, 2 $$, 1 £. 

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



Host : Type recorded from Tortrix larva in stems of dadap. 



