RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROG ASTERINI in 



Apanteles eupolis sp. n. 



$. A species with non-convergent eyes and a metacarp between four and five times as long as 

 its distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



Wings hyaline with a milky tint ; stigma yellowish brown with darker border ; setae colour- 

 less. 



Mesoscutum somewhat dull, with two large, duller areas of stronger, coarser rugosity behind. 

 Areola of the propodeum and the two postero-lateral areas indicated through the surface becom- 

 ing strongly shining and almost smooth. 



Tergite i large, almost subquadrate. Ovipositor moderately thick. 



Length: ca. 2-8 mm. without ovipositor. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Mossel Bay, x.1921, 2 $$, one the TYPE, 5-31. viii. 

 1921, 1 $, (R. E. Turner). 

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



This species is largely characterized by the shape of the first tergite. The appear- 

 ance of the gaster is, in fact, strongly reminiscent of cyprioides,^. species I have placed 

 near the oriental opacus. A resemblance to cyprioides is also indicated in the 

 approach to propodeal areolation. Nevertheless, I am inclined to think that this 

 resemblance is due more to convergence than to natural affinity. 



Apanteles navius sp. n. 



$. Although falling in the same couplet as eupolis, this species is far more closely related to 

 rosaces and its allies than to eupolis. 



Hind tibia becoming markedly paler on basal hall. Wings milky hyaline ; stigma pellucid 

 with faintly darker border. 



Eyes not convergent. Head from in front subtriangular ; face faintly dull, with satin-like 

 sheen. Antenna distinctly shorter than the body with the prcapical segment about one and a 

 quarter times longer than wide. 



Mesoscutum quite dull, its pubescence very dense and silvery. Disc of scutellum faintly dull. 

 Propodeum weakly shining and with traces of sculpture, more especially in front. Hind wing 

 rather broad ; setae of the median cell dense and evenly distributed. 



Tergite 1 markedly narrowed behind, its sculpture very fine ; the general appearance of this 

 tergite is quite different from that of eupolis. Ovipositor sheath about one and a quarter times 

 as long as the hind tibia. 



Length: ca. 2-8 mm. without ovipositor. 



S. Africa : Basutoland, Mamathes, 8.11.1948, 2 $$, one the TYPE, (C. Jacot- 

 Guillarmod) . 



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



Apanteles tone sp. n. 



This species and the next- -triareus — are closely related. Both have a dark brown 

 stigma, glassy wings without a milky tint, distinctly convergent eyes so that the face 

 is much less transverse than in navius for example and a somewhat narrow first 

 tergite that is distinctly narrowed behind. 



$. The setae of the four basal cells of the fore wing are unusually sparse and very short and 

 inconspicuous, so that the wings have a polished, glassy appearance. Propodeum on each side 



