RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROG ASTERINI 109 



Mesoscutum weakly shining, finely rugose and nowhere with obvious punctation ; a large 

 patch of duller, coarser rugosity at the posterior end of the notaulic course. Disc of scutellum 

 distinctly rugose along sides. Propodeum on each side of the weakly defined V-shaped areola 

 strongly shining and almost smooth. Hind tibia with a series of stout spines along upper, outer 

 surface (these are rather more numerous and more evenly spaced than in eriophyes). Edge of 

 vannal lobe slightly concave. 



Horizontal part of tergite 1 fairly strongly narrowed to apex (Text-fig. 103), its surface shiny, 

 almost smooth except for a very fine surface sculpture. Ovipositor rather thick with a distinct 

 apical constriction. 



Length: ca. 25 mm. without ovipositor. 



S.W. Africa : Aus, 1.1930, 2 $$, one the TYPE, 8-30.xi.1929, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 

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



This species is largely characterized by the shortness of the ovipositor sheath ; the 

 metacarp is relatively slightly longer than in the related eriophyes and the wings have 

 a particularly glassy appearance. 



Apanteles arion sp. n. 



$. Very close to rosaces from which it differs chiefly by the characters given in the key. 



Hind tibia almost as black as its femur. 



Antenna of decidedly powerful build in comparison with that of rosaces. 



Scutellum dull, punctate, though the punctures are weaker and sparser medially. Metacarp 

 slightly longer, about one and a half times longer than its distance from the apex of the radial 

 cell. Spines along upper, outer surface of hind tibia shorter and rather more numerous than in 

 rosaces. 



Tergite 1 hardly narrowed behind but its sculpture like that of rosaces. Ovipositor thicker, 

 and though with a constricted apical part, shorter than in rosaces. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Matjesfontein, 14-27. xi. 1928, 1 $, the TYPE, (R. E. 

 Turner) . 



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



This species is very closely related to rosaces but is certainly distinct from that 

 species. 



Apanteles eriophyes sp. n. 



$. Very closely related to rosaces with which it may be compared as follows: — 



Stigma somewhat yellowish with a darker border ; wings milky white rather than clear 

 hyaline. 



Head from in front less rostriform (cf. Text-fig. 91). Antenna considerably shorter than the 

 body, lacking the characteristically thin appearance of rosaces and with the preapical segment not 

 more than one and one third times longer than wide. 



Spines of the outer side of the hind tibia slightly less numerous (not an easy difference to 

 appreciate!). 



Ovipositor thinner, without an obvious apical constriction. 



Length: 2-2-4 mm. without ovipositor ; on the average a slightly smaller species than rosaces. 



S. Africa : Pretoria, ii.i940, series bred from Plutella maculipennis , 1 $, the 

 TYPE, (G. C. Ulyett) ; Cape Province, Aliwal North ; Camp's Bay ; Ceres ; 

 Matjesfontein ; Worcester ; numerous examples (R. E. Turner) ; Basutoland, 

 Mamathes. 



