I2 4 G. E. J. NIXON 



Head from above lacking the subtly distinctive facies of taeniaticornis and not so deep from 

 back to front (cf. Text-fig. 199). Antenna slightly longer and thicker, broken after the 16th 

 segment but segment 16 about one and a quarter times longer than wide. 



Punctation of the mesoscutum slightly heavier but the general surface more shiny and lacking 

 the satin-like sheen ; the surface of the mesoscutum is more shiny and, at least posteriorly, 

 smoother than in natras. Hind claw (Text-fig. 194). 



Java : Tjibodas, 5-7,000 ft., viii.1913, 1 $, the TYPE, (Koningsberger). 

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



Apanteles conon sp. n. 



$. Differs from taeniaticornis as follows: — 



Antenna broken after the 16th segment but all existing segments completely black. Colour of 

 legs essentially as in taeniaticornis with the hind trochanters yellow as in that species. 



Head from above as in taeniaticornis. Antenna slightly thinner ; segment 16 fully one and 

 half times longer than wide. 



Punctures of mesoscutum slightly larger. Disc of scutellum distincly convex ; in taeniati- 

 cornis it is somewhat flattened. Furrow between disc of scutellum and the mesoscutum slightly 

 deeper. Claws smaller (Text-fig. 193). 



Java : Tjibodas, 5-7,000 ft., viii.1913, 1 $, the TYPE, {Koningsberger). 

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



This species is extremely like taeniaticornis and nymphis and the three species are 

 in need of further study. 



The TRIFASCIAT US-Group 



The species of this group are all from the Fiji Is., and only trifasciatus occurs 

 elsewhere — in Hawaii. But, according to J. W. Beardsley, who was good enough to 

 send me specimens, it is probable that trifasciatus itself is an importation into 

 Hawaii. 



With the exception of aglaope, which belongs to the ater-group, I have met with no 

 other species of Apanteles showing similar dark markings on the wings. Muesebeck 

 himself made a similar observation. Nevertheless, in spite of their possessing this 

 feature in common, I am not prepared to accept it as a clear indication of a close 

 affinity among these Fijian species. It is possibly no more than a regional pattern, 

 developed independantly by species belonging to different groups. 



The species are related to the ater-group s.l. A. cyane and A. eurynome seem to be 

 close to the species clustering around tirathabae and pertiades. 



Key to Species 



Females 



1 Inner spur of the hind tibia much longer than the outer one. 



Spp. with the fore wing conspicuously dappled ; mesoscutum with a characteristic 

 sculpture ; sharply punctate, the punctures becoming larger and more widely 

 separated posteriorly and fading out altogether over a large, posterior, middle area ; 

 hind tibia densely spinose and prickly, almost black and with a very sharply contras- 

 ted, whitish, basal band ; legs decidedly long and with the hind tarsus longer than 

 its tibia ; hind coxa laterally compressed and hence almost ridged dorsally . . 2 



