RECLASSIFICATION OF MICROGASTERINI 115 



Tergite 1 slightly narrowed behind, strongly shining, almost polished and with hardly a 

 trace of sculpture. Ovipositor sheath as long as the hind tibia ; ovipositor somewhat thick, 

 evenly curved throughout. 



Length: ca. 18 mm. without ovipositor. 



S. W. Africa : Aus, 1.1930, 2 $$, one the TYPE, (R. E. Turner). 

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



Apanteles nivellus sp. n. 



$. This species is extremely like nemesis. The differences between the two species, though 

 small, are significant enough, I think, for specific separation. A comparison follows: — 



Tegulae brownish and inconspicuous ; all the venation proximal to the areolet colourless. 



Face strongly shining. Antenna relatively a little shorter, much shorter than the body, with 

 the apical segments less closely articulated and the whole flagellum with somewhat bristly 

 pubescence. Ocelli closer together, the distance between the posterior pair being not at all 

 greater than the distance between one of them and the eye-margin. 



Disc of scutellum smoother, more shiny than in nemesis. 



Tergite i more narrowed behind and with the dull satin-like sheen characteristic of most of the 

 related species. 



W. Africa : Gold Coast, Aburi, 1912-1913, 12 $$, one the TYPE, (W. H. Patter- 

 son). From the size of the series it is probable that the species is gregarious. 

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



Apanteles drupes sp. n. 



?. Closely related to both nemesis and nivellus. It may be compared with nemesis as 

 follows : — 



Tegula blackish, inconspicuous. Venation proximal to the areolet pigmented throughout ; 

 stigma darker, yellowish but with distinctly darker border. 



Head from in front slightly less transverse. Antenna longer, the four preapical segments about 

 one and a quarter times longer than wide. 



Mesoscutum slightly more shiny but the difference is small. Metacarp a little longer in relation 

 to its distance from the apex of the radial cell, about four times as long ; ist cubital cell rather 

 densely setose. 



Tergite i more narrowed behind than in nemesis and with a dull, satin-like sheen. Ovipositor 

 considerably thinner, downcurved at apex (Text-fig. 105). 



S. Africa: Cape Province, Mossel Bay, vi.i92i, 1 $, the TYPE, x.1921, 1 $, (R.E. 

 Turner). 



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



This species together with nemesis and nivellus are all very closely related and in 

 need of further study. They differ among themselves essentially on the structure 

 of the ovipositor. 



Apanteles eublemmae sp. n. 



$. A large species, ca. 3 mm. without ovipositor, closely related to nemesis and drupes. 

 Hind tibia blackish except at extreme base ; wings milky-white ; stigma very pale ; vena- 

 tion proximal to the areolet colourless. 



