ii 4 G. E. J. NIXON 



Eyes distinctly convergent below. Face somewhat dull and finely roughened. Antenna 

 almost as long as the body with the preapical segment about one and one third times longer than 

 wide. 



Mesoscutum with a dull, even, rather coarse rugosity, the surface appearing somewhat 

 silvery-grey. Metacarp about twice as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



Tergite i distinctly narrowed behind, as in rosaces, (Text-fig. 103). Ovipostor sheath about 

 as long as the hind tibia; ovipositor moderately thick. 



Length: ca. 2.5 mm. without ovipositor. 



S. Africa : Cape Province, Mossel Bay, iv.1921, 1 $, the TYPE, 26-31. x. 1933, 

 1 $, (R. E, Turner) ; Somerset East, 23-31. xii. 1930, 1 $, (R.E.T.). 

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



Apanteles alaspharus sp. n. 



$. Wings hyaline with milky tint ; the venation proximal to the areolet colourless ; stigma 

 very pale, virtually without darker border. 



Head from in front somewhat triangular but the mouth parts apparently not lengthened. 

 Antenna shorter than the body with the preapical segment slightly longer than wide. 



Sculpture of mesoscutum fine, dull. Propodeum short, its surface shiny and almost smooth. 

 Spurs of the hind tibia short, the inner one not reaching beyond the middle of the basal segment 

 of the tarsus. Metacarp about three and a half times as long as its distance from the apex of the 

 radial cell. 



Tergite 1 very slightly narrowed behind (Text-fig. 94), its surface almost smooth. Ovipositor 

 (Text-fig. 104). 



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



S. Africa : Cape Province, Toise River, xi.1923, 1 $, the TYPE, ex larva of 

 Eublemma lentirosea, (N. K. Munro). 



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



Host : Eublemma lentirosea Hampson (Noctuidae). 



I refer to this species a single headless female from Senegal, Bambey, bred from a 

 Limacodid on cabbage. It differs from the type in a few details and may in fact, 

 were the head present, represent a different species. The hind tibia of this female 

 is dull reddish whereas in the type it is very dark on apical half ; the first tergite is 

 broader and not narrowed behind (Text-fig. 94) and the hind spurs are slightly 

 shorter than in the type. 



A . alaspharus differs strikingly from the other members of the eublemmae-suhgxoxvp 

 because of its long, thick ovipositor. 



Apanteles nemesis sp. n. 



$. Tegulae ivory-white ; at least the 1st and 2nd abscissae of the discoideus and also the 

 nervulus distinctly pigmented. 



Head from in front markedly transverse. Face dull, with satin-like sheen. Eyes hardly 

 convergent. Distance between the posterior ocelli distinctly greater than the distance between 

 one of them and the eye-margin. Antenna very short, the four preapical segments virtually 

 square in outline. 



Mesoscutum dull, its sculpture very fine ; a patch of duller sculpture at posterior end of 

 notaulic courses. Metacarp three times as long as its distance from the apex of the radial cell. 



