ioo G. E. J. NIXON 



Malaya : Kuala Lumpur, 17. v. 1953, 1 $, the TYPE, 1 <J, bred from Selepa celtis. 

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



Host : Selepa celtis Moore (Noctuidae). 



I introduce this species as new with some misgivings because, apart from the small 

 venation difference, all the differences between demades and folia could possibly be 

 associated with the difference in size. Only further material will solve the problem. 



Apanteles crates sp. n. 



$. This species differs at once horn folia and demades in having a much longer metacarp, this 

 being fully six times as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



Hind femur and hind tarsus infuscate throughout ; hind tibia becoming yellowish on basal 

 half. 



Vertex between the ocelli and the eye-margin shining, almost smooth. Face shiny, very 

 faintly roughened. Antenna fully as long as the body with the preapical segment about one and 

 half times as long as wide. 



Mesoscutum somewhat dull. Disc of scutellum with a trace of punctation towards sides. 

 Areolation of the propodeum complete. 



Tergite 1 and the median field of tergite (2 + 3), (Text-fig. 86). 



Length: ca. 2-2 mm. 



Philippines : Luzon, Mt. Makiling, 1 <j>, the TYPE, (Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



This little species is largely characterized by the shape of the median field of tergite 

 (2 + 3), a feature that at once separates it from the following species — sartamus. 



Apanteles sartamus sp. n. 



$. The differences between this species and crates have already been covered in the key and 

 there is little to add. 



The hind tibia is more extensively infuscate, only the basal quarter showing pale colouring. 

 Head slightly less transverse. Tergite 1 considerably more narrowed behind. 



Philippines : Los Bafios, 1 $, the TYPE, (Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



In the shape of the basal tergites, this species is transitional between javensis and 

 its close ally prosymna on the one hand, and folia on the other. 



Apanteles daimenes sp. n. 



$. Hind tibia becoming obscurely yellowish on basal half. 



Face smooth, shining. Vertex between the posterior ocellus and the eye-margin shiny and 

 almost smooth ; temples distinctly rugulose. Antenna as long as the body with the preapical 

 segment about one and one third times longer than wide. 



Hardly a trace of longitudinal elements at the posterior end of the notaulic course but the 

 punctures here larger and closer. Disc of scutellum polished, smooth. Propodeum with almost 

 complete areolation though the costula is not clearly denned. Hind spurs weak, the inner one 

 not reaching beyond the middle of the basal segment of the hind tarsus ; hind tarsus rather short. 

 Setae of the median cell long, rather sparse ; metacarp about four and a half times as long as its 

 distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



