RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROG ASTERINI 89 



Besides being related to telon, this species is also very closely related to goron, 

 differing from it mainly in having the disc of the scutellum polished and the areola- 

 tion of the propodeum reduced. 



Apanteles goron sp. n. 



$. The relationship of this species with leptoura has been touched on above. 



Shape of head as in leptoura but the punctation of the face coarser. 



Punctation of the mesoscutum coarser, altogether less discrete. Disc of scutellum covered 

 with pits and depressions and becoming almost rugose-striate towards. Fore wing (Text-fig. 68) ; 

 hind wing broad as in leptoura but the costella and the mediella closer together (Text-fig. 68). 

 Costula of propodeum distinct. 



Ovipositor sheath slightly shorter. Setae of the upper surface of tergites 4-6 much more 

 widely distributed. 



Malaya: Kuala Lumpur, 6.XH.1923, 3 $$, one the TYPE, 1 <$, bred from Sylepta 

 der ogata, (G. H. Corbett). 



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



Host : Sylepta derogata F. (Pyraustidae) . 



The three large species goron, leptoura and telon, seem to form a closely knit 

 complex, largely characterized by the glass-clear wings, pellucid stigma and, by 

 comparison with the somewhat ill assorted species of the metellus-complex, a rather 

 strongly transverse head and the upper part of the propodeum dull and densely rugose. 

 A reduced or weakened propodeal areolation seems also to be a feature of the com- 

 plex. Nevertheless, the characters that bind these three species together are subtle 

 and not easily expressed on paper. 



Apanteles erse sp. n. 



9- A species with dark brown stigma. Hind femur entirely infuscate ; hind tibia becoming 

 darkened distal to middle. 



Head almost as transverse as in telon. Eyes not convergent but large and close together on 

 the face (Text-fig. 71). Face shiny and with only superficial punctation. Antenna almost as 

 long as the body, rather thick, the preapical segment about one and one third times longer than 

 wide. 



Sculpture of the mesoscutum like that of telon. Propodeum with strong areolation, its general 

 surface shiny and smooth-looking. First abscissa of the radius very obliquely placed on the 

 stigma ; stigma decidedly broad ; hind wing broad but not quite so broad as in goron (cf. Text- 

 fig. 68). 



Tergite 1 (Text-fig. 69) ; its horizontal surface shows an ill defined longitudinal trough. Hairs 

 of the ovipositor sheath rather long ; ovipositor sheath hardly one and one quarter times longer 

 than the hind tibia. 



Length: ca. 3-5 mm. without ovipositor. 



Java : Buitenzorg, x.1932, 11 $$, one the TYPE, 13 <$<$ (these males have pellu- 

 cid stigma) bred from Nacoleia octasema (now Lamprosema) , (T. H. C. Taylor). 

 N. Borneo : Jesselton, 3^.1959, 1 $, 1 <$, ex N. octasema, (C. K. Shang). W. 

 Timor : Soba, xi.1959, 1 $, ex N. octasema, (R. W. Paine). 



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



