140 



G. E. J. NIXON 



Borneo: Sandakan, 1 $, the TYPE, {Baker). Type in the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



The propodeum shows more rugosity than in the next two species but the short, 

 oblique keel that lies posterior to the spiracle is less well developed. 

 Eyes much less large, this distance much greater than the longer diameter of the 

 posterior ocellus ; 1st abscissa of the discoideus hardly shorter than the 2nd. 



Ovipositor much less downcurved than in merope and the hypopygium more 

 strongly developed and angularly produced (Text-fig. 138) .... 2 



Median field of tergite 2 yellow, shorter, less triangular, more transverse ; temples 

 with strong, sharp, contiguous punctation ; face very coarsely, deeply punctate. 



Hind tibia deeply infuscate on about apical two thirds ; outer face of the hind 

 femur densely, strongly punctate ; in the other two species, this punctation is 

 weaker and more confused ; apex of gaster (Text-fig. 138) ; antennae broken 



penelope sp. n. 



Borneo : Sandakan, 1 $, the TYPE, (Baker) . Type in the U.S. National Museum. 



Perhaps not more than subspecifically distinct from the following species. 

 Median field of tergite 2 brown, longer, more obviously triangular, less transverse ; 

 temples with much weaker punctation ; hind tibia as in penelope ; face less strongly 

 punctate. 



Antenna as in merope with the preapical segment almost twice as long as wide 



phoebe sp. n. 



Malaya: (Penang I.) ; 1 ?, the TYPE, (Baker) ; I. of Basilan, 1 $, (Baker). 

 Type in the U.S. National Musuem. 



I ascribe also to this species 4 0*6* (Philippines : Luzon, Mt. Makiling) ; these have 

 the temples virtually impunctate. The propodeum of phoebe is more extensively 

 smooth than in penelope) . 



Figs. 130-131. Hind wing of Apanteles: 130, annitlicomis (Ashmead), $; 

 131, alfalfae Nixon, $. 



The ANNULICORNIS-Grovp 



The essential characters of this group have been given in the key. The metacarp 

 is very long in comparison with its distance from the apex of the radial cell and almost 

 closes this. The two species I include in the group are closely and naturally related. 



The yellow-banded flagellum of annulicornis (Ashmead) is a rare feature of 



